CARYOPHYLLEjE. IX. AGROSTEMMA. X. GITHAGO. XI. VELEZIA. 



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Siberian Rose-campion. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 T to foot. 



11 A. PYRENA'ICA (Berg. fl. bass, pyren. 2, p. 264. under 

 Lychnis,) glabrous ; stems tufted, diffuse ; flowers in dichoto- 

 mous bundles, with a single flower in each fork, which stands on 

 a long peduncle ; calyx campanulate, lobes short ; petals rather 

 emarginate, appendiculate ; leaves leathery, radical ones spatu- 

 late, on long footstalks, cauline ones cordate, sessile. If. . H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees on rocks. D. C. icon. fl. gall. rar. fasc. 

 2. ined. L. nummularia, Lapeyr. abr. p. 263. Flowers red or 

 white. 



Pyrenean Rose-campion. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PL 3- 

 to | foot. 



12 A. TRIFLORA (Sommerfelt, in mag. natur. ann. 1824. cah. 

 1. p. 151. under Lychnis,) stem 3-flowered ; peduncles and calyx 

 clothed with viscid down ; stem erect, very short, pubescent ; 

 leaves densely-pubescent, radical ones crowded, lanceolate, 

 acutish, entire, ciliated, with a pair of cauline ones hardly an 

 inch from the root ; bracteas 6, opposite by twos, approximating 

 the flowers in the manner of an involucrum ; calyx ventricose ; 

 petals emarginate, longer than the calyx. %. . H. Native of 

 Greenland. Flowers erect, white, 2 lateral ones on short pedi- 

 cels, middle one on a long one. Stigmas pubescent. 



Three-flowered Rose-campion. Pi. -j to -j- foot. 



ISA. PU'LCHRA ; herbaceous, canescent, viscidly-pubescent ; 

 stem erect, few-flowered ; leaves lanceolate, acute, lower ones 

 tapering into the petiole, upper ones sessile, half-stem-clasping ; 

 flowers large, on long peduncles, like those of A. sylvestris, 

 p. 416.no. 4. but nearly twice the size, and red; calyx tubular, 

 10 lines long, 10-striped, 5-toothed ; teeth broad, with pellucid 

 margins, and with a green nerve running through the middle ; 

 petals quadrifid, lateral segments smallest. "If . F. Native of 

 Mexico at the bottom of mount Oriziba. Lychnis pulchra, 

 Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnasa 5. p. 334. 



Fair Rose-campion. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



14 A. FIMBRIA'TA ; stem erect, nearly simple, panicled at 

 the top, pubescent; leaves ovate, acuminated, 3-5-nerved; calyx 

 inflated ; petals fringed. 1 . H. Native of Kamoon in the 

 East Indies. Lychnis fimbriata, Wall. mss. Flowers white ? 

 Like Silene inflatu. This plant comes near to A, apetala, p. 

 416. no. 1. 



.Fnngerf-petalled Rose-campion. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



15 A. INFLA'TA ; erect, pubescent ; leaves ovate, acute, lower 

 ones stalked, upper ones sessile ; stem 1 -flowered; flower nod- 

 ding ; calyx much inflated, not much shorter than the petals. 

 If. . H. Native of Kamoon in the East Indies. Lychnis inflata, 

 Wall. mss. This plant comes near to A. sylvestris, p. 416. 

 no. 4. 



Inflated- ca}yx.eti Rose-campion. PI. 1 foot. 



16 A. FLOS-CU'CULI (Lin. under Lychnis,) stems ascending; 

 smoothish ; flowers in dichotomous bundles ; calyx campanulate, 

 with 10 ribs; petals torn, appendiculate. If.. H. Native of 

 Europe in moist meadows and bogs, plentiful in Britain. 

 Lam. ill. t. 391. Smith, engl. bot. 573. Curt. lond. fasc. 1. 

 t. 33. Oed. fl. dan. t. 590. Flowers scentless, rose-coloured. 



Var. ft, albifldra ; flowers white. 



Var. y, Jlore-pleno ; flowers double, rose-coloured. Culti- 

 vated sometimes in gardens. 



Cuckoo-flower or Ragged-robin. Fl. June. Britain. PI. 1 

 to 1| foot. 



17 A. CORONA'RIA (Lin. spec. 625.) plant woolly; stems 

 dichotomous; peduncles elongated, 1 -flowered; calyx some- 

 what campanulate, ribbed ; petals emarginate, crowned, serrated ; 

 leaves lanceolate, very broad, leathery. If. H. Native of 

 Italy, Switzerland, and Tauria, by the sides of woods on 



VOL. i. PART, v. 



the Alps. Curt. bot. mag. t. 24. Lychnis coronaria, Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 643. Knor. del. 1. t. R. 20. Flowers white, with the 

 middle red. 



Far. /3, rubra ; flowers single, red. In gardens. 



Var. y, alba ; flowers single, white. In gardens. 



Var. S, plena ; flowers double, red. In gardens. 



Crowned or Common Rose-campion. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1596. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



A species not sufficiently known. 



18 A. LUSITA'NICA (Mill. diet. no. 8. under Lychnis,) stem 

 erect ; calyx striated, acute ; petals dissected. 1[ . H. Native 

 of Portugal. 



Portugal Rose-campion. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. Some of the species of Agrostemma are very orna- 

 mental, and well adapted for flower-borders. They will all 

 grow freely in any common garden-soil. The perennial species 

 are either increased by dividing at the root or by seed. The 

 seeds of the annual species require only to be sown in the open 

 border where they are intended to remain. 



X. GITHA GO (from gith or git, a black aromatic seed, 

 which was employed in the kitchens of the Romans. The seeds 

 of the Nigella saliva, which those of Githago much resemble. 

 Ago in botany, when it terminates a word, usually signifies 

 resemblance with the word that precedes it, as gith and ago, 

 resembling gith). Desf. cat. 159. Agrostemma, spec. Lin. 

 Lychnis, spec. Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx campanulate, 

 coriaceous, with 5 long, leafy segments. Petals 5, unguiculate, 

 undivided, naked. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule 1-celled, 

 5-valved. Anthoghorum wanting. Upright annual plants, 

 with largish red or white flowers, and long leafy calycine teeth. 



1 G. SE'GETUM (Desf. cat. p. 159.) plant hairy ; stem dicho- 

 tomous ; flowers on long stalks ; leaves linear ; calyx equal in 

 length to the corolla. O- H. Native among corn in all parts 

 of Europe, and North America around Quebec ; plentiful in 

 Britain. Agrostemma Githago, Lin. spec. 624. Smith, engl. 

 bot. 741. Curt. lond. fasc. 3. t. 27. Martyn, rust. t. 105. 

 Fl. dan. 576. Drevers bilderb. t. 22. Lychnis Githago, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 643. Fusch. hist. 127. icone. Flowers purple, 

 with bluish streaks. This is a very troublesome weed in corn- 

 fields : it should be eradicated by hand before flowering. 



Corn-cockle. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



2 G. NIC^EE'NSIS ; plant hairy ; stem dichotomous ; flowers 

 on long peduncles; calyx longer than the corolla. H. 

 Native in fields about Nice. Lychnis Nicaeensis, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 805. Agrostemma Nicaeensis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 519. Flowers 

 white, sometimes streaked with red. 



Nice Corn-cockle. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1794. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 

 the open border in spring in patches. The plants are very 

 elegant when in flower. 



XI. VELE'ZIA (in honour of Franc. Velez, a Spaniard, 

 author of a small book on Cubebes). Lin. gen. no. 448. Gaert. 

 fruct. 2. t. 129. f. 12. D.C. prod. 1. p. 387. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx tubular (f. 79. fc.), 

 5-toothed. Petals 5, short, with filiform claws (f. 79. d.), beard- 

 ed in the throat (f. 79. c.), and with an emarginate border. Sta- 

 mens 10 (f. 79. e.). Styles 2 (f. 79. g.). Capsules 1-celled, 

 long, cylindrical (f. 79. i.). Seed imbricate. Slender prostrate 

 herbs with narrow leaves and long calyxes, like the pink. 

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