LYCHNIS 



LYCIUM 



1929 



DD. Petals 4-lobed or parted. 

 13. F16s-cflcull, Linn. {Agrostemma F^los-ciiculi, Don. 

 Corotiaria FloK-citcidi, A. Br.). Racced Rohin. 

 Cuckoo Flower (note the Latin name). I'Mg. 2228. 

 Perennial, slender, 1-2 ft. tall, slinhlly roughened, and 

 glandular above: root-lvs. oblaneeolate; st.-lvs. lance- 

 linear to linear and rather .small: fls. in a loose, cyraose- 

 paniculate cluster, red or pink, the petals cut into 4 

 linear segms. ; calyx short-oblong, 10-ribbed. Eu., N. 



A.sia. G.26:401(var. 

 rosea). — Common in 

 old gardens and also 

 naturalized in parts 

 of the ea-stern coun- 

 try. The double form 

 (red or white) is 

 prized for its close- 

 packed fimbriate fls. 



2226. Lychnis dioica. ( X H) 



An old-time and deserving favor- 

 ite, blooming profusely and for 

 most of the sea-son. Hardy. 



Var. plenissima, Hort. (L. 

 plenlssima semperflbrens, Hort.), 

 is an excellent very double form, 

 blooming from spring till autumn, 

 and also forcing well. 



DDD. Petals several-toothed or finv- 

 briale or nearly entire, not 

 simply 2-lohe.d (perhaps excep- 

 tions in some of the forms). 



1.5. Miqueliana, Rohrb. Much like L. coronata but 

 well <listinguislied by petals not eroded, bracts and 

 bract lets short and strict, the infl. spreading, peduncles 

 often about as long as calyx: described as a pretty 

 species forming a spreading bush of olive-green foliage 

 and freely producing salmon-red large fls. in Aug. and 

 Sept. .lapan. 



16. Haageana, Lem. (L. fulgens forma Haageana, 

 Voss. L. grandiflbra var. Haageana, Hort.). Hybrid 

 of L. fulgens and L. coronata var. Sieboldii, and a good 

 intermediate, the fls. being large, with 2-notched petals 

 and 2 short side teeth or lobes and dentate ends to the 

 large lobes. It is a hardy or half-hardy, more or less 

 hairy perennial, 12 in. or less high, in summer pro- 

 ducing large clusters of orange-red, .scarlet or crimson 

 fls., which are nearly 2 in. across. Very desirable. 

 I.H.6:19.5. G.C. III. 42:243. G. 34:675. F.S. 22:2322. 



17. Senno, Sieb. & Zucc. Erect-growing villous 



perennial, with sessile, ovate or lance- 

 ovate Ivs. and 1-3 large fls. at the ends 

 of the branches, deep carmine (or in 

 some forms with striped fls.), the petals 

 deeply cut (half their length) into .several 

 divisions which are again toothed at the 

 ends; possibly a form of L. coronata. 

 Japan. — Little known in this country. 



L. Arkwnghlii, Hort. Garden hybrid between 

 I., chalredonica and L. Haageana. Shades of 

 scarlet. — L. Lagdscxt Hook. f.=Petrocoptis. — L, 



2227. Lychnis alba. ( X Js) 



14. coronata, Thunb. (L. grandiflbra, Jacq.). Peren- 

 nial, or often biennial under cult., erect, glabrous, 1-1 )/2 

 ft.: Ivs. oval-elliptic and acute, the cauline ones sessile 

 or nearly so: fls. very large (2 in. or more across), the 

 wide-spreading petals sharply .several-toothed or some- 

 what laciniate, brick-red, salmon, or cinnabar, scat- 

 tered or in an open panicle. China, Japan. B.M. 223. 

 L.B.C. 1.5:1433. G.C. III. 28:205 and 42: 189 (the .same 

 cut). R.H. 1911:12. G.M. 51:141. F.S. 10:979.— 

 Half-hardy or tender perennial, growing \-\]/2 ft. high, 

 mostly a spring and summer bloomer. Of this hand- 

 some plant there are various forms, and to at least 

 some of them the name L. fulgens is frequently 

 applied. 



Var. specidsa, Bailey (L. specibsa, Carr. L. grandi- 

 flbra var. specibsa, Voss. L. japdnica specibsa, Hort.). 

 L'sually not so tall, very bushy: Ivs. narrower and 

 sharper: fls. very large and redder (usually scarlet), 

 the petals less toothed and indistinctly 2-notchcd. 

 R.H. 1870-1:. 530. 



Var. Sieboldii, Bailey (L. Sikboldii, Van Houtte. L. 

 grandiflbra var. Sieboldii, Voss). Fls. large and pure 

 white, with lacerate and obscurely 2-notched petals. 



2228. Lychnis F!os-cuculi. ( X h) 



pyrendica, Berger 

 = Petrocoptis. — 

 L. SirtoH. Hort. 

 Said somewhat to 

 resemble L. dioica 

 but has narrower 

 and more lanceo- 

 late Ivs. and the 

 inflated calyx is 

 more elongated, 

 the fls. being simi- 

 lar color of purple 

 and Hin. across: 

 about 9-12 in. 

 Iiigh. China (?). — L. siMrica, Linn. Perennial, from Siberia, appar- 

 ently not in commerce: cespitose: Ivs. linear, somewhat hairy: fls. 

 long-peduncjed: calyx campanulate-globose, the lobes very short 

 an<l obtuse; petals 2-lobed. — L. struita, Hort., offered abroad, "deep 

 scarlet with distinct white stripes," is probably not L. striata, 

 Rydb., of W. U. ,S.; the latter is a perennial with exserted white or 

 purplish 2-cleft petals and strongly lO-nerved calyx, growing at an 

 altitude of 6,000-10,000 ft. in Colo., Wyo., Utah. L H B 



L'^CIUM (Greek, Lykion, a name given to a Rhamnus 

 from Lycia, transferred by Linnaius to this genus). So- 

 lanaceae. Mathimonv-Vine. Box-Thoun. Ornamental 

 shrubs grown for their flowers and for the attractive 

 fruits, scarlet in most species. 



Deciduous or evergreen, thorny or unarmed: Ivs. 



