144 CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY) 
Fie. 95.— Ragged 
Robin (Lychnis Flos- 
_ eucult). 
Introduced. Biennial. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to September. 
Seed-time: July to October. 
Range: Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England, 
and the Middle States. 
Habitat: Grain fields, meadows, roadsides, 
and waste places. 
Stems one to two feet tall, erect, clammy- 
hairy particularly just below the swollen 
joints, branching near the top. Basal leaves 
oblong, pointed, long-petioled; stem-leaves 
sessile or the lower ones with short petioles, 
Stem one to two feet tall, erect, slender, 
branching near the top, downy-hairy below, 
somewhat clammy above. Basal and lower 
leaves spatulate, tapering to a margined pet- 
iole; upper leaves sessile, few, becoming very 
small as they ascend the stalk. Flowers in 
loose, spreading panicles; those of plants cul- 
tivated in gardens usually pink, white or blue, 
but those of the wild plant usually magenta-red, 
nearly an inch broad, each of the five petals 
divided into four slender lobes, the middle 
pair of lobes being longest, causing the flower 
to have a ragged, fringy 
look; calyx short, ten-. 
nerved, smooth. Capsule 
nearly globular, one- 
celled, many-seeded. 
Means of conirol the 
same as for the Corn 
Cockle. 
RED CAMPION 
Lichnis diorca, L. 
ovate, acute. Flowers in cymose clusters, fy. 96.—Red Campion 
each nearly an inch broad, dicecious, without (Lychnis dicica). x}. 
