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flowers numerous, sessile or on one-flowered peduncles, which 

 seldom attain an inch in length, reddish-purple, the petals 

 obovate, slightly notched, with a small scale at the base. 

 Moss Campion. High mountains. Fl. July, August. 



S. inflata : stems J--1 foot long, loosely branched, ascending, 

 glaucous green ; leaves ovate-oblong, pointed ; flowers few, 

 white, erect or slightly drooping, in loose terminal panicles ; 

 calyx at length almost globular, inflated, and much veined ; 

 petals two-cleft. Banks and roadsides. Fl. July. 



Var. maritima : stems short, diffuse ; leaves lanceolate ; 

 flowers almost solitary, the petals two-cleft, with a scale at the 

 base. Sea-shores. 



** Leaves downy or hairy. 



S. anglica : annual ; stems ^-1 foot high, hairy, slightly 

 viscid, much branched, erect or decumbent at the base ; leaves 

 small, obovate, the upper ones narrow and pointed ; flowers 

 small, pale red or whitish, nearly sessile, generally all turned 

 to one side, forming a simple or forked terminal spike, with 

 a linear bract at the base of each ; calyx very hairy, becoming 

 ovoid. Gravelly fields and waste places. Fl. June, July. 



S. nocttflora : annual ; stem 1-2 feet high, coarse, erect, 

 hairy, viscid, simple or branched; leaves ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, shortly stalked, the upper ones narrow and sessile; 

 flowers largish, pale pink or nearly white, opening at night, 

 2-3, or sometimes several together, in a loose, terminal, di- 

 chotomous panicle. Gravelly fields. Fl. July. 



(47) Lychnis. 



* Calyx-lobes shorter than the petals. 

 L. vespertina: biennial; stem 1-2 feet high, coarse, hairy, 



