I4 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Vor. II.) 
2. Lychnis didica L. Red Campion. 
(Fig. 1456.) 
Lychnis dioica ¥,. Sp. Pl. 437. 1753- 
Lychnis diurna Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 145. 1794. 
Biennial, very viscid- pubescent, branching above, 
1°-2° high. Basal leaves long-petioled, oblong, 
obtuse but pointed, the blade, 2’-3’ long; stem- 
leaves sessile or the lower short-petioled, ovate, 
acute, 1/-2’ long, %’-114’ wide; flowers numerous 
in panicled cymes, red or nearly white, scentless, 
9//-12’’ broad, dioecious, opening in the morning; 
calyx at first tubular, about 4’” long and 214’ wide, 
swollen in fruit to nearly globular by the ripening 
pod, its teeth ovate-lanceolate, acute; petals obo- 
vate, 2-cleft, crowned; teeth of the capsule 2-cleft, . 
recurved. 
In waste places and ballast, Nova Scotia, Ontario, 
New England and the Middle States. Not common. 
Adventive from Europe. Summer. Called also Adder’s- 
flower. 
3. Lychnis Chalcedonica L. Scarlet 
Lychnis. (Fig. 1457.) 
Lychnis Chalcedonica Y,. Sp. Pl. 436. 1753. 
Perennial, stem stout, erect, simple or little 
branched, finely pubescent or hirsute, 1°-2%4° 
tall. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or the upper 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, sessile or 
somewhat clasping, dark green, 2’—-5’ long, 6//— 
18’ wide; flowers perfect, numerous, about 1/ 
broad, scarlet, in one or more usually dense termi- 
nal cymes; calyx oblong in flower, becoming ob- 
ovoid, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 2-cleft or 
* laciniate; capsule borne on a stipe of nearly its 
own length, its teeth entire. 
Escaped from gardens to roadsides, Massachu- 
setts to southern New York. Native of eastern Eu- 
rope and western Asia. Flowers, in cultivation, 
often double. Old English names, Scarlet Light- 
ning, and Cross-of-Jerusalem. June—Sept. 
4. Lychnis Flos-ctculi L. Cuckoo 
Flower. Ragged Robin. (Fig. 1458.) 
fy CH 
Lychnis Flos-cuculi U,. Sp. Pl. 436. —1753- 
Perennial, slender, erect, 1°-2° high, freely 
branching, downy-pubescent below, slightly vis- 
cid above. Lower and basal leaves oblanceo- 
late or spatulate, 2’—3’ long, tapering into a broad 
petiole; upper leaves sessile, lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate, distant, the uppermost reduced to 
lanceolate bracts; inflorescence paniculate; flow- 
ers pink, blue or white, 8’/-12’’ broad; calyx at 
first cylindric, 3/f long, to-nerved, becoming 
campanulate in fruit, its teeth triangular, acute; 
petals cleft into 4 linear lobes, the middle pair 
of lobes longer; capsule globose. 
In moist waste places, New Brunswick to New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania. Commonly cultivated. 
Fugitive from Europe. Called also Crow-flower, 
Meadow Pink, and Meadow Campion. June-Sept. 
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