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Lychnis—continued. 
Northern hemisphere without the tropics. The general 
characters of this genus are those of Silene, from which 
it differs in having five styles ; calyx inflated, five-toothed, 
483) septicidal, opening by 
seeds with small 
an appendage at 
ten-nerved ; capsule (see Fig. 
as many teeth as there are styles ; 
tubercles; the petals also usually have 
Fic. 484. LYCHNIS ALPINA, showing Habit and detached Portion 
of Inflorescence. 
the base of the blade. All the species are of very easy 
culture, thriving in almost any ordinary garden soil, but 
Succeeding best in a light, rich loam. Propagation is 
readily effected in spring, by divisions, or by seeds. 
All the species described below are perennials. 
Fic. 485. FLOWERING BRANCH OF LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA. 
(Alpine).“ pink, disposed in close, compact heads, 
L. alpina 3 
in. in diameter ; alas narrow, deeply two-cleft; calyx short. 
Spring and summer. J. crowded, linear-lanceolate, slightly 
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Lychnis—continued. 
fringed ; lower ones tufted. h. Ein. 
See Fig. 484, (B. M. 394.) 
L. chalcedonica (Chalcedonican).* fi, scarlet, in dense corym- 
bose clusters ; calyx round, clubbed, ribbed. Summer. J. lanceo- 
late, slightly cordate at base, pilose, stem-clasping. h. 14ft. to 
Sift. Russia, &c., 1593. A well-known and deservedly favourite 
plant, of which there are several varieties, including double 
white and double red. It thrives best in a sandy loam, enriched 
with well-rotted manure, The single forms, white and red, may 
be propagated by seed, which ripens very freely, and is prattically 
self-sowing. The double kinds should be divided early in spring. 
See Fig. 485. (B. M. 257.) 
Alps of Europe (Britain). 
Fic. 486. FLOWERING BRANCH OF LYCHNIS CORONARIA, 
L. coronaria (crowned).* K. red ; petals emarginate ; calyx sub- 
eampanulate, costate ; p les elongated, one-flowered. July. 
l. broadly lanceolate, coriaceous. A. 3ft. South Europe, 1596, 
See Fig. 486. (B. M. 24.) 
Fic. 487. COROLLA OF LYCHNIS FULGENS. 
L. diurna (day-flowering).* Bachelors’ Buttons; Common Red 
Lychnis; Red Campion. fl. purplish-rose; panicle terminal, 
many-flowered ; calyx very hairy. Spring to autumn, . oppo- 
site, lower ones obovate-spathulate, upper ones oval-elliptical 
h. lft. to 3ft. Northern hemisphere (Britain). (Sy. En. B. 211, 
under name of Silene diwrna.) A showy and pretty plant under 
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