650 400. Lychnis. 72. CARYOPHYLLE^. PL ex. thai. 



Damp woods and hedges ; perennial ; May to September. 



Root fusiform ; leaves soft, pale ; flowers rose-red, ino- 

 dorous ; mostly unisexual ; calyx in both sexes 10-ribbed, 

 without intermediate veins ; capsule conical, smaller than 

 that of L. vespertina. 



c, Githago. Petals not cut ; calyx-teeth as long as the petals. 



6. Lychnis segetum. Corn lychnis. 



Herb hirsute ; calyx-teeth twice as long as the corolla. 



1.3 chnis se2;etum m;ijor, Raii Syn. 338, 5. 

 Ps'eudo melanthinm, Ger, em. 1087. 

 Lychnoides segetum sive Nigellastrum, Park. 6S2. 

 Agrostema Gilhago, Lin. S. P. 627. 

 J^ychnis Githago, De CandoUe Fl. Gall. 392, 

 Githago segetum, Des Fontaines Atl, 1,363. 

 Cockle. Corncockle. f'Fild nigella. 



Stem branched, hairs upright, pressed to the stem ; leaves 

 linear, lanceolate ;j^oz^sr5 terminal, purple; calyx 10-ribbed. 



B. Alsine^. Calyx 4 or 5-sepaled; stamens 3 to 10. 



VI. 401. BUFFONIA. Linnaeus. Bujg^on. 

 Calyx 4-sepaled ; petals 4 ; styles 2 ; capsule compressed, 



1-celled, 2-valved5 2-seeded. 



Biiffvnia annua. Annual Btiffvn. 



Steyn weak, panicled ; flowers terminal and lateral ; 

 ca/yx streaked. 



Alsine polygonoides tenuifolia, flosculis ad longitudinem caulis velut 

 in spicam dispositis nostra, Raii Syn. 346. 

 Batt'onia tenuifolia, Lin. S. P. 179. 

 Buffonia annua, Lamarck Illustr. 349. 



Sea-shore ; annual ; July. A doubtful native. 

 Stems many ; leaves aAvlshape, pressed to the stem, con- 

 nate at the base ; flowers peduncled, white. 



VII. 402. ELATINE. Dioscorides. Water-iuort. 

 Calyx 3 or 4-sepaled ; petals 3 or 4, sessile ; stamens 6 



or 8 ; ovary orbicular, depressed ; styles 3 or 4 ; capsule 3 

 or 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. 



Elatine serpyllifoUa. Thyme-leaved waterwort. 



Stem rooting, much branchy ; leaves opposite ; flowers 

 alternate. 



Elatine Hydropiper, Lin. S. P. 327. 



Edges of lakes on sand ; annual; August. 

 Herb bald ; stem 2 in. high ; floivers axillary, peduncled, 

 bingle ; seeds bent, streaked. 

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