THE CARNATION FAMILY. 143 



Section 2.— FLOWERS RED, CRIMSON, or PINK. 



Stems i)rostrate, with very numerous and close joints, 



and white stipules 23. Red Sandwort. 



Stems upright. 



Styles two ; leaves sessile 2. Soap-woet. 



Styles five. 



Calyx much longer than the petals H. Corn-cockle. 



Calyx shorter than the petals. 

 Leaves oblong, egg-shaped; petals cleft in two; 



flowers' unisexual. (Fig. 109.) 4. Rose Lychnis. 



Leaves narrow and linear ; petals cleft into four ) 6. Cuckoo-flower 

 lobes J Lychnis. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 



1. Bladdek Campion — [SiUne injidta.) 



Cornfield.s and Avaysides, rare. Eccles, Marple, Tiraperley (near the 

 Station), Prestwicli, Agecroft, Berryfield, near Tyldesley (J. E.), and 

 on the way from Sale to Carrington Moss, but always sparingly. 

 Fl. June — August. 



E. B. iii. 164: (as Cucubalus Behen). 

 The beautiful and unique calyx of this plant is at once sufficient to determine it. 



2. SoAP-woRT — {Sapondria officinalis?) 



Plentiful, from time immemorial, on the banks of the Medlock, 



between Clayton Bridge and Ardwick, and on the banks of the Irwell 



at Barton. Fovmd also west of Prestwich, near Northen, Tyldesley, 



Boothstowu (J. E.), and on the river bank in Marple Vale. Fl. July, 



August. 



Curtis, i. 102 ; E. B. xv. ICCO ; Baxter, i. 37. 



3. CoRN-cocKLE — [Agrostcmma Githdgo.) 



Cornfields, especially right and left of the Bowdon Railway, and at 

 Lymm, bringing its purple flowers to a level with the young ears of 

 grain. Often appears also among vetches. Fl. June, July. Annual. 

 Curtis, i. 172; E. B. xi. 741 ; Baxter, iii. 175. 



This species again is distinguished by its calyx, the slender lobes of which are 

 more than twice the length of tlie petals, and clothed, like every other part of the 

 plant, with silky hairs. A white variety is occasionally met with. 



