Caryophyllaceae 



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florescence rather loose, the pedicels 2-6 cm. long, glabrous; 

 calyx campanulate-tubular in anthesis, clavate-campanulate in 

 fruit, membranous, glabrous, 7-12 mm. long, the teeth short- 

 ciliate; petals white, the limb 12-15 mm. long, bifid and 

 toothed; capsules about 10 mm. long, short-stipitate, narrowly 



ovoid; seeds tuberculate. July-Aug. Woods and thickets 



in mountains; Honshu (n. and centr. distr.). 



2. Lychnis miqueliana Rohrb. Fushiguro-senno. 

 Stems 50-80 cm. long, slighdy branched below, scattered- 

 pubescent or nearly glabrous, with dark thickened nodes; 

 leaves ovate, obovate or oblong, 5-12 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. wide, 

 sessile, pubescent on nerves and on margin while young, short- 

 acuminate to acute; bracts subulate-linear, 5-10 mm. long, 1-2 

 mm. wide, recurved above; pedicels 3-7 mm. long; calyx gla- 

 brous, 2.5-3 cm. long, narrowly clavate, the teeth short-ciliate; 

 limb of petals 2.5-3 cm. long, vermilion, very rarely white, 



cuneate-obovate, nearly entire; seeds black, tuberculate. 



July-Oct. Woods in mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and 

 westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



3. Lychnis kiusiana Makino. Ogura-senno. Stems 

 60-80 cm. long, simple, glabrescent or slightly recurved-scab- 

 rous; leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, 6-12 

 mm. wide, gradually acuminate, subacute at base, loosely 

 scabrous; bracts linear, 3-8 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, 

 ascending; pedicels short-pilose, 3-12 mm. long; calyx mem- 

 branous, narrowly tubular, slighdy thickened above, nearly 

 glabrous, 2-2.5 cm. long, the teeth short-ciliate; claw of petals 

 slightly longer than the calyx, the limb red, laciniate. July- 

 Aug. Honshu (w. distr.), Kyushu; rare. 



4. Lychnis wilfordii (Kegel) Maxim. L. laciniata var. 

 japonica Maxim.; L. j til gens var. wilfordii Kegel; L. laciniata 



Maxim., non Lam.- Emei-senno. Stems simple, 50-80 



cm. long, glabrescent or scattered soft-pubescent; leaves nar- 

 rowly ovate to oblong-ovate, 3-7 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, 

 acuminate, rounded and slightly clasping at base, short-ciliate; 

 bracts spreading, linear or linear-lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long; 

 pedicels 3-10 mm. long, yellowish brown pubescent; calyx 

 nearly glabrous, tubular at anthesis, short-clavate in fruit, 12- 

 18 mm. long, membranous, the teeth short-ciliate; limb of 

 petals deep red, about 2 cm. long, deeply and finely laciniate; 

 capsules about 13 mm. long, narrowly oblong; seeds with 



elongate tubercles. July-Aug. Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. 



distr.) ; rare. Ussuri, Manchuria, and n. Korea. 



5. Lychnis senno Sieb. & Zucc. Senno. Plant short- 

 pubescent; stems 50-70 cm. long; leaves ovate, 4-6 cm. long, 



2-3 cm. wide, short-acuminate, acute at base; bracts lanceolate 

 or narrowly so, 8-12 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, ascending; 

 calyx 2.5-3 cm. long, clavate, membranous, long-pubescent; 

 limb of petals usually deep red, rarely white, 15-20 mm. long, 



cleft with few lobes. July-Aug. Chinese plant cultivated 



in old gardens. 



6. Lychnis fulgens Fischer. Ezo-senno. Roots slightly 

 thickened at base; stems 50-70 cm. long, with scattered long 

 white hairs; leaves narrowly ovate, 4-6 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. 

 wide, acuminate, rounded at base, sessile; bracts broadly lance- 

 olate, 10-15 mm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, with long white hairs, 

 erect; flowers deep red; calyx tubular, 15-17 mm. long, mem- 

 branous; limb of petals broadly cuneate, about 2 cm. long, 

 deeply bifid, the lobes narrowly oblong, obtuse, shallowly 



toothed on upper margin. Honshu (Shinano Prov.), also 



reported to occur in Hokkaido. n. Korea, Manchuria, and 



Ussuri. 



7. Lychnis coronata Thunb. L. grandi flora Jacq.; A gro- 



stemma ban\sia Meerb. Gampi. Plant nearly glabrous; 



stems green, 40-80 cm. long, thickened at the nodes; leaves 

 ovate or elliptic, 5-8 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, slightly scabrous 

 on margin, rounded and narrowed toward the base, sessile; 

 bracts erect, broadly lanceolate, 10-15 mm. long, 5-8 mm. 

 wide, short-ciliate; calyx 2.5-3 cm. long, glabrous, rather thick, 

 gradually broadened above, long-tubular, the teeth short, short- 

 ciliate; claw of petals slighdy longer than the calyx, the limb 

 2-2.5 cm. long, yellowish red, with rather deep irregular teeth 



on upper margin. June-July. Chinese plant cultivated in 



our gardens. 



8. Lychnis sieboldii Van Houtte. L. coronata var. sieb- 



oldii (Van Houtte) L. H. Bailey; L. spcciosa Carr. Matsu- 



MOTo, Matsumoto-senno. Roots slighdy thickened at base; 

 stems long-pubescent, 40-70 cm. long; leaves narrowly to 

 broadly ovate, 5-8 cm. long, 2.5^.5 cm. wide, acuminate to 

 short-acuminate, scattered scabrous above, pilose beneath and 

 on margin, rounded to abruptiy narrowed at the sessile base; 

 inflorescence rather dense, the bracts broadly lanceolate, 15- 

 20 mm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, sometimes slightly recurved 

 above, long-ciliate; calyx 2.5-3 cm. long, submembranous, 

 long-pubescent on upper portion of ribs, the teeth rather short, 

 acuminate, the tip subobtuse; limb of petals deep red, rarely 

 white, 2-2.5 cm. long, broadly cuneate, shallowly 2-lobed, the 



lobes shallowly toothed. June-July. Honshu (Shinano 



Prov.), Kyushu; very rare. 



15. MELANDRIUM Fries Fushiguro Zoku 



Annual, biennial, or perennial herbs; leaves flat; inflorescence cymose; calyx tubular or tubular-campanulate, 10- or 20-nerved, 

 often inflated, 5-toothed; petals clawed, the limb bifid, with 2 small scales inside at base; stamens 10; capsules 3- to 6-valved, often 

 stipitate; styles 3-6. Many species in he N. Hemisphere and in S. America. 



lA. Styles 5 or 6; capsules 5- or 6-toothcd I. M. apetalum 



IB. Styles 3; capsules 3-Iobed or -toothed. 



2 A. Biennial; limb of petals much shorter than the calyx-tube. 



3A. Leaves and calyx rather densely short-puberulent; seeds about 0.5 mm. across 2. M. aprictim 



3B. Leaves and calyx glabrous or scattered-pubescent; seeds about 0.7 mm. across 3. M. firmum 



2B. Perennial; limb of petals as long as to longer than the calyx-tube. 



4A. Calyx tubular, subtruncatc at base; flowers pale rose, rarely white; leaves lanceolate or narrowly so 4. M. keiskci 



4B. Calyx campanulate, narrowed below; flowers white; leaves ovate to narrowly so 5. M. yanoei 



