142 DECAND. PENTAGYN, 



2. L. Viscaria (red German Calchfly), petals slightly notched 

 at the extremity, capsule 5-ceIled, stem clammy at the joints. 

 Lightf.p. 240.' E. B. t. 788. 



HAB. Rocks in Edinburgh Park, Dr. Parsons. Blackford hill near 

 Edinb., Maugh. Dundas hill, near Kirkliston, Mr. P. Neill. Rocks 

 facing the West a little to the E. of Newburgh, Fifeshire, D. Don. j 

 and with a white flower on dry banks near^Airly Castle, G. Don. 

 Glen between Kinross and the bridge of Earn and den of Bal- 

 thayock, Perthshire. Maugh. Ft. June. 1}. . 



One foot high, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers in 

 a dense panicle, large, rose coloured. 



3. L. alpina (red alpine Campio?i), glabrous, petals bifid, flowers 

 corymbose-capitate, capsule 1 -celled . E. B. t. 2254. D. DO?J, 

 Descr. of rare Plants of Scot 1. p. 9.) 



HAB. Rocks near the summit of the Clova mountains, G. Don in E. 

 Bot. Fl. June, July. I/ . 



Five to six inches high, by no means viscid. Leaves lanceolate. Flow- 

 ers rather small, rose coloured. 



4. L. dioica (red Campion) t flowers dioecious, capsule 1 -eel led* 

 Lig/ilf. p. 240. 



. flowers red. E, B.t. 1579. L. diur?ia, Siblh. Ox. 



ft. flowers white. E. B. t. 1580. L. vesper tina, Sibth. Ox. 



HAB. Under hedges and in grass-fields, common. Fl. tl.ro.igh the 

 summer. I/ . 



One to two feet high, panicled above. Pubescent, viscid in a slight 

 degree about the joints of the stem. Leaves ovate, or ovato-lanceo- 

 late. Cal. in the anther-bearing flowers subcylindrical, in the fruit- 

 bearing ones ovate. In a. i\\e petals are rose coloured and are de- 

 stitute of smell ; in /3. they are pure white, and towards evening 

 afford an agreeable scent. The different appearances in these two 

 vars. independently of colour, described by authors, are found not 

 to be constant, and Smith does not agree with the continental bo- 

 tanists, who consider them distinct species. Indeed in England 

 I have observed an intermediate state of a very pale rose colour. 



20. CERASTIUM. 



* Petals not exceeding the calyx in length. 



1. C. vulgatum (broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed), hairy 

 viscid suberect, leaves ovate, flowers subcapitate longer than 

 their pedicels. Lightf. p. 240. E. B. t. 789. 



HAB. Fields, pastures and road-sides, common. Fl. Apr. June. O, 

 Six to ten inches high, branched below, dichotomous above. Petals 



narrow, bifid at the extremity. Caps, cylindrical, as long again as 



the cal. 



2. C. viscosum (narrow -leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed), hairy 

 viscid spreading, leaves oblongo-lanccolate, flowers somewhat 

 panicled shorter than their pedicels. Lightf. p. 240. E. B. 

 t. 790. 



HAB. Pastures and waste places, on walls, &c. Fl. the whole sum- 

 mer. 



