PINK FAMILY 



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1. L. alba (Evening Campion). — Hairy, i — 3^ feet high ; leaves 

 ONLite-lanceolate ; JJojcers in loose dichasial c)fmes, 1 in. across, 

 white, or rarely reddish, fragrant in the evening, dioecious ; calyx 

 greenish, inflated, teeth long ; petals deeply biffd, with ligules ; cap- 

 sule conical, lo-toothed, tlie teeth erect.— Fields and Hedgero\vs ; 

 common. — Fl. all the summer. Biennial or pirennial. 



2. L. dioica (Red Campion). — A closely-allied species, differing 



LYCHNIS FLOS-CLCULI {Ragged Krh'n'. 



chiefly in its reddish calyx, with shorter {te'iY\, petals red, rarely 

 white ; and sub-globose capsule with recur\ted teeth. — Copses 

 and hedgebanks ; common. — Fl. INIay — July. Perennial. 



3. Z. Flos-ciiczdi (Ragged Robin). — A pretty and well-known 

 marsh plant, ivith a reddish-green angular stem, i — 2 feet high, 

 the lower part of which is roughish, with short stiff deflexed hairs, 

 the upper part slightly viscid ; leaves very narrow ; flowers loosely 

 dichasial, rose-coloured, or very rarely white ; calyx tubular, 

 lo-ribbed, with red veins ; petals deeply cut into linear diverging 



