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DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis. 



flowers stand open through the day. The latter he says has 



conical capsules, that its flowers are odoriferous, and only open 

 towards evening. -This he calls L. vespertina. These trivial 

 names and his distinction founded on the shape of the capsules 

 are therefore added to their respective varieties, though I am 

 far from thinking that they may not be distinct species. 



More lately still Mr. Robson informs me that, from having 

 cultivated both, he is satisfied they are distinct species, though 

 they are both liable to change the colour o'f their blossoms to 

 flesh colour. 



Wild White Campion, or Cuckow Flower. Pastures, hedges, 

 [and fallow fields, sometimes so plentifully as to make them ap- 

 pear at a distance quite white, where the red is never found* St.] 



P. June — Aug. 



Flos-cu'culi. L. Petals (3 or) 4 cleft: fruit roundish 5 of 1 cell. 



E. hot. h7Z-Curt.-Kn'iph. W-Walc.-Fl. dan. 59C-Trag. 

 . U)Z-L<smc. i. 171. l-Ger. 480. 1 and l-Clus. i- 292. 2- 

 Dod. 171 -Ger. em. 6'0P. \-H, ox. v. 20. 8-Pet. 55.'6. 



Petals, the 2 middle segments the longest ; claws with 2 

 small spear-shaped teeth at the top. Bloss. pink, or purplish 

 red; sometimes white. 



Meadow Pinks. Wild Williams. Meadow Cuekow flower* 



Ragged Robin. Crow flower. Moist meadows and pastures 



Var. 2. Double flowered. 



P. June 







Mill. l6$. 1-Clus. \. 203. 1-Ger. em. 600. 3-Park. par, 



255. 5. 

 Pleasant in Sight. Meadow near Bungay, Suffolk. Woodw, 



ViscaVia. L. Petals nearly entire. 



E. hot. ?8b~Fl. dan. 1032-Kniph. l^Clus. i. 289* 2-Ger. 



em. 601. Z-Park. 63] 



iii. 348. 2. 



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Stems, the upper part of the superior joints anointed with a 

 reddish black clammy substance like tar, in which Ants, and 

 other wingless insects are inviscated, in attempting to creep up 

 to the flowers. Capsules with 5 cells. Linn. Stem upright, 

 simple. Bloss. red. 



Var. 2. White flowered. 



Moun- 



Red German Catchfly. Catchfly Cucko<w Flower. 



famous pastures. Sides of Craig Wreidhin Hill, Montgomery- 

 shire. [Rocks in tie King's Park, Edinburgh, on the South 

 side; and abundantly at Craig Hall, Perthsh. on rocks. Mr. 

 Bkown. Near Croydon, Surrey. Mr. Crowb.] P. May, June. 



