CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



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2. Lychnis dioica L. Red Campion. 

 (Fig. 1456.) 



Lychnis dioica L. Sp. PI. 437. 1753. 

 Lychnis din ma Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 145. 1794. 



Biennial, very viscid- pubescent, branching above, 

 i-2 high. Basal leaves long-petioled, oblong, 

 obtuse but pointed, the blade, 2'-3 / long; stein- 

 leaves sessile or the lower short-petioled, ovate, 

 acute, i '-2' long, %'-!%' wide; flowers numerous 

 in panicled cymes, red or nearly white, scentless, 

 9 // -i2 // broad, dioecious, opening in the morning; 

 calyx at first tubular, about 4" long and 2 l / 2 " wide, 

 swollen in fruit to nearly globular by the ripening 

 pod, its teeth ovate-lanceolate, acute; petals obo- 

 vate, 2-cleft, crowned; teeth of the capsule 2-cleft, 

 recurved. 



In waste places and ballast, Nova Scotia. Ontario, 

 New England and the Middle States. Not common. 

 Adventive from Europe. Summer. Called also Adder's- 

 flower. 



3. Lychnis Chalcedonica L. Scarlet 

 Lychnis. (Fig. 1457.) 



Lychnis Chalcedonica L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. 



Perennial, stem stout, erect, simple or little 

 branched, finely pubescent or hirsute, i-2j4 

 tall. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or the upper 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, sessile or 

 somewhat clasping, dark green, 2 / -5 / long, 6"- 

 i8 r/ wide; flowers perfect, numerous, about i' 

 broad, scarlet, in one or more usually dense termi- 

 nal cymes; calyx oblong in flower, becoming ob- 

 ovoid, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 2-cleft or 

 laciniate; capsule borne on a stipe of nearly its 

 own length, its teeth entire. 



Escaped from tfanh us to roadsides, Massachu- 

 si-tts to southern New York. Native of eastern Eu- 

 rope and utsu-tn Asia. Flowers, in cultivation. 

 often double. Old English names, Scarlet Light- 

 ning, and Cross-of-Jerusalem. June-Sept. 



4. Lychnis Flos-cuculi L. Cuckoo 

 Flower. Ragged Robin. (Fig. 1458.) 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. 



Perennial, slender, erect, i-2 high, freely 

 branching, downy-pubescent below, slightly vis- 

 cid above. Lower and basal leaves oblanceo- 

 late or spatulate, 2 / ~3 / long, tapering into a broad 

 petiole; upper leaves sessile, lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, distant, the uppermost reduced to 

 lanceolate bracts; inflorescence paniculate; flow- 

 ers pink, blue or white, 8 // -i2 // broad; calyx at 

 first cylindric, 3" long, lo-nerved, becoming 

 campanulate in fruit, its teeth triangular, acute; 

 petals cleft into 4 linear lobes, the middle pair 

 of lobes longer; capsule globose. 



In moist waste places, New Brunswick to New 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania. Commonly cultivated. 

 Fugitive from Europe. Called also Crow-flower, 

 Meadow Pink, and Meadow Campion. June-Sept. 



