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Scape with two scaly bructeas. Flowers haiulsome, drooping, white, 

 with purplish veins. Tlie leaves huve a most agreeably acid flavour. 



2. O. coimiculdta, L. [yellow procumbent Wool-sorreV); stem 

 hranclied, branches procumbent, peduncles mostly 2-flo\vered 

 shorter tliau the leaves, stipules united to the base of tiie foot- 

 stalks. E. But. t. 1726. 



Shad}' waste ground, cliiefly in the extreme south of England ; Sus- 

 sex and Devonshire. Fl. through the summer. 0. — This is indeed 

 very nearly allied to O. stricta, but that species has a more upright, 

 less branched stem ; more numerous and often whorled leaves ; with 

 longer Jioicersfalks and several Jiowers in an umbel ; and no evident 

 stipules at the base of the petioles. 



17. Agrostemma. Linn. Cockle. 



1. A. GitJuigo, Li. (^Corn Cockle); calyx much longer than 

 the corolla, petals entire destitute of a crown. E. Bat. t. 741. 



Corn-fields, too frequent. Fl. June, July. If. — A Genus scarcely 

 different irom Lychnis. I — 2 feet high, branched, erect, ieayes linear- 

 lanceolate. Cal. ribbed, its segments very long and slender. Flowers 

 large, purple. Seeds from their number and size injuring the quality of 

 the grain, with which they are thrashed. Git or Gith, Theis says, is 

 the Celtic name for a peculiarly large and black seed ; whence comes 

 Githago. 



18. Lychnis. Linn. Catchfly. 



1. L. Flos-Cuculi, L. (Jleadoto Lychnis or Ragged Robin) ; 

 flowers loosely panicled, petals 4-cleft. E. Bot. t. 573. 



Moist meadows and pastures, frequent. F'l. June. If . — 1 — 2 ft. high, 

 hairy below, reddish-green, clammy above. Leaves lanceolate. Calyx 

 ■AwA fiower stalks reddish-purple. Petals rose-coloured. 



2. L. Viscdria, L. (i-ed German Catchjly) ; petals slightly 

 notclied at the extremity, capsule 5-celled stalked, stem clammy 

 at the joints. E. Bot. t. 788. 



Dry alpine rocks ; on Craig Breiddin, Montgomeryshire ; and about 

 Edinburgh, Newburgh, near Airly Castle, Bridge of Earne, and Den 

 of Balthayock, Perthshire. Fl. June. If.— One foot high, glabrous. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers m a compact panicle, large, 

 rose-coloured. 



3. L. alpina, L. (red alpine Campion) ; glabrous, petals bifid, 

 flowers corymboso-capitate, capsule 1-celled. E. Bot. t. 2254. 



Hocks on the summit of the Clova mountains, G. Don. Since found 

 there abundantly at an elevation of about 3200 feet above the level of 

 the sea, by Sir John Ogilvie, Mr M'Nab and Dr Graham. Fl. 

 June, July. 14- 5 — 6 inches high, by no means viscid. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate. Flowers rather small, rose-coloured. Dr Graham remarks 

 that the young capsule is 5-celled. 



4. L. dioica, L. (red or ichite Campion) ; flowers dioecious, 



capsule of 1 cell a. flowers red. L. dioica, E. Bot. t. 1579. — 



L. diurna, Sibth. — L. sylvestris, Hop. — De Cand. — ,3. flowers 

 white. E. Bot. I. 1580 L. vespertinuy Sibth. — y. flowei's flesh- 

 coloured with stamens and pistils together. Sm. 



