PLATE XXXIV. 



LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA. 



SCARLET LYCHNIS. 



This genus conlains plants of the hardy, herbaceous, flowery, 

 perennial kind. '. - 



It belongs to the class and order Decandria Pentagynia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Caryophyllei. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one-leafed perianthium, 

 oblong, membranaceous, five-toothed, permanent: the corolla has 

 five petals: claws the length of the calyx, flat, margined: border 

 often cloven, flat: the stamina have ten filaments, longer than the 

 calyx, alternately shorter, each of these fixed to a claw of each 

 petal: anthers incumbent: tlie pislillum is a subovate germ: styles 

 five, awl-shaped, longer than the stamens: stigmas reflex against the 

 sun, pubescent: the pericarpium is a capsule approaching to an 

 ovate form, covered, one, three, or five celled, five-valved: the 

 seeds very many, and roundish. 



The species cultivated are: \. L. chalcedonica, Scarlet Lychnis; 

 2. L. Flos cuchH, Red- flowered Lychnis, Meadow Pink, or Ragged 

 Robin; 3. L. coroi^ata, Chinese Lychnis; 4. L. viscaria. Viscous 

 Lichnis, or Catchfly ; 5. L. cliurna, Rose-flowered Lychnis, Wild 

 Red Campion, or Red Bachelor's Buttons; 6. L. vespertina, White- 

 flowered Lychnis, Wild White Campion, or White Bachelor's 

 Buttons. 



The first has a perennial root: the stems three feet high, upright, 

 stiff, round, jointed, hairy : at every joint are two large leaves of a 

 brownish green colour: the flowers terminating in a large flat-topped 

 tuft, consisting of several bundles: the corolla is of a scarlet or bright 



