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* » Flowers single at the ends of the Irranches : leaves narrow and often grass-like, 

 rat/ier rigid, glabrous and glaucous, usually without any evident veiiis. 



D. Chin^nsis, China or Indias Pink, has lanceolate leaves, less rigid 

 and irreener tlian any of the following, anj linear acute scales or bracts as long 

 as the calyx ; the large petals toothed or cut, of various colors, red, purple, 

 violet, &c. The garden var. Hbddewigii is a more glaucous and largi-flowercd 

 form, lately introduced. ® @ ; 



D. Caryoph^Uus, Clove Pink, the parent of all the sorts of Carna- 

 tion, &c., has the stems almost woody below, very glaucous lonj^-lincar leaves ; 

 the scales under the calyx very short and broai; petals merely toothed, of 

 various colors. Scarcely hardy N. y. 



D. plum^rius,' Pheasant's-eye or Plumed Pink. A low, hardy spe- 

 cies, making broad tufts, with small very glaucous leaves, sending up flower- 

 stems in early summer, the white or pink or variegated petals cut into a fringe 

 of .slender lobes. 21 



D. sup^rbus, is taller, less tufted, and later-flowered ; the large petals 

 entirely dissected into delicate almost capillary divisions, y. 



2. LYCHNIS. (Greek name for lamp, the down of the Mullein Lychnis 

 having been used for wicking. ) All from the Old World : fl. summer. 



§ 1. Calyx with long leaf-like lobes : petals naked. (T) 

 L. GitbagO, Cokn-Cockle. A weed in grain-fields, hairy, with long 

 linear leaves, and long-peduncled showy red-purple flowers ; in fruit the calyx- 

 lobes falling off; the black seeds injurious to the grain. 



§ 2. Calijr ivithout long leaf-like lobes : petals crowned with a 2-clejl little scale or 

 }mir of teeth on the base of the blade or at the top of the claw. y. 



Ij. COrouaria, Mullein-Lychnis or Mullein Pink. Cult, in gar- 

 dens; the flower crimson and like that of Cokn-Cockle ; but teeth of the 

 calyx short and slender ; plant white-cottony ; leaves oval or oblong. @ y 



Ii. Plos-J6viS, Jupiter's L. Less common in gardens, downy-hairy or 

 cottony and whitish; •leaves lance-oblong; flowers many and smaller, in a 

 head-like long-peduncled cluster, reddish-purple ; petals obcordatc. 



L. Chalcedonica, Maltese-Ckoss or Scarlet L. Very common in 

 country-gardens ; tall, rather hairy and coarse, witl) lance-ovatc partly clasping 

 green leaves, and a very dense flat-topped cluster of many smallish flowers ; the 

 bright scarlet or brick-red petals deeply 2-lobed. 



£. graudiflbra, Large-flowered L. Cult from China ; smooth, with 

 oblong green leaves tapering to both ends, and the branches bearing single or 

 scattered short-peduncled flowers, wliich are 2' or 3' across ; the red or scarlet 

 petals fringe-toothed at the end. 



L. Visc^ria, Viscid L. Rather scarce in gardens ; smooth, but the slen- 

 der stem glutinous towards the top ; leaves linear ; flowers many in a narrow 

 raceme-like cluster, rather small ; calyx tubular or club-sliaped ; petals pink- 

 red, slightly notched ; also a double-flowered variety. 



L. If'los-cuGUli, Cuckoo L. Ragged Robin is the double-flowered 

 variety, in gardens ; slightly downy and glutinous, with lanceolate leaves, and 

 an open panicle of pink-red petals, these cleft into 4 narrow -linear lobes. 



L. diurna, Day-blooming L. Double-flowered form also called Ragged 

 Robin in the gardens ; smoothish or soft-hairy ; leaves oblong or lance-ovate, 

 the upper ones pointed ; flowers scattered or somewhat clustered on the 

 branches, rose-red. 



L. vespertina, Evening-blooming L. A weed in some waste grounds, 

 like the last, and more like the Night-flowering Catchfly ; but has 5 styles and 

 a more ovate enlarging calyx ; the flowers are commonly dioecious, white, and 

 open after sunset, the root biennial. But a full double-flowermg variety in gar- 

 dens is perennial, day-flowering, and is a white sort of Ragged Robin. 



3. SILEIf E, CATCHFLY. (Both names refer to the sticky exudation on 

 stems and calyx of several species, by which small insects are often caught.) 

 Besides the following, some other wild or cultivated species are met with, but 

 not common. PI. mostly all summer. 



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