PL ex. thai. 72. CARYOPHYLLEJE. 400. Lychnis. 649 



b. Calyx-teeth short; petals cut', capsule l-celled. 



2. Lychnis alpina. Alpine lychnis. 

 Herb bald ; flowers densely corymbous ; calyx smooth ; 



petals notched ; claws not margined, bald. 



Lychnis alpina, Lin. S. P. 



Mountains ; perennial ; July. 



Stems in tufts, upright ; leaves acute ; flowers nearly 

 sessile ; petals rose-red, very slightly crowned. 



3. Lychnis plumaria. Feathery lychnis. 

 Flowers loosely panicled ; petals 4-cut, crowned ; capsule 



roundish. 



Lychnis plumaria sylvestris simplex, Rail Syn. 338,4; Park. Par. 253. 

 Armerius pratenis mas et fcemina, Ger, em. 600, 1 and 2. 

 Lychnis Flos cuculi, Lin. S. P. 625. 



Meadow pink. Wild Williams. Cuckow flower. Ragged Robin. Crow 

 flowers. Marsh gilliflowers. Cuckow gilliflower. 



Damp fields ; perennial ; July. 



Root fibrous; stem upright, angular; leaves lanceolate; 

 panicle leafy ; calyx cylindrical, ribbed ; petals flaccid, rose- 

 red, white, often becomes doubled. 



4. Lychnis vespertina. Evening lychnis. 

 Herb rather villous ; stem kneed, upright ; leaves lanceo- 

 late ; petals reverse heartshape, crowned. 



Lychnis sylvestris albo flore, Raii Syn. 339, 8; Ger. em, 468, 11; Park, 

 630. 



Lychnis dioicajS, Lin. S. P. 626. > 



Lychnis vespertina, Sibthorp Fl. Ox. 146. 



Lyclinis dioica, De CandoUe Fl. Gall. 4366. 



TVild lehite campion. White batchelors buttons when double. 



Fields and hedges ; perennial ; May to September. 



Root fusiform; stem firm, tall ', flowers white, odoriferous 

 at night, unisexual rarely hermaphrodite ; calyx of the 

 males elliptical, clubshape, 1 0-ribbed, veins ; of the females 

 ovate with intercostal veins ; capsule conical, larger than 

 that of L. diurna. 



5. Lychnis diurna. Day lychnis. 

 Herb hirsute ; stem kneed, weak ; leaves ovate ; petals 



reverse-heartshape, crowned. 



Lychnis sylvestris rubello flore, Raii Syn. 339, 9 ; Ger. em. 469, 1. 



Lychnis sylvestris, flore rubro, Park, 631, 



Lychnis dioica a, Lin. S. P. 626. 



Lychnis diurna, Sibthorp Fl. Ox. 146. 



Lychnis sylvestris, De CandoUe FL GaZ/. 4367. 



Wild red campion. Red batchelors buttons when double. 



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