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5. acaulis y L., Moss Campion (PL 18); densely caespi- 

 tose, flowers small, solitary, calyx campanulate, seed- 

 vessel oblong, longer than calyx ; one of the prettiest of 

 the common alpine plants. ,S. exscapa, All. ; resembling 

 the last, but petals light pink, seed-vessel oval, scarcely 

 longer than corolla ; Switzerland, local. 6*. ciliata, Pourr. ; 

 flowers solitary or in a unilateral cyme, petals bifid, 

 leaves soft, hairy, ciliate ; Pyrenees. 



6. CUCUBALUS, Gaert. 



Petals 5, with scales at the throat forming a corona; 

 stamens 10; styles 3 ; fruit a berry. Not alpine. 



C. bacciferus, L. ; flowers pale green, petals deeply 

 bifid, berry black when ripe, subtended by the cup- like 

 calyx ; damp places in the lowlands. 



7. LYCHNIS, L. 



Flowers often dioecious; petals 5, divided, with one 

 or two scales at the base of the lamina, red or white; 

 styles 5. 



L. diurna, Sibth. (Melandrium diurnum, Crep.), Red 

 Campion ; vesper tina, Sibth. ; and Flos-cuculi, Ragged 

 Robin, are common English plants. L. Viscaria^ L. 

 (Viscaria vulgaris, Roehl), (PL 19); stem viscid at the 

 nodes, flowers crowded, calyx swollen, petals pink, 

 notched, lower leaves lanceolate, upper narrower; dry 

 hill-sides ; sub-alpine. L. Flos-Jovis, Lam. (Agrostemma 

 Flos-Jovis, L.) ; flowers crowded, petals deeply divided, 

 pink, leaves thick, lanceolate-acuminate, stem and leaves 

 covered with a white down ; exposed sub-alpine pastures ; 



