CORN COCK 1.1-: 



Dianthus also. S[)L"cit's of Si/ciic aiul /,yi/iii/s have a relation lo 

 species of Diaiitltacia (Xoctiiida^). Ihc species pollinate Silciic antl 

 Lychnis, and provide for tlicir lar\.r. whiih Iced entirely on unripe 

 seeds of these plants, but Sihiic and Lychnis are pollinated by otiier 

 insects besides. The visitors are Lepidoptera (Larije Skip|)er 

 {Hcspcria silvaiius\. Large \\ hite [J^uris brassicec)), and Diptera 

 (Syrphida-, Rhiiis^iix). 



The seed of the 

 plant is dispersed by 

 the wind. The seeds 

 are blown out of the 

 open capsule, which 

 opens by 5-10 teeth or 

 valves, by the wind, 

 and the stem being tall 

 and rigid, they are 

 jerked a long distance 

 away. 



It is a sand plant, 

 and addicted to a sand 

 soil. 



The plant is in- 

 fested by such fungi 

 as Piiccinia arenaria-, 

 P. lychnidcaniiit, Asco- 

 chyta Diaufhi. 



Githas^o, Tragus, is 

 derived from the re- 

 semblance of its seeds 

 to those of the plant 

 called gith by the 

 Romans, our fennel- 

 flower. It is called 



Bachelor's Buttons, Corn Campion, Corn Cockle, Cockweed, Corn- 

 flower, Corn Pink, l)ra\\k, h ield Xigella, Ciih, Gye, Hardhead, 

 Nele, Papple or Pawple, Pink, Pojiille, Popple, Poppy Wild Savager. 

 Field Nigella because it has a flower in structure like N^igclla. 



It clogs the millstones when used with corn. The .seeds are used 

 as a bird seed. 



EssENTi.vL Spf.cikic Ch.\r.\ctkrs : 



51. Lychnis Githago, Scop. — Stem tall, wiry, dichotomous, flowers 



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Corn Cockle {Lychnis Gilhiii^n, Scop.) 



