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obcordate crowned, 1. linear subulate downy, caps, oblong-ovate. 

 —E. B. 922. S. conoidea fl.— St. 3—12 in. high, simple or 

 branched. Cal. of the flowers conical-tubular, rounded below, 

 of the fruit very broad at the base. Carpophore very short. Fl. 

 reddish. — Sandy fields, rare. A. V. VI. 



8. S. noctiflora (L.) ; st. erect repeatedly forked, fl. from the 

 forks or terminal, cal. veined and with 10 hairy glandular ribs 

 in fruit elliptic-oblong, teeth long subulate, pet. deeply bifid 

 crowned, 1. lanceolate lower ones obovate, caps, ovate. — E. B. 

 291. St. 3. 10. — Resembling Lychnis vespertina. St. about 1 foot 

 high, downy and glandular. Caps, opening with 6 patent teeth. 

 Carpophore very short. Fl. reddish-white, rather large, sweet- 

 scented in the evening ; pet. rolled up by day ; peduncles glan- 

 dular. — Sandy and gravelly fields. A. VII. VlII. 



[9. S. Armeria (L.); "panicles forked many-flowered level- 

 topped, pet. cloven each with a double awlshaped scale, cal. and 

 1. smooth, caps, not longer than its stalk." Sm. — E. B. 1398. 

 St. 21. 4.— Chester, now lost. Yalding, Kent. A. VII. J E. 



[10. S. alpestris (Jacq.) ; cal. topshaped short, St. dichoto- 

 mous, fl. axillary and terminal, calyx-teeth ovate-obtuse, pet. 

 crowned, limb with 4 teeth, caps, oblong twice as long as the 

 calyx, seeds cristate-ciliate, 1. lanceolate. — " On a rock on a 

 mountain to the east of Clova, Angus-shire, Mr. G. Don." !] 



11. S. acaulis (L.) ; st. densely tufted and much branched, _^. 

 solitary, peduncles and cal. glabrous, cal. bellshaped with 10 

 striae, teeth ovate-obtuse, pet. slightly notched crowned, 1. linear 

 ciliated below. — E. B. 1081. R. 5084. — Forming broad dense 

 tufts 2 — 3 in. high. Fl. purple or white, upon longish solitary 

 stalks, sometimes nearly sessile. Caps, twice as long as the 

 calyx. Plants somewhat dioecious. — Summits of the higher 

 mountains. P. VII. VIII. Cushion-pink. 



5. Lychnis Zinn. Campion. 



1. L. Viscaria (L.); pet. emarginate crowned, st. glabrous 

 viscid below the joinings, 1. lanceolate glabrous the margins woolly 

 at the base, fl. racemose-paniclcd somewhat whorled, carpophore 

 4 the length of the capsule. — E. B. 788. — St. simple, 1 foot high. 

 Fl. large, rose-coloured. Caps, h-celled when young. Seeds 

 reniform, minute, acutely tubercled. — Dry rocks, rare. P. VI. 



E. S. 



2. L. alpina (L.) ; pet. cloven scarcely crowned, st. glabrous 

 not at all viscid, 1. linear-lanceolate glabrous sometimes minutely 

 ciliated at the base, fl. corymbose, carpophore i of the length of 

 the capsule. — E. B. 2264. — St. simple, 5—6 in. high. Fl. small. 



