DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis. 327 



membranous, pointed bracteas at each subdivision. Ft. inodo- 

 rous, rose-coloured, rarely white. Petals flaccid, quivering in 

 the slightest breeze, deeply four-cleft, with a lateral pair of 

 sharp, red, upright, lobes, or teeth, at the upper part of the 

 claw. Caps, roundish-ovate, of 1 cell, with 5 marginal teeth. 

 A double variety, of more humble stature, is sometimes seen in 

 gardens ; but seldom lasts long, for want of its natural supply 

 of moisture. 



2. L. ^Iscaria. Red German Catchfly. RockLychnls. 



Viscid. Petals slightly cloven. Capsule stalked, of five cells. 

 Leaves fringed at the base. 



L. Viscaria. Linn. Sp. PL 625. mild. v. 2. 808. FL Br. 494. 



Engl. Bot. v.W.t. 788. Hook. Scot. 142. Ft. Dan. t. 1032. 

 L. n. 927. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 401. 

 L. sylvestris viscosa rubra angustifolia. Bank. Pin. 205. Raii Syn. 



340. 

 L. sylvestris prima. Cliis. Pann. 328./. 329. 

 L. sylvestris quarta. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 289./. 

 Muscipula angustifolia. Ger. Em. 601 ./. 

 Odontidi, sive Flori Cuculi, affinis Lychnis sylvestris. Bauh. Hist. 



u. 3. p, 2. 348./. good. 



In dry fissures of rocks, but rare. 



On rocks in Edinburgh park ; T. Willisell ; and on the sides of 

 Craig Wreidhin (rather Breiddin),Montgomeryshire; Mr. Llwyd. 

 Ray. On rocks by the Hermitage, a mile south of Edinbiugh, 

 in tolerable plenty J 1782. This is the place called Blackford 

 hill by Professor Hooker, who mentions several other situations 

 in Scotland, where the species in question grows wild. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Roots tufted, rather woody. Stems a foot high, bluntly quadran- 

 gular, leafy, smooth, except a great degree of brown viscidity 

 about the upper part, under each pair of leaves, and on the 

 Jlower-stalks. Leaves linear-lanceolate, dark green, smooth, 

 with a slight woolly fringe at the base. Panicle spiked ; corym- 

 bose at the top ; lower branches forked. Fl. crowded, scentless. 

 Cal. nearly smooth, membranous, purplish. Pet. rose-coloured, 

 veiny, very slightly cloven, or inversely heart-shaped, with a di- 

 vided acute scale at the top of the claw. Caps, ovate, short, 

 elevated within the calyx on a stout angular stalk, half its own 

 length, and opening with 5 revolute, cloven teeth, or valves, 

 with membranous central partitions. Seeds kidney- shaped, 

 black, rough. 



A white-flowered variety has been sometimes found ; a double one 

 is common in rustic gardens. 



