PLATE XXXIV. 



LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA. 



SCARLET LYCHNIS. 



THIS genus contains plants of the hardy, herbaceous, flowery, 

 perennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decandria Pentagynia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Caryophyllei. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one-leafed perianthium, 

 oblong, meinbranaceous, five-toothed, permanent: the corolla has 

 five petals : claws the length of the calyx, flat, margined : border 

 often cloven, flat: the stamina have ten filaments, longer than the 

 calyx, alternately shorter, each of these fixed to a claw of each 

 petal: anthers incumbent: the pistillum is a subovate germ: styles 

 five, awl-shaped, longer than the stamens: stigmas reflex against the 

 sun, pubescent: the pericarpium is a capsule approaching to an 

 ovate form, covered, one, three, or five celled, five-valved: the 

 seeds very many, and roundish. 



The species cultivated are: 1. L. chalcedonica, Scarlet Lychnis; 

 2. L. Flos cnculi, Red- flowered Lychnis, Meadow Pink, or Ragged 

 Robin ; 3. L. coronata, Chinese Lychnis ; 4. L. viscaria, Viscous 

 Lichnis, or Catchfly; 5. L. diurna, Rose-flowered Lychnis, Wild 

 Red Campion, or Red Bachelor's Buttons ; 6. L. vespertina, White- 

 flowered Lychnis, Wild White Campion, or White Bachelor's 

 Buttons. 



The first has a perennial root: the stems three feet high, upright, 

 stiff, round, jointed, hairy : at every joint are two large leaves of a 

 brownish green colour: the flowers terminating in a large flat-topped 

 tuft, consisting of several bundles: the corolla is of a scarlet or bright 



