DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 239 



Cockle. Anglis. 



In corn fields. G. VI. 



The lUlk is two feet high, ered, but little branch'd 

 and hairy : the leaves linear, acute and hairy : 

 the fegments of the calyx hairy ftriated, and ra- 

 ther longer than the corolla : the petals obtufe, 

 and of a bright purple color : the feeds black, 

 and elegantly rough, having a white meal or 

 flour. 



LYCHNIS. Gen.pL 584. 

 Cal. i-phyllus, oblongus, l^vis. Petala 5, ungwi- 

 culata. Limbo fubbifido. Caps, 5-locularis. 

 fios cuculi I LYCHNIS petalis quadrifidis, frudu fubrotundo. 

 Sp. pi. 625. {Ger. em. 600. f. i. Moris, hiji.f. 5. 

 /. 20./. 8. Pet. herb. t. s^. f. 6) 

 Meadow Pinks, Wild Williams, Cuckow Flower, 



or Ragged Robbins. Anglis. 

 In moift meadows and wet boggy places frequent. 



Ti.VI. 



The ftalk is angular, and red at the joints : the 

 leaves rcflex'd on their edges, and red at their 

 ends : the calyx flreak'd with ten red prominent 

 lines: the petals red and quadrifid or jagged. 



Cattle refufe to eat it. 



\'ifcaria 2. LYCHNIS petalis fubintegris. Syfi. nat. 319. Sp. 

 pi 625. (Ger. em. boi. f. 3. Moris, hift. f. 5-. /. 

 '2.0. f. 6. Vet. herb. t. 57./. S) 

 Red Catch fly. Anglis. 



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