Lychnis. CARYOPHYLLACE.E. 227 



-»- Leaves usually large; the cauliue lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate: flowers mostly dioe- 

 cious : valves of the capsule distinctly 2-toothed. 



L. DiofcA, L. (Red Lychnis, Red Campion.) Flowers inodorous, expanding in the morn- 

 ing : calyx oblong, rather short, 4 to 6 lines long, reddish ; teeth triangular-lanceolate, acute : 

 corolla red or pink (rarely white) : capsule large, globose, with a wide mouth ; teeth re- 

 curved. — Spec. i. 437, in part ; Wats. Bibl. Index, 104 ; Macoun, Cat. Canad. PI. i. 69 ; 

 Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, v. 149; Hook. & Jackson, Ind. Kew. ii. 129 (excl. syn. in part). 

 L. diiirna, Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 145 ; Reicheub. 1. c. t. 304. Melandriiim silvestre, Riihl. Deutschl. 

 Fl. ed. 2, ii. 274. M. ruhrum, Garcke, Fl. Deutschl. ed. 4, 55. — Waste ground, common, 

 especially in Canada and the Atlantic States. (Adv. from Eu., Asia; also in Greenland.) 



L. Alba, Mill. (Evening Lychnis, White Campion.) Flowers fragrant, opening in the 

 evening : calyx green, longer than in the preceding ; teeth lance-linear, attenuate : corolla 

 more commonly white : capsule ovate-conical ; teeth erect or slightly spreading. — Diet. ed. 

 8, n. 4. L. dioicu, var. fi, L. Spec. i. 437. L. vespertina, Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 146. Melandryum 

 album, Garcke, 1. c. 55. — Ballast and waste lands, sometimes by roadsides and in cultivated 

 fields, chiefly eastward. This and the last preceding species are not always clearly distin- 

 guishable, notwithstanding the rather conspicuous differences exhibited by tlie extreme 

 forms. In Europe frequent natural hybrids between them have been noticed. (Adv. from 

 the Old World.) 



-t— -)— Flowers perfect : valves of the capsule 5, entire. 



Li. Flos-ci5culi, L. (Ragged Robin.) A slender smoothish perennial, with furrowed 

 sometimes minutely roughened stem, 1 ^ to 2 feet high : lower leaves oblanceolate ; the upper 

 lance-linear: calyx oblong-ovate, equally 10-ribbed : flowers cymose-pauiculate : petals pink 

 or red, cleft to below the middle into 4 linear acute segments. — Spec. i. 436 ; Fl. Dan. t. 590; 

 Eng. Bot. t. 573; Reichenb. 1. c. t. 306. Coronaria Flos-cuculi, A. Br. Flora, 1843, 368. — 

 Moist fields. New Brunswick, New England, and New York. (Adv. from Eu., N. Asia.) 



L. Chalced6xica, L. 1. c, the Scarlet Lychnis or " Scarlet Lightning," a tall Japanese 

 species with ovate leaves and globular clusters of scarlet flowers, has been known to persist in 

 a wild state in thickets, etc., Centr. and S. Maine, Fernald, Deane, and doubtless in other re- 

 gions, where commonly cultivated. (Introd. from Japan.) 



§ 2. Visc^RiA, DC. (extended). Calyx not inflated; teeth not twisted: 



ovary septate at the base ; teeth of the capsule as many as the styles. — Fl. Fr. 



iv. 761 ; Endl. Gen. 973. Viscaria, Rohl. Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, ii. 37, 275. 



Li. alpina, L. 1. c. Smooth, biennial or perennial, erect, 2 inches to a foot in height : leaves 

 numerous, clustered at the base, linear or oblong, thickish ; the cauliue 2 to 4 pairs, erect or 

 ascending : flowers small, the densely clustered cymes forming a terminal head : bracts 

 conspicuous, membranaceous, tipped with red : calyx short-campauulate or turbinate, mem- 

 branaceous, scarcely nerved ; teeth bright red : petals pink, bifid; segments linear. — Torr. 

 & Gray, Fl. i. 194; Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. vi. t. 307; Wats. 1. c. 246. Lijchnis Suecica, 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 881. — Greenland to Labrador, W. Newfoundland, ace. to Macoun, and 

 Mt. Albert, Quebec, Allen, Macoun ; also Little Whale Riv., Hudson Bay, ace. to Macoun. 

 (Eu., Siberia.) 



§ 3. Agrostemma, Fenzl. Calyx-teeth filiform, twisted : flowers few, large : 



petals with conspicuous awl-shaped appendages : teeth of the capsule as many as 



the styles : plant woolly. — Fenzl iu Eudl. Gen. 974. Coronaria § Pseudagro- 



stemma, A. Br. Flora, 1843, 368. 



L. coronAria, Desr. (Mullein Pink.) Covered with dense white wool tliroughout : stem 

 1| to 3 feet high: leaves oval or oblong: calyx ovoid; the alternating ribs more prom- 

 inent ; teeth small, much shorter than the tube : petals large, crimson. — Desr. in Lam. 

 Diet. iii. 643. Agrostemma Coronaria, L. 1. c. ; Curtis, Bot. Mag. t. 24 ; Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 452 ; 

 Reichenb. 1. c. t. 308. Coronaria tomentosa, A. Br. 1. c. — A handsome plant, which, having 

 escaped from cultivation, is established and becoming locally abundant in several places in 

 New England and the Middle States. (Introd. from S. Eu., W. Asia.) 



