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Pet. rose-coloured, the crown bipartite : segm. subulate erect, 

 usually with an acute tooth on the middle of the outer margin. 

 Cal. 10-ribbed. Moist places. P. V. VI. Ragged Robin. 



E. S. I. 



** Cal. inflated; teeth falling short of the petals. 



4. L. al'ba (Mill.) ; pet. \M\t-bifid crowned, st. villose, 1. 

 peduncles and cal. hairy, 1. ovate-lanceolate, fl. dichotomously 

 panicled dioecious, calyx-teeth of the fertile fl. linear-lanceolate, 

 inruj, caps, conical, teeth 10 straight. E. E. 1580. St. 23. 9. 

 L. dio'ica /3 L. L. vespertina (Sibth.) ed. viii. St. 1 2 ft. 

 high. Fl. white, very rarely reddish. Calyx of barren fl. 

 obovate-oblong ; of fertile fl. ovate, teeth twice as long as those 

 of L. dio'ica. Carpophore broad, short. Fields. B. (?) VI. 

 IX. White Campivn. E. S. I. 



5. L. dio'ica (L.) ; pet. half-bifid crowned, st. 1. and cal. 

 villose, 1. ovate acute, fl. dichotomously panicled subdicecious, 

 calyx-teeth of the fertile fl. triangular ', caps, nearly globular, 

 teeth 10 recurved E. B. 1579. St. 23. 8. L. diurna (Sibth.) 

 ed. viii. Forms a tuft of decumbent leafy barren shoots. St. 1 

 2 ft. high. Fl. red, very rarely nearly white. Carpophore 

 narrow, short. Sp. 4 and 5 vary in colour from red to white 

 and white to red. Damp hedgebanks. P. V. VI. Red Campion. 



E. S. I. 



*** Cal. with long leaf like narrow coriaceous lobes exceeding 

 the petals. 



6. L. Githdgo (Scop.) ; pet. entire or emarginate croivnless, 

 calyx-teeth longer than the tube exceeding the petals, fl. solitary 

 upon lung stalks. Agrostemma L. E. B. 741. St. 5. 6. 

 Fl. large, purple. St. dichotomous, 2 3 ft. high. Cal. ribbed, 

 with 5 linear-lanceolate constantly erect-patent very long seg- 

 ments. Styles downv. Caps. 5-toothed. Cornfields. A. VI. 

 VIII. Corn- Cockle. E. S. I. 



Suborder II. Alsinea. 

 6. SAGI'NA Linn. Pearlwort. 



* Sep.j stam., styles and valves of caps, usually 4 ; pet. 

 very small or ivanting. 



1. S. procum'bens (L.) ; branches long procumbent from a 

 central rosette, I. linear awned, sep. blunt slightly shorter than 

 the capsule, apex of the ped. reflexed after flowering ultimately 



