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are large and white, and have the petals divided 
down the middle; fo that they feem compofed of 
ten inftead of five. ; 
The feed-veffel is large: the feeds, are fmall 
and blackifh. ; 
It is not uncommon in our northern counties 
on rocks. 4 
It flowers in July. The flowers. open. after 
fun-fet : at fun-rife next morning they draw to- 
gether, but after fun-fet they open again; fo that 
the plant is in its full bloom only jin the night, 
The ftalks of this plant, juft under the flowers, 
are fometimes.a little clammy. 
Ray, calls it, Lychuis major noctiflora dubrenfis 
perennis. Aas 
12, Red night flowering Campion. 
Lychnis noétiflora flore rubello. 
The root is long, flender, and has but few, 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are oblong, broad, of a pale 
green, not at all -indented, and obtufe, at the 
ends. 
The ftalks are numerous, flender, jointed, and 
a foot and half high, 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are oblong and 
obtufe. d : 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalk and 
branches, and:are fmall; and of a faint, unpleaf- 
ing red: they are generally fhut and look faded 
in the day-time,;, but,they open at night. 
The feed-veffel is, ayal, and the feeds are fmall, 
and of a dark brown. 
It is found in the corn-fields of Surry, but not 
common. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychuis noétiflora, 
hine, Ocymcides non {peciofum.. 
J. Bau- 
13. Red narrow-leaved clammy Camrion. 
Lychnis. vifcofa. rubra. anguftifolia. 
The root is long, thick, divided, and. often 
hung with numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in tufts from feveral divi- 
fions at the head; and they are long, narrow, 
fharp-pointed, without footftalks, and of a deep 
but unpleafant green. 
The ftalk is fingle, upright, and a foot and 
half high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are oblong, and 
of a frefh and fine green: they are broadeft in 
the middle, undivided at the edges, and fharp- 
pointed. 
The flowers ftand in a beautiful and regular © 
clufter at the top of the ftalk: they are fall, 
and of a bright red. 
The feed-veffel is oval and large; and the 
feeds are numerous and {mall. 
It is found in Scotland, and in fome of our 
northern counties, on rocks and mountains. It 
flowers in May. 
The tops of the ftalks in this fpecies are very 
clammy ; infomuch that it is common to fee flies 
entangled on them: hence this and other of the 
campions which have this quality are called catch- 
Jiies. 
C. Bauhine calls this Lychnis fylveftris vifcofa | 
In England it is generally called ° 
anguftifolia. 
German catchfly. 
14, Moffy. flowered clammy Campion, 
Lychuis vifcofa floribus mufcofis. 
The_ root 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are very numerous; and they 
lie fpread upon the ground in a regular manner : 
they have a kind of long footftalks, and they are 
broad, fhort, undivided, and obtufe: the foot- 
ftalks, though commonly called fuch, are more 
properly only a continuation of the leaves, in a 
narrower form, down to the root. 
The ftalk is round, upright, and of a pale green, 
The Jeaves ftand in pairs, and are long, and 
expand into breadth at the ends: they have 
young fhoots in all their bofoms; fo that the 
plant appears well covered with them. 
The flowers fland at the tops of the ftalks, 
and are numerous, but very fmall; and of a 
yellowifh green: the threads in them are very 
confpicuous ; and the whole have, as C. Bauhing 
exprefles it, a moffy appearance. 
The, feed-veflel is oval and fmall; ‘and the 
feeds are fmall. : 
It is common about Newmarket, and in many 
other parts of. England in gravelly foils, Ip. 
flowers in June. : : 
The tops of the ftalks are clammy in this, as 
in the other Jaft-named fpecies. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lycbnis vifcofa flore mufcofo, 
_ Others, Sefamoides falamanticum magnum. J. Bau- 
| hine calls ic Ocymoides belliforme five mufeipula muf> 
| cofo flore. Some, Spanifb.catchfy. 
is long, thick and furnifhed with 
15. Dwarf mountain Campion. 
Lychnis montana minima, 
This is a very fingular plant; it is fcarce more 
| than an inch in height, ‘but it grows in fuch 
| clufters. that it is very confpicuous ; and, when 
‘in flower, very beautiful: at other times it may 
| be taken for a tuft of mofs,.and eafily paffed over 
unregarded. i : 
| .. When viewed in the clufter it appears a thick 
tuft of fhort, green leaves, with numerous large, 
red flowers, ftuck irregularly among them, and 
| fearce feeming to belong to them: to fee the 
ftructure of the plant, an entire one muft be {e- 
parated from the clufter. ‘ 
The root is very long, thick, and irregular in 
fhape: it is brown on the furface, and has 
few fibres. : 
The leaves rife from the head of this root, and — 
are very numerous, fhort, narrow, fharp pointed, 
and of a frefh green. 
Tn the centre of thefe rifes the ftalk, on which 
ftands a fingle Aower. 
This ftalk is round, weak, of a pale green, 
and often lefs than an inch in height. ! 
The flower is: large, and of a pale but pretty 
red. , ; i 
The feed-veffel is 
are fmall. 
It is common in Wales, and flowers in May 
and June. t 
Its {mallnefs.has led authors to call jt by many 
names. ; 
J. Bauhine calls it Mufcus Alpinus flore infigni 
dilute rubente, Parkinfon, Ocymoides mufcofus 
oval and large: the feeds 
Alpinus. Ray and others, Lychnis Alpina minima, 
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