LYCHNIS 



LYCHNIS 



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Some of tlic species of Lychnis are amongst the best 

 known of old-fashioned tiowers, as the Mullein Piuk, 

 IMaltese Cross and Ragged Robin. These are essentially 

 flower-garden subjects. Others, as L. alpiiia, are bet- 

 ter known as borfler or rockwork plants. All species 

 are easily grown from seeds, the biennials and peren- 

 nials blooming the second year. The perennials are 

 often propagated by division. 



broad calyx with red teeth. N. Asia., Eu., and Anier. 

 L.ij.C. y:b81 (as L. Sui'ciea) . — An attractive 



Agrostemma, 



6, 7. 

 alba, 9. 

 alpina, 4. 

 Cbalcedonit'a, 

 C(»U-rosa, 7. 

 Coronaria, 5. 

 coronata, 12. 

 dioica, 8. 

 diuma, 8. 



INDEX. 



elegans. 10. 

 tiiiibriatu, 7. 

 Fios-ciiculi, 11. 

 Flos-Jovis, ij. 

 fulgens, 3, 1'.;. 

 Githago, 1, 

 oratidlfUira, VI. 

 Haageaua, l:j. 

 oeulata, 7. 

 plenissiina, 11. 



sfinperfloreus, 

 iSenno, 14, 

 Sieboldii, U. 

 .Sitenc, 7. 

 S])ecios;i, 1:2. 

 spleiideiis, 1(1. 

 •Siiedca, 4. 

 toiiii'iitosa, Ti, 

 rrnperfiiia, 0. 

 Visearia, 7, U). 



A. Calyx- lobes loiKj and h'ufij: petals not croioi'it . 



1. Githago, Scop. (Agrostnnnia Githiiijo, Linn.). 

 Corn-cockle. Figs. 13'29-30; also 82.5. An annual weed 

 in wheat-fields, and difficult to eradicate because the 

 seeds are not readily screened from the wheat in the 

 thresher or fanning-mill : plant strict, 2-3 ft. tall, white- 

 hairy : Ivs. nearly linear : tis. long-peduncled, red-purjile 

 and showy, the obovate 

 entire petal limbs ex- 

 ceeded by the narrow 

 calyx lobes — these lobes 

 falling when the fruit is 

 ripe. En. — Rarely cult. 

 in old gardens. 



AA. Valijj- tolies not pi-n- 

 long'd u ml lea f if : 

 p e I a I s u s H (t I I ij 

 c rotcneil . 



E. Fls. 1 ill. or les.'i 

 acrosSy in dense, tei- 

 niinal eymes or viii- 

 b ellate heads. 

 {Forms of No. 12 

 may be sought here.) 

 2. Clialced6nica, Linn. 



M.\LTESE (_*i-;oss. -Ieku- 



SALEM CKOSS. SOAKLET 



Lightning. Fig. 13.31. 

 Perennial 2-3 ft. tall, 

 usually loose-hairy, the 

 stems simple or nearly 

 so: Ivs. oblong or cor- 

 1330. Flower of the Corn-cockle date-lanceolate, clasping 

 (Lychnis Githago) in bud. (upper Ones often n;ir- 

 Nataral size. ''"W -1"^ tapering I , shurt- 



ptomted, hairy : tls. ] m. 

 long, with narrow upward-enlarging ribbed calyx 

 and spreading, obcordate-notched limb. June. 6.51.257. 

 — Probably Japanese, but long in cult., and one of the 

 best of all old-fashioned flowers. The fls. are usually 

 brick-red to scarlet, but there are varieties with rose- 

 colored, flesh-colored and white blossoms; also with 

 double fls. The arrangement of the petal-limbs sug- 

 gests the Maltese cross, hence one of the common 

 names. Rarely persists for a time as a weed. 



3. fulgens, Fischer (not Hort.). An erect-stemmed 

 perennial, hairy: Ivs. ovate to ovate-oblong, roughish, 

 tapering below but scarcely petioled : fls. few, in a rather 

 dense terminal cluster, bright scarlet, each petal divided 

 into two broad lobes, on the outer side of which are two 

 other and very narrow lobes, the ends of the main lobes 

 slightly toothed ; calyx oblong or ovate, 10-ribbed, with 

 erect teeth. Siberia, China, Japan. B.M.2104. B.R. 

 6:478. -Perhaps not in cultivation in this country. The 

 plant that passes under this name is probably a form of 

 L. coronata. From L. Chaleedoiiiea it is distinguished 

 by lower stature, much larger fls., and the well-marked 

 side teeth or lobes on the petals. 



i. alpina, Linn. Glabrous, tufted, a ft. or less tall: 

 Ivs. mostly at the base, thickish, linear or oblong : fls. 

 pink, with 2-lobed petals (segments linear), and short. 







B.M. 3'J4 



alpiue 



aiiiglij or in /<ii>.kc (:h(>;t(.'rs , 



or tit li'd.sl Ihe clu^iters nnl 



a U ieriii i iia J. 



c. Plant wliite-ivuoJhf 

 throii/jltoni. 

 5. Coroniria, Desv. (Agro- 

 st^mma Corom) rln , Linn. Cor- 

 onaria loinfiddaa, A. Br.). 

 Mullein Pink. Dusty Mil- 

 ler. Hose Campion. Fi^. 

 1332. Biennial or perennial, 

 1-23^ ft. tall, forking towards 

 the top : Ivs. oblong, oblong- 

 oval or oblong-s^patulate, the 

 lower ones obtuse or nearly 

 so, tapering to a more or less 

 clasping base: fls. large (I/2 

 in. across) , circular in outline, 

 crimson or rose - crimson, 

 borne singly on the ends of 

 the branches; petals with ap- 

 pendages at the throat; calyx 

 with filiform teeth. Eu. and 

 Asia. B.M. 24:.— A common 

 plant of old gardens, and 

 sometimesescaped. Tbe glow- 

 ing fls. and white foliage make 

 it a conspicuous plant. A hy- 

 briil of this and i. FJos-Jovis 

 is figured in G.C. III. 2, p. 101. 

 0. F168-Jdvi3, Desv. Per- 

 ennial, 12-18 in., making a 

 clump: Ivs. in a rosette, also 

 caulino, oval-lanceolate, more 

 or less clasping: fls. small ( "^2 in. or less across), brigbt 

 red or rose, in a rather dense, umbel-like cluster. Ku. 

 B.M. 398 (as Agrosteinnia J''los-Jov is ),~H-d.ri.\y peren- 

 nial, rarely seen in old gardens. 



re. Plant -not irhifc-icooIJy , green. 



D. Petals i'-}io(cJied or '■2-rh'ff. (Forms of No. 12 way he 



.•^ouijJit Jiere. ) 



E. A inniuls. 



7. Cceli-rosa, Desv. Rose of Heaven. Fig. 1333. A 



very floriferous annual, 12-18 in., glabrous: Ivs. linear, 



long-acuminate and very sharp-pointed: Hs. on slender 



1331. 



Lychnis Chalcedonica. 



,y<i'\c^jf$i»fc.';:'C/;r^< 



1332. Lychnis Coronaria. 



Stems, about an inch across, the petals only slightly 

 notched, rose-red, with a linear bifid scale at the throat : 

 calyx club-shaped. Mediterranean region. B.M. 2S5 (as 



