178 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBuU. 



tivation: Southington (Andrews, Bissell), Cheshire (Har- 

 ger), Bridgeport and Fairfield (Eames). Mid- June — Aug. 

 Native of Europe. 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi L. (cuckoo-flower). 



Ragged Robin, Jack or Lychnis. Meadow Pink or Campion. 

 Rare or local. Fields and meadows, probably introduced 

 with grass seed: Waterford (Graves), Norwich, plentiful 

 in a meadow (Mrs. E. E. Rogers, J. Trumbull), Middletown 

 (J. H. Barbour), Hartford, plentiful in several fields (H. S. 

 Clark & Bissell), Canton (Weatherby), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps). Mid-May — June. Naturalized from Europe. 



Lychnis chalcedonica L. 



Maltese or Jerusalem Cross. Nonesuch. 



Rare. Roadsides and about old houses : Oxford and 

 Southbury (Harger), Bridgeport (Eames). July. Adven- 

 tive from Japan. 



Lychnis dioica L. (dioecious). 



Lychnis diurna Sibth. 



Red, Morning or Day-blooming Lychnis or Campion. Red 



or Poor Robin. 



Rare. Moist or dry roadsides and waste places: Nor- 

 wich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Groton (Bissell), New London 

 (Graves), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), East Haven (Eames), 

 New Haven (D. C. Eaton, Harger), Meriden (Andrews), 

 Southington (Bissell, Andrews), Darien (Mrs. W. D. Bar- 

 clay) . June — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 

 Frequent in old-fashioned gardens. 



Lychnis alba Mill, (white). 

 Lychnis vespertina Sibth. 

 Evening or Ever-blooming Lychnis. White Campion or 



Robin. Bull-rattle. 



Roadsides, fields and waste places, in either dry or moist 

 ground. Common in New London County (Graves) ; fre- 

 quent or locally common in Kent and New Milford (C. K. 

 Averill, E. H. Austin) ; occasional, local or rare elsewhere. 

 June — Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 



