88 BllITISH BOTANY. 



with an entire or slightly notched obovate limb, with 2 long, 

 truncate scales, and auriculate claw. Capsule globular or ovate, 

 about as long as the carpophore. Seeds finely tuberculate, reni- 

 form, fiat on both sides. 



Dry rocks. ? Naturalized. Perennial ; June. — It grows in 

 dry mountainous woods in the centre of France. 



L. alpina, Lin. Red Alpine Campion. — e.b.2254. l.b.s. 160. 

 A. 2. C. 3. Lat. 56-57°. Alt. 700-1000 yds. Tern. 40-37°. 



Stems about 6 inches high, not viscid. Leaves not fringed at 

 the base ; the upper linear ; the lower oblong, and tapering into 

 the petiole. Flowers on short pedicels, in a trichotomous (3- 

 forked) corymbose cluster. Calyx campanulate, not umbilicate 

 at the base, with roundish teeth. Petals wedge-shaped, fiat, and 

 cleft, with 2 truncate scales and a non-auriculate claw. Capsule 

 stalked. Seeds small, black, reniform, convex on both sides, and 

 finely tubercled. 



Near the summits of the Clova Mountains, Mr. G. Don. Per- 

 ennial ; June, July. 



L. Plos-cuculi, Lin. Cuckoo-flower. — e.b. 573. l.b.s. 162. 

 A. 18. C. 83. Lat, 50-61°. Alt. 0-650 yds. Tem. 51-40°. 



Root tufted. Stems erect or ascending (slightly reclining at 

 the base), rigid, with tubercles and hairs, ridged, furrowed, and 

 leafy. Root- and lower leaves oblong, attenuated below ; upper 

 lanceolate-linear, glabrous. Flowers roseate. Calyx coloured, 

 with prominent ribs and triangular teeth. Petals deeply divided 

 into four linear, unequal lobes ; the two external ones being the 

 narrowest, with scales above the claw. Capsule ovate, sessile, 

 1 -celled. 



In moist meadows. May- June. — This is the real Cuckoo- 

 flower ; the cuckoo is in full song when this plant is in flower. 



CucuBALUs, Geert. — A perennial, pubescent, almost climbing 

 plant, with ovate, acuminate, petiolate leaves. Calyx campanu- 

 late, deeply 5 -cleft, without a calycule. Petals 5, with long- 

 claws and a crown. Stamens 10. Styles 3. Fruit baccate, not 

 opening. 



C. bacciferus, L. — Berry -bearirig Cucubalus. — e.b. 1577. 



Root creeping, producing very much branched, brittle stems. 

 Leaves ovate, apiculate, soft, petiolate. Flowers drooping, on 

 short pedicels, in forked clusters. Calyx inflated, 5 -cleft. Petals 

 deeply divided, with two acute lobes, and with a lateral tooth at 



