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CARYOPHYLLACE^E 



segments, capsule 5-toothed. — Fl. in May and June, when the 

 Cuckoo is in full song, whence its specific name. Perennial. 



4. L. Viscdria (Red German Catchfly). — Stem simple, about a 

 foot high, viscid at the nodes ; leaves lanceolate, sub-glabrous ; 

 flowers few, large, rose-red ; petals slightly notched ; capsule dis- 

 tinctly stalked, 5-toothed, 5-chambered when young. — Dry rocks 

 in North Wales and Scotland; very rare. — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



lychnis githago (Corn Cockle). 



5. L. alpina (Red Alpine Campion). — A small, tufted, glab- 

 rous species with red flowers, confined to the summits of northern 

 mountains. 



6. L. Githago (Corn-Cockle). — Downy with dense white hairs ; 

 stem erect, 2 — 3 feet high ; leaves narrow j /lowers solitary, x\ — 2 

 in. across ; calyx woolly, ribbed, with leafy teeth much longer than 

 the corolla -, petals bluish-pink, obovate, undivided, without ligules ; 

 capsule 5-toothed. — A handsome corn-field weed, the large seeds 



