64 CAEYOPHYLI.ACF*. [Lljchlis. 



IV. Lychnis, Linn. Campion. Lychnis. 



" Calyx monophyllous, tubular, 5-toothed. Petals 5, clawed. 

 Stamens 10, alternate ones opposite the petals and adhering to 

 their claws. Styles usually 5. Capsule opening by 5 or 10 teeth." 

 —Br. Fl. 



* Petals crowned, cut or bifid. 



1. L. Flos-cacull, L. Meadoiv Lychnis. Ragged Robin- 

 " Flowers loosely panicled, petals 4-cleft." — Br. Fl. p. 60. E. B- 

 t. 573. 



In moist meadows and other wet marshy or boggy situations ; common. Fl. 

 May, June. If. 



Capsule yellowish, ovoid, smooth, 4 or 5 lines in length, a little exceeding the 

 dry, closely investing, strongly 10-fibhed calyx, opening by 5 broad, equal, much- 

 recurved, slightly hairy teeth. Seeds numerous, blackish or reddish gray, reni- 

 form, beautifully muricated with raised points in close parallel rows. 



2. L. diurna, Sibth. Red Campion. " Flowers subdioecious, 

 calyx of the pistilliferous flowers with triangular teeth, capsule 

 nearly globose, the teeth recurved." — Br. Fl. p. 61. Fl. Dan. 

 xiii. t. 2172. L. dioica a., L. : E. B. t. 1579. 



In woods, groves, on grassy hedgebanks and in moist or shaded situations, 

 common. Ft. April — September. !(.. 



E. Med. — About Ryde occasionally. Fields between Sandown and Sbanklin, 

 and between Ashey wood and Munwell. Between Ventnor and Newport, Mrs. 

 Martin. I found a specimen or two of this species in Greatwood copse, with 

 white flowers, 1842. 



W. Med. — About Brixton, sometimes with flesh-coloured flowers. 



Capsules ovato-subglobose, paler in colour and smaller than in L. vespertina 

 (5 or 6 lines in length), thin and brittle, dehiscing by 10 broadly ovato-triangular, 

 finally strongly revolute teeth, which are often united together in pairs either 

 wholly or partially, in the former case giving the capsule the appearance of being 

 5-valved. Seeds similar to those of the next species, but rather less, grayish black 

 or reddish, their papillae smaller, more distinct or distant, and much more pointed, 

 each surrounded as in that by a denticulated circle, by which their bases seem as 

 it were dove-tailed into one another. 



3. L. vespertina, Sibth. White Campion. " Flowers subdioe- 

 cious, calyx of the pistilliferous flowers with linear-lanceolate 

 elongated teeth, capsule conical, the teeth erect." — Br. Fl. p. 61. 

 L. dioica /S., L. : E. B. t. 1580. 



In dry open situations, cultivated and waste ground, the borders of fields, on 

 hedgebanks and amongst corn, &c.. very frequent. Fl. June — September. 2|..? 



E. Med. — Between Sandown and Shanklin, in fields a little beyond the signal- 

 station near Apse heath. Fields by French Mill, near Godshill. 



W. Med.— in fields near Afton farm, with white and flesh-coloured flowers. 



Capsules yellowish or greenish, ovato-conical, 8 — 10 lines in length, very 

 smooth, obscurely angular below the middle, hard and firm in texture, opening at 

 the summit by 10 distinct, triangular, lanceolate, erect or spreading, but not 

 recurved, very rigid teeth. Seeds numerous, clay-coloured or sometimes reddish 

 gray (black according to Gaudin !), reniform, covered with close rows of rounded 

 or pointed tubercles that are apparently fitted to each other by a toothed ring or 

 border surrounding the base of each. 



