54 14. CAETOPHTlIACEiE. 



loosely panicled, caps. 1-celled, teeth 5, carpophore very short. 

 —E. B. 573.— St. viscid and brownish olive, 1—2 feet high. 

 Pet. rose-coloured, the crown bipartite ; segm. subulate erept, 

 usually with an acute tooth on the middle of the outer margin. 

 Oal. 10-ribbed.— Moist places. P. V. VI. Ragged Robin. 



'E. S. !• 

 ** Cal. inflated; teeth falling short of tlie petals. 



4. L. vespertina (Sibth.) ; pet. half-bijid crowned, st. villose, 



I. peduncles and cal. hairy, 1. ovate-lanceolate, fl. dichotomously 

 panicled dioecious, calyx-teeth of the fertiU jl. linear-lanceolate 

 long, caps, conical, teeth 10 straight. — E. B. 1580. 8t. 23. 9. 

 L. dioica ^ L. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. white, very rarely red- 

 dish. Calyx of barren fl. obovate-oblong ; of fertile fl. ovate, 

 teeth twice as long as those of L. diurna. Carpophore broad, 

 short.— Fields. B. (P) VI.— IX. White Campion. E. S. I. 



6. L. diur'na (Sibth.) ; pet. half-bifid crowned, st. 1. and cal. 

 vUlose, 1. ovate acute, fl. dichotomously panicled subdicecious, 

 calyx-teeth of the fertile fi. triangular, caps, nearly globular, teeth 

 10 recurved.— E. B. 1579. St. 23. 8. L. dioica a L. — Forms a 

 turf of decumbent leafy barren shoots. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. 

 red, very rarely nearly white. Carpophore iiarrow, short. 

 Sp. 4 and 6 vary in colour from red to white and white to red. — 

 Damp hedgebanks. P. V. VI. Red Campion. E. S. I. 



*** Cal. with long leajlike narrow lobes exceeding the petals. 



6. L. Githdgo (Scop.) ; pet. entire or emarginate crownless, 

 calyx-teeth longer than the tube exceeding the petals, fl. sohtary 

 upon long stalks. — Agrostemma L. E. B. 741. Si. 5. 6. — 



II. large, purple. St. dichotomous, 2 — 3 feet high. Cal. cori- 

 aceous, ribbed, with 5 linear-lanceolate constantly erect-patent 

 very long segments. Styles downy. Caps. 5-toothed. — Corn- 

 fields. A. VI.— VIII. Corn-Cochle. E. S. I. ♦ 



Suborder II. Alsineas. 

 6. Bttpeo'nia Linn. 



[-B. tenuifdlia (Sm.) is said to have been found near Boston, 

 Line, and on Hounslow Heath. Probably an error. A. VI.] 



7. Sasi'na Linn. Pearlwort. 



* Sep., stam., styles and valves of caps. 4 ; pet. very small 

 or wanting. 



1. S. prooum'bens (L.) ; branches long procumbent from a 

 central rosette, I. linear awned, sep. blunt slightly shorter than 



