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less; stamens 10; styles 5 ; capsule 1 -celled, opening at the top by 5 



teeth. X and . Erect, hairy, dichotomous. 



A Githago. A well known, handsome weed, growing in fields of wheat or 



other grains, and of a pale green color. St. 2 to 3f high, forked above. Lvs. 



linear, loug (3 to 5'), fringed with long hairs. Fls. few, large, of a dull purple, on 



long, naked stalks. Sds. roundish, angular, purplish-black, injurious to the white- 



ness of the flour. Jl. Eur. (Lychnis Githago Lam.) 



5. LYCHNIS, L. (Gr. At^of, a lamp; some cottony species having 

 been used as lamp-wick.) Calyx bractless, tubular, oblong or ovoid, 

 limb of 5 short lobes, persistent ; petals 5, entire or cleft, mostly 

 crowned; stamens 10 ; styles 5; capsule more or less 5-celled at base, 

 opening by 5 to 10 teeth. Handsome perennials, cultivated. 



Fls. perfect, Petals entire or 2-parted ........................................... Nos. 1, 2 



Petals laciniate, or 4-parted ........................................ Nos. 3, 4 



Flowers dioecious. Petals 2-lobed .............................................. Nos. 6, 6 



1 L. coronaria DC. MULLEIN PINK. ROSE CAMPION. Villous ; at. di- 

 chotomous ; ped. long, \-flowered ; col. campanulate., veined ; pet. broad, entire. 

 Native of Italy. Whole plant covered with dense wool. St. 2f high. Fls. 

 purple, large. Varieties are white-flowered, red double-flowered, etc. f. 



2 L. Chalcedonica L. SCARLET LYCHNIS or SWEET WILLIAM. Smoothish ; 

 fls. fasciculate ; cal. cylindric, clavate, ribbed ; pet. 2-lobed. A fine garden flower, 

 native of Russia. St. 1 to 2f high, with dark green, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 Ivs., and large, terminal, convex, dense fascicles of deep-scarlet flowers. It has 

 varieties of white fls. and also with double. Jn., Jl. f. 



3 L. Floscdculi L. RAGGED ROBIN. Smoothish ; st. ascending, dichotomous 

 at summit; fls. fascicled ; cal. campanulate, 10-ribbed; pet. in 4 deep, linear seg- 

 ments. Native of Europe. St. 1 to 2f high, rough angled, viscid above. Lva 

 lanceolate, smooth. Fls. pink, very beautiful, with a brown, angular, smooth 

 calyx. Caps, roundish, 1 -celled, JL, Sept. f 



4 L. coronata L. CHINESE LYCHNIS. Smooth ; fl-s. terminal and axillary, 1 to 

 3 ; cal. rounded, clavate, ribbed ; pet. laciniate. Native of China. St. 1 to 2f 

 high. Petals of lively red, remarkable for their largo size. There are varieties 

 with double red and double white flowers, f . 



5 L. diurna L. St. dichotomous-paniculate ; fls. $ $ ; petals half-bifid, lobes 

 narrow, diverging' caps, ovoid-globous. Native of Britain, almost naturalized. 

 Sts. about 2f high, pubescent. Lvs. 1 to 3' long, elliptic-ovate, acute. Fls. light- 

 purple, middle size. 



6 L. dioica L. Dioecious ; st dichotomous-paniculate ; petals half-bifid, the 

 lobes broad, approximating ; caps, conical. Hardy at the South. St. 2f high, 

 hoary -pubescent. Lvs. lance-ovate, acuminate, 1 to 2' long. Fls. white, middle- 

 size. Jn. Aug. f Eur. 



6. CERASTIUM, L. MOUSE-EAR CHICK-WEED. (Gr. KKpdg, a horn ; 

 from the resemblance of the capsule of some of the species.) Calyx of 

 5, ovate, acute sepals; corolla of 5, bifid petals; stamens 10, some- 

 times 5 or 4, the alternate ones shorter ; styles 5 ; capsules cylindri- 

 cal or roundish, elongated, opening at the apex by 10 teeth ; seeds 

 numerous. Fls. cymous, white. 



Petals about as long as the calyx ............................................... .Nos. 1, 2 



$ Petals much longer than the calyx ............................................... Nos. 85 



1 C. vulgatum L. Hairy, pale green, caespitous ; Ivs. attenuated at base, ovate 

 or obovate, obtuse; fls. in subcapitate clusters; sep. when young, longer than the 

 pedicels. (P Fields and waste grounds, Can. and U. S., flowering all summer. 

 St. 6 to 12' long, ascending, mostly forked. Lvs. 6 to 8'' by 3 to 5", mostly very 

 obtuse, lower ones tapering to the base. Fls. in dense, terminal clusters, the 

 terminal (central) one solitary, always the oldest. Seps. mostly green, a little 

 shorter than the corolla. Petals white, appearing in 10 segments. 

 It 



