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Cuckoo Gilliflower, Indian Pink, Marsh-Gilliflower, 

 Meadow Pink, Pleasant-in-sight, Ragged Jack, 

 Ragged Robin, Robin Hood, Rough Robin, Meadow 

 Spink, Wild Williams. 



The time of flowering is thus described in the 

 * Early Calendar of English Flowers ' : 



" When S. Barnabie bright snubs night and daie, 

 Poor Ragged Robin blossoms in the haie." 



It is possible that this is, however. Red Campion. 



It is the Cuckoo's plant, and called also Geuky 

 flower in Devonshire, Gowk or Geuk being a cuckoo. 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi. — In Fig. 22 the erect stems 

 are seen to bear branching panicles of flowers with four - 

 cleft petals, with a bipartite crown ; and in Fig. 23 the 

 habitat, a moist meadow, is depicted. 



Field Mouse-ear Chickweed [Cerastium 



arvense). 



Not so wide-spread by any means as the Common 

 Mouse-ear Chickw^eed, this species is a much more 

 handsome flower, larger than any of the others. 



Not common by any means, it occurs in all parts 

 of the British Isles, though it is apparently less 

 frequent in Scotland and local in Ireland. 



Hilly districts seem to suit this plant best, as it 

 is addicted to a dry soil, being found in sandy fields, 

 dry hilly fields, pastures, and banks, gravelly and 

 chalky fields. The name arvense indicates that it is 

 found in arable fields and waste places, but more 



