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CARYOPHYLLACE.E. 



with deeply-cut narrow segments. Fl. when the cuckoo 

 is in full song, hence its Latin name, Flos-Cuculi. 

 Perennial. 



LYCHNIS FLOS-cticuLi (Ragged Robin). 



2. L. diurna (Bed Eobin, or Campion). Stamens 

 and pistils on different plants ; petals 2-cleffc half-way 

 down, crowned ; capsule nearly globose 10-toothed, the 

 teeth recurved ; leaves oblong, tapering, downy, as well 

 as the stem. An ornamental hedge plant, 2 3 feet 

 high, with rose-coloured flowers. Fl. all the summer. 

 Perennial. 



