7Jf ENGLISU BOTANY. 



SPECIES IV.— LYCHNIS GITHAGO. Lam. 

 Tlate CCXV. 



Githago segehim, De^f. I?eich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Ccmjoph. Tab. CCCVIII. 



Fig. 5132. 

 Agrostenima Githago, Linn. Sm. Eng. But. Ko. 741. Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. 



p. 62. 

 Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 117. Fries, Sum. Veg. Soiiml. ji. 3G. Gr. &, Godr. 



Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 22i. 



Flowers solitary. Calyx woolly, with 10 very prominent ribs. 

 Petals slightly emarginate, shorter than the lohes of the calyx. 

 A cornfield weed. Common, and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Summer. 



No rootstock or barren shoots. Stem erect, 1 to 4 feet high, 

 with a few ascending branches. Leaves strapshaped-linear, acute, 

 2 to 5 inches long. Flowers terminating the stem and branches, 

 f to f inch long by \\ to 1^ inch across. Peduncles very long. 

 Calyx cylindrical-ovoid, becoming much swollen in fruit, with the 

 ribs veiy prominent, and the teeth produced into segments closely 

 resembling the leaves, from 1 to 1^ inch long. Petals with the 

 limb deltoid-roundish, very faintly notched at the apex, pale purple, 

 darker towards the apex, with 3 to 5 lines formed of dark purple 

 dots radiating from the base ; claw linear, with raised bands. Cap- 

 sule ovoid, opening by 5 slightly-reflexed teeth. Seeds large, black, 

 an^ular-reniform, with concentric rows of acute-pointed tubercles. 

 Plant green, covered with adpressed white hairs, longest and most 

 closely placed on the stem ; calyx not at all viscid. 



Corn Cockle. 



French, Lijclttdde Kielle. German, Karii Hade, Acker Rode. 



Sub-Order II.— ALSINEJ3. 



Sepals distinct. Petals, stamens, and ovary sessile within the 

 calyx. Styles free, 3, 4, or 5. Stipules none. 



GENUS FJ.— HOLOSTEUM. Lbm. 



Sepals 5, sub-erect. Corolla of 5 petals, irregularly denticulate 

 at the apex, or very rarely entire. Stamens 3 to 5 (very rarely 10), 

 hypogynous. Styles 3 (rarely 4 or 5). Capsule generally longer 



