168 The BRITASH ‘HERBAL. 
16. Broad leaved, fmooth, clammy Campion. 
Lychnis vifcofa latifolia levis. 
The root is long and flender, and has few 
fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a large tuft, and are 
broad, and of a pale green. 
The ftalk is round, upright, thick, of a pale 
green, very little branched, and a foot and half 
high. 
The leaves grow in pairs without footftalks: 
they adhere to the main ftalk by a broad bafe, 
“and are large, oblong, broadeft at the bafe, 
{maller to the point, and of a pale green colour, 
and fmooth furface. 
* The flowers ftand in tufts, many together, at 
the tops of the flalks and branches: they are 
fmall, and of a beautiful red: by their number, 
colour, and cluftered manner of growth, though 
fmall, they make a very beautiful appearance. 
The feed-veffel is little and oval; and the 
feeds alfo are fmall. 
It is found in the weftern counties by the 
fides of rivers; and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychuis vifccfa purpurea lati- 
folia levis. J. Bauhine, Centaurium minus adul- 
terinum, quibufdam lychnidis genus. 
DTV:I S.1-0.N oI 
1. Great fearlet Lychnis, 
Lychnis coccinea major. 
The root is compofed of feveral thick fibres, 
divided, and edged with numerous finaller. 
The ftalks are numerous, thick, round, jointed, 
and two feet and a half high, 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and they are large, 
oblong, and broad: they have no footttalks : 
they are fomewhat hairy, and their colour is a 
yellowifh green. 
The flowers ftand in thick clufters at the tops 
of the ftalks, and are large, and of a beautiful 
fcarlet. 
The feed veffel is oval, and the feeds are fmall. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in July. 
We have it in gardens, where culture adds 
greatly to its natural beauty. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis hirfuta flore coccineo 
mejor. Our gardeners, Scarlet lychnis, 
2. Rofe Campion, 
Lychnis coronaria rubens. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, large, oblong, 
and white. 4 
The ftalks are numerous, round, and white 
alfo; and they grow to a yard in height: they 
are jointed, and very much branched. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and they are large, 
white, and woolly. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches, and are numerous, and of a beautiful 
red, very large and handfome. 
The feed-veffel is oval, and the feeds are 
brown, 
17. Narrow-leaved Campion, with {woln cups. 
Lychnis fylveftris anguftifolia caliculis turgidis. 
The root is fmall, oblong, and white; and 
has a few fibres. 4 
The leaves that rife firft from it are long, nar- 
row, and of a deep green; fharp-pointed, and 
not ferrated at the edges. 
The ftalk is round, upright, of a whitifh 
green, jointed, branched toward the top, and a 
foot and half high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, and they are 
long, narrow, and of a pale green: they adhere to 
the ftalk by a broad bafe, and are fharp-pointed, 
but not divided at the edges. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and are large and white; and the cups are large, 
fmooth, and deeply ftriated. : 
The feed-veffel is oval, and the feeds are 
fmall. : 
It is found in Kent and Effex, but not com- 
mon. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis /plveftris anguftifolia 
caliculis turgidis ftriatis. 
FOR EVG NS.P E.C3I.E:S, 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June, 
_C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis diofcoridis fativa. 
3. Cow Bafil. 
Lychnis foliis perfoliatis calycibus pyramidatis. 
The root is oblong, white, divided, and fur- 
nifhed with a few fibres, x 
The firft leaves are numerous and oblong: 
they rife without footftalks, and are of a pale 
green. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe, and they 
foon after fade. 
Tt is two foot high, round, light, hollow, very 
much branched, of a bluith colour, and dufty. 
The leaves are large, oblong, broad at the 
bafe, undivided at the edges, and pointed at the 
end: they are of a pale bluith green colour. 
They ftand two at a joint; and encompafs the 
ftalk in fuch a manner at the bafe tha 
to pafs through them. 
The flowers are very numerous : they ftand at 
the top of the main ftalk and branches, and are 
fmall, and of a pale red. 
Their cup is large and pyramidal : it has five 
ribs, which are green, and the fubftance between 
them whitith. 
The feed-veffel is oblong: the feeds are round 
and black, 
It is cammon in the corn-fields of France and 
Germany ; and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis JSegetum rubra foliis 
perfoliatis. Others call it Vaccaria 3 andin Eng- | 
lith, Cow ba/fil, Linnzus, who diftinguifhes the 
Japonaria trom the lychnis, makes this a fpecies of 
the former. . 
t it appears 
4. Lobels 
