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4. Lobels Catchfly. 
Lychnis floribus fafciculatis foliis cordatis. 
The root is:long, white, woody, not much 
divided, but furnifhed with many fibres. , 
The firft leaves are broad and fhort: they rife 
without footftalks, and they are few, and quickly 
fade. 
The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and jointed: 
it is a foot and half high, and is of a bluith green 
colour, except toward the ground, where it is 
often redifh. : : 
The leaves are oblong, and very broad, and 
thofe toward the top of the ftalk heart-fafhioned : ° 
they ftand in pairs without footftalks, and furround 
the ftalk: they are fmooth, undivided at the 
edges, and of a bluifh green. : 
The ftalks toward the tops are clammy : it is 
a vifcous juice, which exudates near the joints, 
that occafions this; and flies often are caught 
in it. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a pale red; but 
they ftand in fuch large tufts at the tops of the 
ftalks that they make a very confpicuous figure. 
Their cups are flender, long, ftriated, and 
purple. 
The feed-veffel is long, and the feeds are 
blackifh. : ‘ 
It is a native of France and other warmer parts 
of Europe; and flowers in July. 
C.Bauhine calls it Lychnis vifcofa purpurea 
latifolia levis. Others, mufcipila Lobelit. It is 
kept in gardens, and called Lobel's catchfly. 
Linnzus, who feparates many of the Jychnis’s 
under the name of /ilene, places this among that 
number, Others have called it Centaurium adul- 
terinum. 
5. Narrow-leaved branched clammy Campion. 
Lychnis anguftifolia vifeofa vamofa. ; 
The root is oblong, thick, divided into a 
few parts, and furnifhed with fome large fibres : 
it is of a bluifh colour, and rough furface. 
The firft leaves are long, narrow, and of a 
dufky green, often in part red: they have no 
footftalks, and they ftand in a thick tuft. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of this tuft, and is 
round, flender, upright, hollow, very much 
"branched, jointed, and a foot and half high : 
the joints are diftant, and the ftalk is clammy 
toward the top. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and refemble thofe | 
' from the root: they are oblong, narrow, un- 
divided, and fharp pointed: they are broadett 
in the middle, of a deep green colour, and of a 
flefhy fubftance. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and of the numerous branches: they are fmall, 
and of a pale red, and have ftriated cups: they 
fland on flender footftalks, and the petals are 
deeply divided at the ends. 
It is a native of Spain, and other warmer parts 
of Europe; and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls ic Lychnis vifcofa rubya altera 
flvefris. Others, Mu/cipila vulgaris; and fome 
of the Englith writers, Limewort. 
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6. Shrubby Campion, 
Lychnis frutefcens. 
The Toot is long, thick, not at all divided, 
but furnithed with many long fibres. 
The firft leaves are oblong, broad, undivided 
at the edges, pointed at the ends, and of a 
greyifh green, 
The ftalks are numer us, hard, and woody, but 
brittle, and thort: they are irregularly jointed, 
and are not more than ten inches in length. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are broad, fhort, 
and without footftalks : they are undivided at 
the edges, and  fharp-pointed; and ‘of a pale 
green, ; 
The flowers are fmall, and of a pale fleth co- 
lour, often white: the cups are ftriated and 
whitifh. 
The fced-veffel is oblong, and the feeds are 
numerous and {mall. 
Tt is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis Srutefcens myrtifolia 
Been aio fimilis.” Clafius, Ocymoidis arboreum 
Jempervirens. Others, Lycknis fruticofa, 
7. Campion with greenith yellow Sowers. 
Lychnis fleribus favo virefcentibus. 
The root is large, divided into many part’; 
and furnithed with numerous fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, oblong, broads 
and rounded. toward the end, and of a pale greens 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe, and is 
round, jointed, upright, firm, and three or four 
feet high: it is very much branched, and is of a 
greyifh green: toward the top it is covered with 
a clammy fubftance, to which infects, and other 
fmall things, ftick, ) 
The leaves are placed in pairs, and are oblong, 
broad, not at all divided at the edges, and ob- 
tufely pointed, ie 2 
The flowers ftand in clufters at the tops of the 
branches, and are not large or confpicuous: their 
‘colour is a greenith yellow: the cup is oblong 
and flender, 
The feed-veffel is fmall, and the feeds are little 
and blackith. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in June. 
C, Bauhine calls it Lychnis auriculi urfe facie , 
the leaves, before the ftalk rifes, having very 
much the appearance of thofe of fome of the 
auriculas. Clulius calls it Lychuis fyluofris latifolia. 
8. Small-flowered Campion with bloated cups. - 
Lychnis floribus minoribus calyculus inflatis. 
The root is long, thick, fingle, of a blackifh 
colour, and furnifhed with numerous fibres: 
The firft leaves are oblong, large, broad, and 
of a bluifh green: they rife in a vaft tuft, and 
ftand all the winter. 
The ftalks are numerous, ftout, upright, not 
much jointed, and rarely at all branched; and 
they are three feet high. 
They are covered all the way down with a 
clammy moifture; fo that flies flick to them. 
‘The leaves upon the ftaiks are few and {mall : 
they ftand in pairs, and are broad, oblong, 
pointed, ant of a pale green. 
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