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ther is always tv/o Years before it 

 is pull'd. The Dyen ufe it for 

 dying of bright Yellows and Le- 

 mon Colours. 'Tis niuch fown in 

 Kent, efpecially about Ci^nterbHry, 

 and often yields from forty Shil- 

 lings, to ten or twelve Pounds an 

 Acre. 



LYCHNIS; Campion. 

 The Characters are i 



The Leaves are whole, and grow 

 oppojite iy Fairs upon the Stalks : 

 The Cup of the Flower is vphole, and 

 either tubulous or /welling, and for 

 the mofl Part furrow\l : The Flower 

 confifls of five Leaves, -which expand 

 in Form of a C!o\^e-Giily-flower, 

 and are generally Hsart-(lmp'd: The 

 Ovary, which rifes in the Centre of 

 the Calix, becomes a conical Fruit, 

 "which is v^rapt up in the Flower- 

 Cup, and has commonly one Cell, 

 which is fill'd with Seeds, which are 

 round: flj, angular, and Kidney- fhap'd. 

 I'he Species are ; 



1. Lychnis; coronaria, Diofcori- 

 dis, fativa, fior^ dilute rubente. C. 

 B. P. Garden or Rofe Campion, 

 with a pale- red Flower. 



2. Lychnis; coronaria, Diofcori- 

 dis, fativa, flore rubro, velut fiam- 

 nteo fulgens. C. B. P. Rofe Cam- 

 pion, with a flaming red colour'd 

 Flower. 



3 . Lychnis; coronaria ; fativa 

 multiplex. C. B. P. The Double 

 Rofe Campion. 



4. Lychnis ; coronaria, fativa, 

 Diofcoridis, fiore albo. C. B. P. The 

 Single White Rofe Campion. 



5". LychN'Is ; umbellifera, mon- 

 tana, Helvetica. Zan. Umbellife- 

 rous Mountain Campion of Hel- 

 vetia. 



6 , Lychnis; alba, multiplex, 

 C Jj. P. Double White Campion, 

 commonly call'd The Double Bat- 

 chelor's Button. 



7. Lychnis 5 purpurea, muhir 



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plex. C. B. P. Double Red Cam- 

 pion, co?nmonly call'd The Double 

 Red Batchelor's Button. 



8. Lychnis; pratenfis, fiore laci- 

 niato, pleno. Mor. Hiji. The Dou- 

 ble Meadow Campion, with a jag- 

 ged Flower, commonly call'd The 

 Double Ragged Robin. 



9. Lychnis; hirfuta, fiore cocci- 

 neo major. C. B. P. The Scarlet 

 Lychnis, Nonfuch, Jerufalem Crofs, 

 or Flower of Conftantinople. 



10. Lychnis; hirfutd, fiore in- 

 carnato, major. C. B. P. Great 

 Hairy Campion, with a Flcfh-co- 

 lour'd Flower, commonly call'd The 

 Pale Lychnis of Conftantinople. 



1 1 . Lychnis ; Chalcedonica, fiore 

 pleno miniato, feu aurantiaco, Mor. 

 Hifi. The Double Scarlet Lychnis y 

 or Flower of Conftantinople. 



IX. Lychnis; feu faponaria, fio- 

 re pleno. Journ. Double Soap- wort j 

 vul([o. 



15. Lychnis; fylveftris, qua 

 Been album, vulgo. C. B. P. Wild 

 Campion Spatling Poppy, or white 

 Behen of the Shops. 



14. Lychnis ; fylvsfiris, vifcofay 

 angufiifolia rubra. C. B. P. Red 

 German Catchtiy. 



If. Lychnis; fylvefiris, vifcofa^ 

 angufiifolia rubra, fiore pleno. Red 

 German Catchfly, with a Double 

 Flower. 



1 6. Lychnis ,• Oriemalis, bupleuri 

 folio. T. Cor, Eaftern Campion, 



with a Hare's-ear Leaf. 



17. Lychnis ; facie auricula urfi, 

 C. B. P. Campidn, with the Face 

 of an Auricula. 



18. Lychnis; maritima, fixata- 

 lis, folio anacampferotis. T. Cor. Ma- 

 ritime Rocky Campion, with an 

 Orpine Leaf. 



19. Lychnis; nc^ifiora, angufii" 

 folia, odor at a. Tow^n. Night-flow- 

 er'd fweer-fcented Cimpion, with 

 a narrow Leaf. 



G 2 ao. Lychnis j, 



