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LYCHNIS 



LYCIUM 



Agrostemma Cceli-rosa). A popular garden annual, lov- 

 ing the sun. There is a white-fld. form; also var. fim- 

 briata, Hort., with toothed petals. The species is known 

 also as Silene Coeli-rosa. For an account of the lead- 

 ing garden forms, see Render, M.D.G. 1897, p. 346. 



Var. oculata (L. oculata, 

 Backh. Viscaria oculata, 

 Lindl.),is a handsome form 

 with purple-eyed fis. B.R. 

 29:53. B.M.4075. 



EE. Biennials and per- 

 ennials. 



8. 



Sibth.). RED or MORNING 

 CAMPION. Coarse, hairy and 

 usually somewhat viscid, 1- 

 2 ft. tall, forking above: 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or ob- 

 long, the cauline ones broad- 

 based or clasping: fls. nor- 

 mally red (vai'ying to pink 

 and white), in loose, elon- 

 gating or forking clusters 

 ( or at first single on the ends 

 of the branches), opening in 

 the morning, not fragrant, 

 more or less dioecious; calyx 

 oblong, reddish, not exceed- 

 ing K in. in length: fr. or 

 capsule large and globose, 

 wide - mouthed, the teeth 

 recurved. Eu. and Asia. 

 Frequent in old gardens, 

 and also run wild in waste 

 grounds in the eastern 

 states. There are double- 

 fld. forms. 



9. alba, Mill. (L. vesper- 

 tlna, Sibth.). WHITE or 

 EVENING CAMPION. Very 

 like the last, and perhaps 

 not specifically distinct, but 

 more viscid : Ivs. longer : 

 fls. usually white and fra- 

 grant and opening at even- 

 ing; calyx longer and green: 

 capsule ovate to conical, 

 with teeth erect or spread- 

 ing, not recurved. May, 

 June. Eu. In old gardens 

 and also escaped. There is 

 a double-fid, form. This and 

 the last are easily grown 

 perennials or biennials. 



10. Viscaria, Linn. GER- 

 MAN CATCHFLY. Interesting 

 hardy perennial, 6-20 in. 

 high, glabrous, but with 

 viscid patches beneath the 

 fl. -clusters: Ivs. long-linear, 

 the lower ones tapering to- 

 wards the base : fls. not 

 large, red, in opposite short- 

 stalked clusters, which form 

 an interrupted glomerate 



panicle; calyx % in. long, reddish, usually somewhat 

 swollen above the middle, with short teeth. Eu., N. 

 Asia. G.C. III. 20: 122. -Sometimes seen in old gardens] 

 and a useful plant with a tufted habit; a most profuse 

 bloomer in sunny places. There are forms with deep 

 red and white fls.: also double-fld. Var. spl6ndens, 

 Hort., has rose-pink fls. Var. elegans, Hort., has scar- 

 let and white-striped fls. 



DD. Petals 4-lobed or parted. 



11. F16s-cuculi, Linn. RAGGED ROBIN. CUCKOO 

 FLOWER (whence the Latin name). Perennial, slender, 

 1-2 ft. tall, slightly roughened, and glandular above: 

 root-ivs. oblanceolate; stem-lvs. lance-linear to linear 

 and rather small : fls. in a loose, cymose-paniculate 

 cluster, red or pink, the petals cut into 4 linear seg- 

 ments; calyx short-oblongr. 10-rihbed. Eu., N. Asia. 



1333. Lychnis Cceli-rosa. 

 Natural size. 



Common in old gardens and also naturalized in parts o I 

 the eastern country. The double form (red or white) 11 

 prized for its close-packed, flmbriate fls. An old-timil 

 and deserving favorite, blooming profusely and fo I 

 most of the season. Hardy. 



Var. plenissima, Hort. (L. plenissima semperfldrens \ 

 Hort.), is an excellent very double form, bloomint 

 from spring till fall, and also forcing well. 



DDD. Petals several-toothed or fimbriate, but not lobed I 



12. coronata, Thunb. (L. grandiflbra, Jacq.). Peren 

 nial, or often biennial under cultivation, erect, glabrous. 

 Ivs. oval-elliptic and acute, the cauline ones sessile 01 

 nearly so: fls. very large (nearly or quite 2 in. aci-oss). 

 the wide-spreading petals sharply several-toothed 01 ! 

 somewhat laciniate, brick-red or cinnabar, scattered 01 ! 

 in an open panicle. China, Japan. B.M. 223. L.B.C ! 

 15:1433. F.S. 10:979. -Half-hardy or tender perennial.! 

 growing 1-1% ft. high, mostly a spring and summer 

 bloomer. Of this handsome plant there are various 

 forms, and to at least some of them, the name L. ful- 

 gens is frequently applied. 



Var. speciosa (L. speciosa, Carr. L. fiilgens, var. 

 speciosa, Voss). Usually not so tall, very bushy: Ivs. 

 narrower and sharper: fls. very large and redder (usu- 

 ally scarlet), the petals less toothed and indistinctly 

 notched. R.H. 1870-1:530. 



Var. Sieboldii (L. Sieboldii, Van Houtte. L. fiilget 

 var. Sieboldii, Hort. ). Fls. large and pure white, wi 

 lacerate and obscurely 2-notched petals. 



13. Haageana, Lena. Hybrid of L. fulgens and L. 

 coronata, 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 perennial, 12 in. or less high, in summer 

 producing large clusters of orange-red, scarlet or crim- 

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

 I. H. 6:195. F.S. 22:2322. 



14. Senno, Sieb. & Zucc. Erect-growing, villous per- 

 ennial, 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 

 into several divisions which are again toothed at the 

 ends. Japan. Little known in this country. 



L. H. B. 



LYCIUM (Greek, Lylcion, a name given to a Rhamnus 

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

 lanacece. MATRIMONY VINE. Box THORN. Ornamental 

 deciduous or evergreen shrubs, with usually spiny and 



1334. Old-time garden Tomato, Lycopersicum esculent 

 (See p. 958.) 



