CHICKWEED TRIBE. 



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3. L. vespertina (Evening Campion). Stamens and 

 pistils on different plants ; petals 2-cleft half-way down, 

 crowned; capsule conical, 10-toothed, the teeth erect; 

 leaves as in L. diurna. Resembling the last, and in 

 some districts equally common. The flowers are white, 



AGROSTEMMA (Corn-Cockle). 



or sometimes reddish, fragrant in the evening. M. all 

 the summer. Perennial. 



* Two other species of Lychnis are natives of Britain ; 

 L. viscdria (Bed German Catchfly), which is found in 



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