39 2 FLORA. 



i. Lychnis alba Mill. White Campion. Evening Lychnis. (I. F.'f. 1455.) 

 Biennial, freely branching, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, 2-8 cm. long, the lower petioled, the upper sessile; flowers few, loosely panic 

 ulate. 1.5-2.5 cm. broad, white or pinkish, opening at dusk and remaining ope:: 

 into the morning of the next day; calyx at first tubular, swelling with the ripeninj 

 pod so as to become ovoid and 12-14 mm. in diameter, its teeth short, lanceolate 

 petals obovate, 2-cleft, crowned; teeth of the capsule 2-cleft, nearly erect. In wast 

 places and on ballast, occasional in the maritime provinces of Canada. Ont. and in 

 the Eastern and Middle States. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. Summer. 



2. Lychnis dioica L. Red Campion. (I. F. f. 1456.) Biennial, 3-6 dm. 

 high. Basal leaves long-petioled, oblong, the blade 5-8 cm. long ; stem-leave- 

 sessile or the lower short-petioled, ovate, acute, 2-5 cm. long ; flowers red or 

 nearly white, opening in the morning ; calyx at first tubular, swollen in fruit to 

 nearly globular by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate- lanceolate, acute ; petals obo- 

 vate, 2-cleft, crowned ; teeth of the capsule 2-cleft, recurved. In waste places and 

 ballast, N. S., Ont., N. Eng. and the Middle States. Adventive from Europe. 

 Summer. 



3. Lychnis Chalcedonica L. Scarlet Lychnis. (I. F. f. 1457.) Perennial; 

 stem pubescent or hirsute, 3-7 dm. tall. Leaves ovate, ovate -lanceolate or the 

 upper lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the 

 base, sessile or somewhat clasping, 1-2 cm. wide ; flowers perfect, about 2.5 cm. 

 broad, scarlet, in one or more dense terminal cymes ; calyx becoming obovoid. its 

 teeth triangular, acute ; petals 2-cleft or laciniate ; capsule borne on a stipe of 

 nearly its own length, its teeth entire. Escaped from gardens to roadsides, Mass. 

 to S. N. Y. Native of eastern Europe and western Asia. June-Sept. 



4. Lychnis Flos-cuculi L. Cuckoo Flower. Ragged Robin. (I. F. f. 1458.) 

 Perennial, 3-6 dm. high, freely branching, downy-pubescent below, slightly viscid 

 above. Lower and basal leaves oblanceolate or .spatulate, 5-8 cm. long, tapering 

 into a broad petiole ; upper leaves sessile, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, distant ; 

 inflorescence paniculate ; flowers pink, blue or white, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad ; calyx 

 10-nerved, becoming campanulate in fruit, its teeth triangular, acute ; petals cleft 

 into 4 linear lobes, the middle pair of lobes longer ; capsule globose. In moist 

 waste places, N. B. to N. J. and Penn. Fugitive from Europe. June-Sept. 



5. Lychnis Drummondi (Hook.) S. Wats. Drummond's Pink. (I. F. f. 

 1459.) Erect from a perennial root, finely glandular-pubescent and viscid, 3-9 dm. 

 high. Leaves oblanceolate or linear, acute, petioled or the upper sessile, 2-8 cm. 

 long; flowers few, slender-pedicelled, white or purplish, 1-2 cm. long; petals 

 scarcely longer than the tubular calyx; capsule oblong-cylindric, 12-16 mm. long; 

 seeds tuberculate. In dry soil, Minn, to Manitoba, Neb., Ariz, and Ore. June-July. 



6. Lychnis apetala L. Nodding Lychnis. (I. F. f. 1460.) Tufted, per- 

 ennial, 0.7-2 dm. high, glandular-pubescent at least above. Stems 1 -flowered; 

 leaves linear or oblanceolate, 1-6 cm. long, sessile, or the lower petioled; flower 

 nodding. 12-16 mm. long; petals narrow, 2-cleft, included in the calyx; calyx 

 inflated, strongly purple-veined, its teeth triangular-ovate, acute; petals narrow, 

 about 2 mm. wide, minutely appendaged, equalling or shorter than the calyx, 

 deeply 2-cleft; capsule erect, ovoid. Labrador and throughout arctic America. 

 Also in arctic and alpine Europe and Asia. Summer. 



7. Lychnis affinis Vahl. Arctic Lychnis. (I. F. f. 1461.) Tufted, per- 

 ennial, 5-10 cm. high, glandular-pubescent. Basal leaves spatulate, obtuse, about 

 1 cm. long, ciliate; stem-leaves linear, 1-5 cm. long, obtuse; flower erect, 8-12 

 cm. long; calyx oblong or ovate-campanulate, slightly inflated, its teeth short, 

 acute; petals somewhat exserted, the blade narrowed below, emarginate and eroded, 

 the appendages minute. Lab. and arctic America and Europe. Summer. 



8 Lychnis Coronaria (L.) Desr. Mullein Pink. Rose Campion. (I. 

 F. f. 1462.) Perennial, densely white- woolly; stem 3-10 dm. tall. Lower leaves 

 spatulate, 5-10 cm. long, narrowed into margined petioles; upper leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, sr>sile, acute or acuminate; flowers few, 2 cm. broad or more, long- 

 pedicelled in open terminal panicles; calyx oblong-campanulate, its teeth filiform- 

 subulate, twisted, shorter than the tube; petals crimson. Escaped from gardens to 

 roadsides and waste places, Mass. to S. N. V. Native of Europe. June-Aug. 



