86 BRITISH BOTANY. 



lanceolate, pointed, sessile, glaucous. Flowers in dense, level- 

 topped cymes. Petals cleft, notched, or entire, crowned with a 

 double, awl-shaped scale ; claw tapering, not auricled. Capsule 

 oblong, not longer than its stalk. (The capsule is usually shorter 

 than its thecaphore, or stalk.) 



On rubbish in England, where it is an alien, and in woods and 

 rocky places in the south of France, where it is a native. An- 

 nual; June-September. — Steam-boat Pier, Wandsworth, where 

 it has been noticed since 1851. 



S. acaulis, Lin. Moss Campion. — e.b. 1081. l.b.s. 159. 

 A. 6. C. 15. Lat. 53-61°. Alt. 0-1450 yds. Tern. 44-32°. 



Roots very long, deeply penetrating into the fissures and 

 chinks of rocks. Stems densely tufted, and branching, leafy, 

 and moss-like, each bearing a solitary flower. Leaves linear, 

 opposite, crowded, slightly fringed at the base. Calyx campanu- 

 late, glabrous, with blunt teeth. Petals slightly cleft at the apex, 

 rose-colour or white. Capsule ovate, becoming cylindrical, and 

 twice as long as the calyx wlien ripe, opening by 6 valves. 



Mountains of Wales and Scotland. Perennial ; June-July. 



S. alpestris, Jacq. 



Root perennial, bearing rosettes of leaves, and erect, branching, 

 flowering stems ; the latter are wiry, rigid, somewhat viscid, and 

 leafy. Leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends ; the upper ones 

 linear. Flowers in lax, usually 3-forked (trichotomous) cymes. 

 Calyx campanulate, with blunt teeth. Petals toothed at the 

 margin ; claw crowned with two blunt scales, not auriculate. 

 Capsule ovate, much longer than the calyx, on a very short car- 

 pophore (stipes or column) . Seeds bordered with a fine fringe, 

 tubercular, and slightly convex. 



Clova, Forfarshire, Mi'. G. Don. 



The above description is drawn up from a cultivated example. 

 We have not heard of the re-discovery of the plant in the original 

 Clova locality ; nor has it been as yet noticed in any other part 

 of the British Isles. 



Lychnis. — Perennial plants, with hairy, sometimes glandular 

 stems, and ovate-oblong or lanceolate leaves. Flowers often 

 dioecious, in irregular, forked cymes. Calyx tubular, more or 

 less inflated, with 5 teeth. Petals 5, with long claws, and crowned 

 above the claw. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsules 1 -celled, 

 opening at the summit by 5-10 valves. 



