50 CARYOPIIYLLACE2E. 



5. D. coiiyophjtllus. Carnation Pink. 

 Leaves linear-subulate channeled, glaucous ; flowers solitary; scales very short, 

 ovate ; petals very broad, beardless, crenate. Skml to 2^ feet high, branched. 

 Flmoers white and crimson. This species is supposed to be the parent of all the 

 eplendid varieties of the carnation, known as the Bizarres, Picotees. Flakes, Ac* 

 ovor 400 are now enumerated by florists. July — Aug. Per. 



4. LYCHNIS. Tourn. 



Gr. luknos, a lamp; some cottony species, having been used as lampwicks. 



Calyx tubular, naked at the base, 5-toothed. Petals 5 

 unguiculate, limb slightly cleft. Stamens 10. Pistils 5. 

 Capsule 1-celled or half 5-celled, scarcely stalked, opening 

 at the top by 5 or 10 teeth. Embryo coiled in a ring. — 

 Corolla sometimes crowned. 



1. L. GrriiAGo, Lam. Corn Cockle, 



llc'.rj; stem dichotomous ; pedicels elongated; leaves linear ; calyx longer than 

 the corolla; petals entire not crown* d. 



Grain fields. Introduced. June and July. Annual. A well known pale-green, 

 handsome weed. Stem 18 to 83 inches high. Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, y± to ^ 

 inch wide. Flowers largo, dull purple, on long naked stalks. Seeds roundish 

 angular, purplish-black. 



2. L. Chalcedotuca. Scarlet Lychnis. 



Bmoothish ; flowers fasciculated ; calyx cylindrical, clavate, ribbed ; petals 2-lobed. 

 Ter. A fine garden flower, native of Russia. Siem, 1 to 2 feet high, with dark- 

 green, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and large dense, terminal, convex fascicle* of deep 

 scarlet flowers. There are .some varieties with white flowers, and double. June 

 and July. 



3. L. coroxaiua, DC. Mullein Pink. Rose Campion. 

 Yillosc; siem dichotoinous ; peduncles long, 1-fiowcred; caZya; Gompanulate, veined. 



A popular perennial garden flower, native of Italy. Whole plant covered with 

 dense wool. Stem 1 to 2 feet high. Flowers largo, purple. There are varieties 

 with white, red, and double flower?. 



4. L. Floscucula. Ragged Robbin. 



Stem ascending, dichotomous at summit; flowers fascicled; calyx companulate, 

 1 0-ribbed ; petals in 4 deep linear segments. Native of Europe. A handsome per- 

 ennial. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, 'rough angled, viscid, above. Leaves lanceolate, 

 Binooth. Flowers pink, very beautiful, generally very double, with a brown 

 angular smooth calyx. June — Aug. 



Sub-order II. ALSINEiE. The Chickweed-Family. 



Sepals distinct or nearly so. Petals without claws in- 

 serted at the base of the sessile ovary ; stamens inserted on 

 the margin of the disk, which often coheres with the calyx ; 

 opposite the sepals when not more numerous than they. — 

 Low herbs without stipules. 



