Lychnis. C A 11 V< )I'|| Vl.l. ACK.K. 227 



-I— Leaves usually large; tlie cauline lanceolate or ovate-lanconlatc : flowcri* niojiilv dia-- 

 cinus: valves of the capsule dislinctly atootlied. 



L. i>ii>l(A, L. (Kku Lvciims, Uki> Cami-ion.) Flowers iiKHJorous. expnndinf; in the morn- 

 iiij< : calyx oblong, rather short, 4 to C lini-s long, reddish ; teeth triangular-lance<dale, acute : 

 corolla red or pink (rarely while): capsule large, gh.hose. with a wide mouth; H-eth re- 

 curved. — S])cc. i. 437, in part; Wats, Hihl. Index. 1(>4 ; Maconn, Cat. ("anad. IM. i G'J ; 

 IJritton, Mem. Torr. {'Inli, v. 14'J ; Hook. i<: Jackson, Ind. Kew. ii. la'J (excl. syn. in part). 

 L. (/iiima, Siltth. Fl. Oxou. 145 ; Keichenh. 1. c. t. .•104. MfUmdiium mlrrstre, Uohl. l)eiit«<-lil. 

 Fl. ed. 2, ii. 274. M. rubrum, (larcke, Fl. DeuLschl. cd. 4, ftS. — Wjiste ground, cotuinon, 

 especially in Canada and the Atlantic States. (Adv. from Ku., Asia; also in (Greenland.) 



Li. Alha, Mill. (KvKNiN(i Lvchms, Wiiitk Cami'Ion.) Flowers fragrant, o|K>ning in tlio 

 evening: calyx green, longer than i.i the preceding; teeth lance-linear, atiennate : condia 

 njore commonly white : capsule ovate-conical ; teeth erect or slightly spreading. — Diet. ed. 

 8, n. 4. L. dioirti, var. $, L. Sjiec. i. 437. L. vesfwriiuu, Sihtli. Fl. O.xon. I4f.. Mrlnntlryum 

 album, Garcke, 1. c. 5.'). — Halhust and waste lands, sometimes hy roadsides an<l in cultivated 

 fields, chiefly eastward. This and the last preceding sj»ecies are not alw.iys clearly distin- 

 guishable, notwithstanding the rather consjiicnous differences exhiliited hy the extreme 

 forms. lu Europe fretiuent natural hyhrids lietween tluni li;ive Iteeu noticed. (Adv. from 

 the Uld World.) 



•4— -4— Flowers jierfect : valves of the capsule 5, entire 



L. Fi.os-crrn.i, L. (Ragued Kobin.) A slender sniootliish perennial, with furrowed 

 sometimes minutely roughened stem, IJ to 2 feet high : lower leaves oldanceolati- ; the ujuht 

 lauce-linear : calyx ohiong-ovate, eipially lO-riMied : Howers cymo.se-))aniculate : |»etals pink 

 or red, cleft to below the mi<lille into 4 linear acute segments. — Spec. i. A'.\(< ; Fl. Dan. t. 5'JO; 

 Eng. Bot. t. 57.T; Keichenb. 1. c. t. 306. Coromiriu Flos-ruculi, A. Hr. Flora. 184."J, 36S. — 

 Moist fields, New Hrunswick, New England, and New York. (Adv. from Eu., X. Asia.) 

 L. CnAi.CEn6MrA, L. I.e., the Scarlet Lychnis or "Scarlet Lightning." a tall Japanese 



species with ovate leaves and globular clu.sters of scarlet flowers, has been known to j>er«i.-t in 



a wild state in thickets, etc., Centr. and S. Maine, Fcmnlil, Ihaui , and doubtless in other re- 



gious, where commonly cultivated. (Introd. from .Japan.) 



§ 2. ViscXria, DC. (extended). Caly.v not inflati-d ; tfctli not twisted: 

 ov.ary septate at the base ; teeth of the capsule as many as the styles. — Fl. Fr. 

 iv. 7G1; Endl. Gen. 973. Vlscaria, Rbhl. Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, ii. 37, 275. 



L. alpina, L. 1. c. Smooth, biennial or perennial, erect, 2 inches to a fiwit in height : leaves 

 numerous, clustered at the base, linear or oblong, thickish ; the cauline 2 to 4 jiairs, erect or 

 ascending: flowers small, the <lensely clustered cymes forming a terminal hea<l : bnicts 

 conspicuous, memliranaceous, tipped with red : calyx sh(>rt-cam])anulate or turbinate, mem- 

 branaceous, scarcely nerved ; teeth bright red : petals pink, bifiii ; segments linear. — Torr. 

 & (iray, Fl. i. 194; Keichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. vi. t. 307 ; Wats. 1. c. 246. Lijchnis Surciat, 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 881. — Greeidand to Labrador, W. Newfoundland, ace. to Macoun, and 

 Mt. Albert, Quebec, Allen, Macoun ; al.xo Little Whale Kiv., Ilud.>ion Bay, ace. to Mai-oun. 

 (Eu., Siberia.) 

 § 3. AouosTi^MMA, Fenzl. Caly.v-teeth filiform, twisted: flowers U\\\ larjio : 



petals with conspicuous awl-shaped ajipendaixos : teeth of the capsuh- as many as 



the styles: plant woolly. — Fenzl in Kiidl. (J«ii. 'J7I. (^aroiKtn'a § Pseudmjnh- 



stemma, A. lir. Flora, 1H.13, SfW. 



L. <ouoNXrMA, Desr. (Mi i.i.kin Tixk.) Covered with dense white wind throughout : stem 

 \\ to 3 feet high: leaves oval or (ddong: calyx ovoid; the alternating ribs mort* prom- 

 inent; teeth small, much shorter than the tube: jK'tals large, crim.non. — Desr. in l-ini. 

 Diet. iii. 643. Arjrostemmn Coronnria, L. I.e.; Curtis. Bot. Mag. t. 24 ; Siblh. Fl. Gr. t. 452: 

 Heichenb. 1. c. t. :{08. Coronaria tomenl»s<i, A. Br. 1. c. — A hamlsomo plant, which. liMvinK 

 cscajjed from cultiv.ation. is e.«Jtablished and becoming Im-ally abundant in ncveral jdace* in 

 New England .antl the Middle States. (Introd. from S. Eu., W. Asia) 



