71 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



SPECIES IV.— LYCHNIS GITHAGO. Lam. 

 Plate CCXV. 



(Jifchagn spgetuni, Berf. l>.kh. lo. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Caryoj^h. Tab. CCCVIII. 



Fig. 5132. 

 Agfostemina Gitliago, Litin. Sm. Eiig. Pot. No. 741. IIoolc. tt Ant. Prit. Fl. ed. viii. 



]i. 02. 

 Koch, Syn. Fl. Genu, et Ilelv. ed. ii. [i. 117. Fries, Sum. Veg. Scand. p. 30. Gr. ik Godr. 



Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 224. 



Plowers solitary. Calyx •woolly, with 10 very prominent ribs. 

 Petals slightly emarginate, shorter than the lobes of the calyx. 

 A cornfield weed. Common, and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Summer. 



No rootstock or barren shoots. Stem erect, 1 to 4 feet higli, 

 witli a few ascending branches. Leaves strapshaped-lincar, acute, 

 2 to 5 inches long. Flowers terminating the stem and branches, 

 "I to f inch long by \\ to 1^ inch across. Peduncles very long. 

 Calyx cylindrical-ovoid, becoming much swollen in fruit, with the 

 ribs very prominent, and the teeth produced into segments closely 

 resembling the leaves, from 1 to li inch long. Petals with the 

 limb deltoid-roundish, very faintly notched at the apex, pale purple, 

 darker towards the apex, with 3 to 5 lines formed of dark purple 

 dots radiating from the base ; claw linear, with raised bands. Cap- 

 sule ovoid, opening by 5 slightly-reflcxed teeth. Seeds large, black, 

 anguhir-reniform, with concentric rows of acute-pointed tubercles. 

 Plant green, covered with adpressed white hairs, longest and most 

 closely placed on the stem ; calyx not at all viscid. 



Coi^n Coclde. 



Fiencli, Lyrhiiide Nielle. Gei'iuaii, Knrii. Hade., Ache.r lUule. 



Sub-Ordeu II.— ALSINE^E. 



Sepals distinct. Petals, stamens, and ovary sessile within the 

 calyx. Styles free, 3, 4, or 5. Stipules none. 



GENUS F/.— HOLDS TEUM. Linn. 



Sepals 5, sub-erect. Corolla of 5 petals, irregularly denticulate 

 at the apex, or very rarely entire. Stamens 3 to 5 (very rarely 10), 

 liypogynous. Styles 3 (rarely 4 or 5). Capsule generally longer 



