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the sepals. DISTPJB. N. temp, hemisphere ; species 30. ETYM. Ai'x^os, 

 from uaz flame-like flowers of some species. Styles rarely 3-4, when the 

 species may be referred with equal justice to Silene. 



* Petals Deleft. Capsule 5-toothed, without septa. 



1. Ii. Flos-cucu'li, L. ; flowers in loose dichotomous cymes, petals 

 4-cleft. Ragged Robin. 



Moist meadows, copses, &c., N. to Shetlands ; ascends to near 2,000 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands. ; fl. May- June. Glabrous. Root- 

 stock slender. Stem 1-2 ft., roughish above. Radical leaves petioled, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, cauline narrow. Flowers drooping, pedicels slender, 

 honeyed, proterandrous. Calyx in., veins purple ; teeth acuminate. Petals 

 rosy, rarely white, segments linear ; scales long, 2-fid. Capsule broadly 

 ovoid, very shortly pedicelled. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), Siberia. 



** Petals notched or 2-Jid. Capsule 5-toothed, with incomplete septa. 



2. Ii. Visca'ria, L. ; stem viscid at the nodes, petals notched. 



Trap rocks local ; N. Wales ; Mid. and S. Scotland ; fl. June-Aug. Glabrous, 

 stout, 6-10 in. Rootstock perennial, woody. Radical leaves 3-5 in., very 

 narrow-lanceolate; petiole downy at 1 the margin^. Cymes very contracted, 

 panicled, few-flowered. Flowers almost sessile. Calyx J in., membranous, 

 purple, dilated upwards ; teeth short, acute. Petals obovate, red^purple ; 

 scales short. Capsule broadly ovoid ; pedicel slender, as long as the 

 capsule. DISTRIB. Europe (excl. Spain and Greece) to the Caucasus, 

 Siberia. 



3. Ii. alpi'na, L. ; tufted, not viscid, cymes compact, petals 2-lobed. 

 Alpine moors and ravines ; Cumberland, Lancashire, and Clova Mts., ascend- 

 ing to 3,200 ft. ; fl. June-July. Glabrous 4-8 in. Rootstock short, much 

 branched. Leaves 1-2 in., crowded, narrow, linear-lanceolate. Flowers 

 nearly in. diam., shortly pedicelled, proterandrous; bracts red. Calyx 

 nerves faint, teeth rounded. Petals rosy. Capsule ovoid, pedicel half its 

 length. DISTRIB. Alps, Pyrenees, and Arctic regions. 



*** Petals 2-partite. Capsule W-toothed, septa 0. Flowers suldicecious. 



4. L. diur'na, Sibth. ; calyx reddish teeth triangular acute, petals red, 

 capsule subglobose, teeth recurved. L. dioi'ca a, L. Red Campion. 

 Damp copses and hedgebanks, N. to Shetlands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; 



fl. June-July. Softly hairy, rarely quite glabrous, viscid above. Rootstock 

 slender, branched. Radical leaves 3-6 in., obovate, petioled ; cauline narrower. 

 Flowering stem 1-3 ft., erect. Flowers in loose dichotomous cymes. Calyx 

 % in., subcylindric, reddish, rarely green. Petals red, rarely white, lobes 

 oblong ; scales lanceolate. Capsule mouth wide ; pedicel very short. 

 DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic) to the Caucasus, Siberia to Baikal, Greenland. 



5. Ii. vesperti'na, Sibth. ; calyx greenish, teeth elongate, petals 

 white, capsule conical, teeth short linear-lanceolate erect. L. dioi'ca /3, L. ; 

 L. al'ba, Mill, (the earliest name). White Campion. 



