Agrostema Githago. Cockle, 



AGROSTEMA Lin Gen. PL Decandria Pentagynia. 



Cal. i-phyllus, coriaceus. Petala 5 unguiculata : Limbo obtufo, indivilo. 

 Cap/. i-locularis. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 24. Herbje pentapetalje vasculiferje. 



AGROSTEMiV Githago hirfuta, calycibus corollam sequantibus,] petalis integris nudis. Lin. Syft. 



Veg. p. 361. Sp. PL 624. FL Suecic. n. 407. 



LYCKRSTIS calycibus longiffime caudatis. Haller. Hifi. 926. 



LYCHNIS Githago. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 527. 



LYCHNIS fegetum major. Bauh. p. 204. 



PSEUDO-MELANTHIUM Ger-emac. 1087. 



LYCHNOIDES fegetum five Nigellaftrum. Park. 632. Raii Syn. 338. Cockle, 



Hudfon FL Angl. ed. 2. p, 198. 



Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 238. 



Oeder. FL Dan. t. 576. 



RADIX annua. f ROOT annual. 



CAULIS ere&us, bipedalis, teres, fiftulofus, hirfutus, | STALK upright, about two feet high, round, hollow, 



fuperne ramofus. t hiriute, branched at top. 

 FOLIA obiongo-lanceolata, carinata,baficonnata,utrin- f LEAVES of an oblong lanceolate fhape, keel'd, uni- 

 que hirfuta, pilis ad bafm folii longioribus. J ting at the bafe, hairy on both fides, the hairs 



i at the bafe of the leaves longeft. 



FLORES folitarii, fpeciofi, purpurei. | FLOWERS ftanding lingly on the tops of the ftalks, 



¥ fhowy and purple. 



CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefi- | CALYX : a Perianthium of one leaf, divided into 



dum, profunde fulcatum, angulofum, pilo- % five fegments, of a hard fubftance, deeply 



fum, laciniis lanceolatis, fubnudis, carinatis, | grooved, angular and hairy, the fegments 



corolla longioribus. | lanceolate, flightly hairy, with a prominent 



I midrib, and longer than the corolla. 



COROLLA: Petal a quinque, magna, fpeciofa, | COROLLA: five Petals, large, Ihowy, of a purple 



purpurea, obcordata, bafi albida, venis paucis f colour, and inverfely heart-fhaped, the bafe 



fatunite viridibus interrupte notatis ; Unguis | whitifh, marked with a few interrupted 



fublinearis, longitudine fere limbi. fig. 1. | veins of a deep green colour; C/#w fomewhat 



% linear, almoft the length of the limb. fig. 



\ lm 



STAMINA: Filamenta decern, fubulata, quinque f STAMINA: ten Filaments, tapering, five inferted 



ad, bafm petalorum inferta, quinque feriora in- | into the bafe of the petals, and five later ones 



trapetala locata: Antherje pallidepurpureae, | placed betwixt the petals; Anthers of a 



fubfagittatze. Jiff. 2. 2. % P a ^ e purple colour, and fomewhat arrow- 



I ihaped. fig. 2. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundo-conicum, viride, % P1STILLUM : Germen of a roundifh conical mape, 



glabrum : Styli quinque, filiformes, albidi, | fmooth, and of a green colour % Styles five, 



pilofi, erefti, apicibus paululumreflexis; Stig- | thread-fhaped, whitiflr, hairy, upright, the 



mata fimplicia. fig. 4. 5. tips bending a little back; Stigmata fimple. 



PERICARPIUM: CAPSULAmagnitudinefereglandis, % SEED-VESSEL; a Capsule almoft the fize of an 

 calyce exficcato teclum, ore quinquedentato, | acorn, covered with its dried calyx, having 



lincis decern elevatis notatum. fig. 6. \ ten ribs, the mouth fplitting into five teeth. 



* fig- 6- 



SEMINA plurima, majufcula, angulata, eleganter | SEEDS numerous, largim, angular, with a furface 

 exafperata. fig. J. % like Ihagreen. fig. 7. 



The Cockle is a very common plant in moft Corn-fields about London and elfewhere; it flowers in June and 



July. 



Like the red Poppy it contributes to ornament our fields, but is rarely found in gardens. 



A miller informed me he never wifhed to to fee any of it among the corn he ground, as it-had a very great ten- 

 dency to clog his mill-ftones. 



The feeds being large and mealy, probably afford food to feveral forts of birds. 



Its medical virtues, highly extolled by former writers, are difregarded in the prefent practice. 



