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segments, capsule 5-toi'ithed. — Fl. in May and June, -when the 

 Cuckoo is in lull song, whence its specific name. Perennial. 



4. L. I'iscdria (Red German Catchfly). — Stem simple, about a 

 foot high, viscid at the nodes ; leaves lanceolate, sub-glabrous ; 

 flowers few, large, rose-red ; petals slightly notched ; caps-iile dis- 

 tinctly stalked, 5-toothed, 5-chambered when young. — Dry rocks 

 in North \\'ales and Scotland; very -rare. — il. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



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5. L. alpina (Red Alpine Campion).- A small, tufted, glab- 

 rous species with red flowers, cunfmed to the summits of northern 

 mountains. 



6. L. Gtt/itigo (Corn-Cockle). — Downy with dense white hairs; 



stem erect, 2 — 3 feet high ; teaves narrt)w ; j/aicers solitary, ij, 2 



HI. across; calyx woolly, ribbed, with leafy teeth much longer than 

 the corolla ; /<'A?A bluish pink, obovate, undivided, without ligules ; 

 capsule 5-toothed. — A handsome corn-field weed, the lar^'e "seeds 



