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4. Lychnis Linn. Campion Lychnis. 



Cah monophyllous, tubular, 5 -toothed. Pet 5", clawed^ 

 crowned at the mouth, mostly divided at the border. Stam. 

 10, alternate ones opposite the petals and adhering to their claws. 

 Styles usually 5. Capsule opening by 5 or 10 teeth. — ]f amed 

 from kvxvoQ^ a lamp ; the thick cottony substance on th€ leaves 

 of some species, or some similar plant, having been employed 

 as wicks to lamps. 



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Ovary l-celled. Capsule S-toothed. Eulychnis. 



1/L, Flos'Cuculi L. {Meadow Z. or Ragged Robin) ] flowers 

 loosely panicled, petals 4r-cleft. E. B. t. 573. 



Moist meadows and pastures, frequent. 7/.. 5, 6. — Stem I — 2 ft. 

 high, hairy below, reddish-green, clammy above. Leaves lanceolate. 

 Calyx diudi flower- stalks reddish-purple. Petals rose-coloured. In all 

 this section the appendage at the base of the limb of the petals is 

 membranous and soft. 



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Ovary 5 -celled at the base. Capsule 5-toothed. Viscaria, 



2. L. Viscaria L. (red German Cafch/iy) ; petals slightly 

 notched at the extremity, stem clammy at the joints. JE. B^ 

 t. 788. 



Dry alpine rocks ; on Craig Breiddin, Montgomeryshire } about 

 Edinburgh and Newburg; near Airly Castle ; Glen Farg, and Den 

 of Balthayoek, Perthshire. ^, 8. — Stems 1 ft. high, glabrous. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers in a compact panicle^ large, 

 rose-coloured. Capsule distinctly stalked, 



3. L. * alpina L. (red alpine Catchfly') ; glabrous, petals bifid, 

 flowers corymbose-capitate. JS. B, t. 2254. 



On the summit of Little Kilrannoch, between Glen Prosen and 

 Glen Callater, at an elevation of about 3200 ft. Hobcaster Fell, 

 Cumberland. 1^. 6, 7. — Stem 5—6 inches high, by no means viscid. 

 Leaves lanceolate. Flowers rather small, rose-coloured. As to the 

 Clova station, we have strong reasons for thinking that the plant 

 was sown there above 60 years ago. The Cumberland habitat is 

 perhaps as doubtful. 



*** Ovary l-celled. Capsule lO-toothed. Melandrlum. 



4. L. vespertina Sibth. (white C.) ; flowers subdicecious, calyx 



of the pistilliferous flowers with linear-lanceolate elongated 



teeth, capsule conical the teeth erect, 

 t. 1580. 



L. dioica /3. L, : E, B. 



Under hedges and in grass-fields, common, ^ or 1/.. (?) 6 — 9. 

 Petals usually pure white and fragrant in the evening, sometimes, 

 but rarely, reddish. In this and the following the stem is 1 — 2 ft, high, 



