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leaves 3-5 in., very narrow-lanceolate, petioles downy at the margins. Cymes 

 very contracted, panicled, few-flowered. Flowers almost sessile. Calyx 

 ^ in., membranous, purple, dilated upwards; teeth short, acute. Petals 

 obovate, red-purple ; scales short. Capsule broadly ovoid ; pedicel slender, 

 ^ as long as the capsule. DISTRIB. Europe (excl. Spain and Greece) to the 

 Caucasus, Siberia. 



3. L. alpi'na, L.; tufted, not viscid, cymes compact, petals 2-lobed. 

 Alpine moors and ravines ; Hobcartin Fell, Cumberland ; Little Kilrannock, 



Perthshire ; Clova Mts., ascending to 3,000 ft. ; fl. June- July. Glabrous, 

 4-8 in. liootstock short, much branched. Leaves 1-2 in., crowded, narrow, 

 linear-lanceolate, flowers nearly ^ in. diam., shortly peduncled, bracts red. 

 Calyx nerves faint, teeth rounded. Petals rosy. Capsule ovoid, pedicel half 

 its length. DISTRIB. Arctic and high alps of Europe (excl. Greece and 

 Turkey), Siberia to Dahuria, Arctic America. 

 *** Petals 2-partite. Capsule \0-toothed, without any septa. Flowers sub-diceciom. 



4. Ii. diur'na, Sibth. ; calyx reddish, teeth triangular acute, petals 

 red, capsule subglobose teeth recurved. L. dioica a, L. Red Campion. 

 Damp copses and hedgebanks ; fl. June- July. Softly hairy, rarely quite 



glabrous, viscid above. Rootstock slender, branched. Radical leaves 3-6 in. , 

 obovate, petioled ; cauline narrower. Flowering stem 1-3 ft. , erect, flowers 

 in loose dichotomous cymes. Calyx % in., subcylindric, reddish, rarely green. 

 Petals red, rarely white, lobes oblong ; scales lanceolate. Capsule mouth- 

 wide ; gynophore very short. DISTIUB. Europe (Arctic) to the Caucasus, 

 Siberia to Baikal, Greenland. 



5. L. vesperti'na, Sibth. ; calyx greenish, teeth elongate, petals 

 white, capsule conical, teeth short linear-lanceolate erect. White Campion. 

 L. dioica /8, L. 



Fields, hedgerows, &c. ; fl. June-Sept. Very similar to the last, and pro- 

 bably only a sub-species. Flotrers rarely reddish, fragrant in the evening. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, W. Asia ; introd. in the U. States. 



4. GITHA'GO, Desfontaines. CORN-COCKLE. 



Characters of Lychnis, but calyx coriaceous with foliaceous teeth. Petals 

 without scales at the base of the blade, entire. Styles and carpels opposite 

 the sepals. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, "W. Asia to Persia ; introd. in 

 U. States ; species 1. ETYM. obscure. 



1. G. se'getum, Desf. ; flowers solitary, calyx woolly segments much 

 longer than the petals. Agrostem'ma Githago, L. 



Cornfields ; a colonist, Watson ; fl. June- Aug. Annual ; clothed with dense 

 white hairs. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 2-5 in., linear-lanceolate. Flowers 1^-2 in. 

 diam. ; peduncles long. Calyx 1-1 ^ in., cylindric-ovoid, ribs strong. "Petals 

 pale purple, limb obovate. Capsule ovoid. 



5. HOLOS'TEUM, L. 



Annual herbs, viscid and glandular. Leaves narrow. Flowers in ter- 

 minal umbel-like cymes. Sepals 5. Petals 5, toothed or notched. Sta- 

 mens 3-5, rarely 10. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 3, rarely 4 or 5 ; ovules many. 

 Capsule subcylindric, with twice as many short terminal valves as there 

 are styles. Seeds concavo-convex, rough ; embryo horseshoe-shaped. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, W. Asia ; species 3. ETYM. unknown. 



