326 DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis. 



242. LYCHNIS. Lychnis, or Campion. 



Linn. Gen. 231. Juss. 302. Fl. Br. 493. Tourn. t. 175./. C—E, 

 I—M. Lam.t.39\. Gcertn. t. 130. 



Nat. Ord. see ?z. 241. 



Cat. inferior, of 1 leaf, oblong, membranous, ribbed, 5- 

 toothed, permanent. Pet. 5 ; their claws flat, thin-edged, 

 as long as the tube of the calyx, mostly crowned ; border 

 flat, spreading, mostly divided. Filam. longer than the 

 calyx ; .5 alternate ones later than the rest, attached to 

 the claws of the petals. A7ith. oblong, incumbent. Ger77i. 

 superior, nearly ovate. Sfi/les 5, occasionally 3 or 4, awl- 

 shaped, longer than the stamens. Stigmas reflexed, downy. 

 Caps, more or less perfectly ovate, of 1, 3, or 5 cells, open- 

 ing 5 or 10 recurved teeth. Seeds numerous, roundish, 

 roughish, attached to the unconnected central column. 



Herbs, various in habit, mostly perennial ; either smooth, 

 viscid, or downy. Stem erect. Leaves opposite, simple, 

 undivided, entire. Fl. solitary or aggregate, terminal, 

 erect, red or white. Pet. in L. Viscaria scarcely divided ; 

 in the Lapland L. apetala abortive. Stam. and pist. se- 

 parated for the most part in L. dioica. 



1. h. F/os Cuculi. Meadow Lychnis. Ragged Robin. 



Petals in four linear segments. Capsule roundish, of one 

 cell. Stem rough with deflexed bristles. 



L. Flos Cuculi. Linn. Sp. PL 625. Willd. v. 2. 807. Fl. Br. 493. 



Engl. Bot. V. 8. t. 573. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1. t. 33. Hook. Scot. 



141. Fl. Dan. t. 590. 

 L. n. 921. Hall. Hist. V. 1.399. 



L. plumaria sylvestris simplex. Park. Farad. 253. Raii Syn. 338. 

 Cuculi flos. Trag. Hist. 403./. 

 Armoraria pratensis mas. Ger. Em. 600./ 

 A. pratensis sylvestris. Flos cuculi. Loh. Ic. 451./. 

 Armerius sylvestris. Dod. Pempt. 177./ 



Armeria secunda, sive sylvestris, Dodonaei. Dalech. Hist. 809. f. 

 Odontitis Plinii, simplici flore. Clus. Hist. v. 1.292./ 



In moist meadows frequent. 



Perennial. June. 



Root tapering. Stem erect, from 1 to 2 feet high, quadrangular, 

 leafy, rough with small, bristly, closely deflexed, hairs ; often 

 sending forth leafy branches from the bottom ; the upper part 

 viscid and brownish. Leaves lanceolate, nearly smooth, vari- 

 ous in width, combined, the lower ones taperins^- into footstalks. 

 Panicle terminal, forked, erect, viscid, with a pair of broad. 



