LYCHNIS. 47 



obcordate crowned, 1. linear subulate downy, caps, oblong-ovate. 

 E. B. 922. S. conoidea JR. St. 312 in. high, simple or 

 branched. Cal. of the flowers conical-tubular, rounded below, 

 of the fruit very broad at the base. Carpophore very short. Fl. 

 reddish. Sandy fields, rare. A. V. VI. 



8. S. noctiflora (L.) ; st. erect repeatedly forked, fl. from the 

 forks or terminal, cal. veined and with 10 hairy glandular ribs 

 in fruit elliptic-oblong, teeth long subulate, pet. deeply bifid 

 crowned, 1. lanceolate lower ones obovate, caps, ovate. E. B. 

 291. St. 3. 10. Resembling Lychnis vespertina. St. about 1 foot 

 high, downy and glandular. Caps, opening with 6 patent teeth. 

 Carpophore very short. Fl. reddish-white, rather large, sweet- 

 scented in the evening ; pet. rolled up by day ; peduncles glan- 

 dular. Sandy and gravelly fields. A. VII. VIII. 



[9. S. Armeria (L.); "panicles forked many-flowered level- 

 topped, pet. cloven each with a double awlshaped scale, cal. and 

 1. smooth, caps, not longer than its stalk." Sm. E. B. 1398. 

 St. 21. 4. Chester, now lost. Yalding, Kent. A. VII. J E. 



[10. S. alpestris (Jacq.); cal. topshaped short, st. dichoto- 

 mous, fl. axillary and terminal, calyx-teeth ovate-obtuse, pet. 

 crowned, limb with 4 teeth, caps, oblong twice as long as the 

 calyx, seeds cristate-ciliate, 1. lanceolate. " On a rock on a 

 mountain to the east of Clova, Angus-shire, Mr. G. Don." !] 



11. S. acaulis (L.) ; st. densely tufted and much branched,^ 

 solitary, peduncles and cal. glabrous, cal. bellshaped with 10. 

 striae, teeth ovate-obtuse, pet. slightly notched crowned, 1. linear 

 ciliated ' below. E. B. 1081. R. 5084. Forming broad dense 

 tufts 2 3 in. high. Fl. purple or white, upon longish solitary 

 stalks, sometimes nearly sessile. Caps, twice as long as the 

 calyx. Plants somewhat dioecious. Summits of the higher 

 mountains. P. VII. VIII. Cushion-pink. 



5. LYCHNIS Linn. Campion. 



1. L. Viscaria (L.); pet. emarginate crowned, st. glabrous 

 viscid below the joinings, 1. lanceolate glabrous the margins woolly 

 at the base, fl. racemose-panicled somewhat whorled, carpophore 

 the length of the capsule. E. B. 788. St. simple, 1 foot high. 

 FL large, rose-coloured. Caps. 5-celled when young. Seeds 

 j'eniform, minute, acutely tubercled. Dry rocks, rare. P. VI. 



E. S. 



2. L. alpina (L.) ; pet. cloven scarcely crowned, st. glabrous 

 not at all viscid, 1. linear-lanceolate glabrous sometimes minutely 

 ciliated at the base, fl. corymbose, carpophore of the length of 

 the capsule. E. B. 2254. St. simple, 56 in. high. Fl. small, 



