52 14. CAETOPHYLlACEa). 



usually witli an acute tooth on the middle of the outer margin. 

 Oal. 10-ribbed.— Moist places. P. V. VI. Ragged Robin. 



E. S. I. 



** Cat inflated; teeth falling short of the petals. 



4. L. vespertina (Sibth.) ; pet. half-6y?(? crowned, st. viUose, 

 1. peduncles and cal. hairy, 1. ovate-lanceolate, fl. dichotomously 

 panicled dio3cious, calyx-teeth of the fertile jfl. linear-lanceolate 

 long, caps, conical, teeth 10 straight. — E. B. 1580. St. 23. 9. 

 L. dioica /3 L.— St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. white, very rarely red- 

 dish. Calyx of barren fl. obovate-oblong ; of fertile fl. ovate, 

 teeth twice as long as those of X. diurna. Carpophore broad, 

 short.— Fields. B. (?) VI.— IX. White Campion. E. S. I. 



•5. i. ditir'na (Sibth.) ; pet. half-bifid crowned, st. 1. and cal. 

 villose, 1. ovate acute, fl. dichotomously panicled subdicecious, 

 calyx-teeth of the fertile fi. triangular, caps, nearly globular, teeth 

 10 recur-ced. — E. B. 1579. St. 23. 8. L. dioica a L. — Forms a 

 turf of decumbent leafy barren shoots. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. 

 red, very rarely nearly white. Carpophore narrow, short. 

 Sp. 4 and 6 vary in colour from red to white and white to red. — 

 Damp hedgebanks. P. V. VI. Red Campion. E. S. I. 



*** Cal. with long leaflihe narrow lobes exceeding the petals. 



6. X. Githdgo (Scop.) ; pet. entire or emarginate erownless, 

 calyx-teeth longer than the tube exceeding the petals, fl. solitary 

 upon long stalks. — Agrostemma L. E. B. 741. St. 5. 6. — 

 Fl. large, purple. St. dichotomous, 2 — 3 feet high. Cal. cori- 

 aceous, ribbed, vrith 5 linear-lanceolate constantly erect-patent 

 very long segments. Styles downy. Caps. 6.-toothed. — Oorn- 

 Hel'ds. A.Vl.— VIII. Com-Cockk. E.S.I. 



Suborder II. Alsinea. 



6. Buffo'nia Linn. 



[B. teniiifolia (Sm.) is said to have been found near Boston, 

 Line, and on Hounslow Heath. Probably an error. A. VI.] 



7. Sagi'na Linn. Pearlwort. 



* Sep., stain., styles and valves of caps. 4 ; pet. very small 

 or tvanting. 



1. S. procum'bens (L.) ; branches long procumbent /rom a 

 central rosette, I. linear owned, Sep. blunt slightly shorter than 



