388 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Class X. 
1066. AGROSTEM'MA. W. Rose-Campion. 
6535 G'lthago W. 
j3 nicceen'sis W. 
6536 coronaria W. 
13 alba 
y plena 
6537 Flos-jovis 
a538 Casli-rosa 
1067. LYCH'NIS. W. 
6539 chalcedonica W. 
/3 alba 
■y plena 
6540 Floscftculi W. 
6541 coronata W. 
6542 fulgens Fisch. 
6543 viscaria W. 
plena 
6544alplna W. 
6545l£e'ta W. 
6546 diurna With, 
sylvestris W. en. 
6547 vespertina With, 
dioica W. en. 
Corn-cockle 
Italian 
common A or 
white-flowered A or 
double-flowered A or 
umbelled £ 
smooth-leaved 
Lychnis. 
scarlet ^ _ 
white-flowered 9^ A or 
double-flowered ^ A. or 
Ragged- Robin ^ A or 
O 
O or 
A or 
O or 
A or 
Caryophyllece. 
3 jn.jl i>u 
W 
R 
3 jn.jl 
3 jn.s 
3 jn.s W 
Ujn.s R 
1| jl R 
1 jl.au F 
Caryophyllece, 
Sp.'^. 
Britain cor. fi. 
Italy 1794. 
Italy 1596. 
Chinese 
splendid 
viscid 
double 
Alpine 
small 
red-flowered 
£ lAJ or 
:^ A or 
£ A or 
£ A or 
O or 
:^ A or 
2 jn.jl 
2 jn.jl 
2 jn.jl 
lijn.s 
li jn.s 
\\ jn.jl 
1 my.jn 
Germany 1726. 
Levant 1713. 
Sp. 9—12. 
Russia 1596. 
Russia 
Russia 
Britain m. me. 
S CO Eng. bot. 741 
S CO 
S CO Bot. mag. 24 
S CO 
C r.m 
S CO Bot. mag. 398 
D s.l Bot. mag. 295 
China 
Siberia 
Britain 
1774. 
1822. 
rocks. 
Bot. mag. 257 
Eng. bot. 573 
Bot. mag. 223 
Bot. mag. 478 
Eng. bot. 788 
1 ap.my Pk 
ijl F 
2 jn.jl Pu 
white-flowered A or 2 jn.jl 
Scotland sc.roc. D p.l Eng. bot. 2254^ 
Portugal 1778, C s i 
Britain ... D co Eng. bot. 1579 
Britain wa.&fi. D co Eng. bot. 1580 
1068. CERAS'TIUM. W. 
Mouse-ear Chickweed. 
Carvovhvllece. 
Sp. 18—69. 
6548 perfoliatum W. 
perfoliate 
O 
w 
2 jn.jl 
W 
Greece 1725. S 
CO 
Di. el. t.217.f 2&1 
6549 vulgatum W. 
common 
O 
w 
1 ap.jn 
W 
Britain san.pl. S 
CO 
Eng. bot. 789 
6550 viscosum W. 
narrow-leaved 
A 
w 
h ap.s 
w 
Britain pas. D 
CO 
Eng. bot. 790 
6551 diffasum P. S. 
spreading 
A 
w 
1 ap.s 
w 
CO 
6552 brachypetalumP.S. small-flowered 
A 
w 
1 ap.my 
w 
1816. D 
CO 
6553 semidecandrum W. least 
O 
w 
5 mr.ap 
1 my.jn 
w 
Britain walls. S 
CO 
Eng. bot. 1630 
6554 tetr^ndrum H. K. 
tetrandrous 
O 
w 
w 
Scotland san.sh. S 
CO 
Eng. bot. 166 
6555 arvense W. 
.field 
A 
w 
1 my.au 
w 
Britain cor. fi. D 
CO 
Eng. bot. 93 
6556 dichotomum W. 
forked 
O 
w 
f jn jl 
w 
Spain 1725. S 
CO 
6557 alpinum W. 
6558 ovatum W. en. 
Alpine 
A 
w 
i jn.jl 
w 
Britain w. alp. D 
CO 
Eng. bot. 472 
oval-leaved 
A 
w 
1 jn.jl 
w 
Carinthia 1816. D 
CO 
6559strictum W. 
upright 
A 
w 
1 my.jl 
w 
Austria 1793. D 
CO 
Sc. car. 1. 19. f. 1 
fB svfi'ruticosum W. 
suffruticose 
A 
w 
1 my.jl 
w 
S. Europe 1796. D 
CO 
6560 maximum W. 
greatest 
O 
w 
2 jn.jl 
w 
Siberia 1792. S 
CO 
Gm. si.4.t.62.f2 
6561 dahuricum Fisch. 
glaucous 
A 
w 
lA my.s 
w 
Siberia 1815. D 
CO 
Bot. mag. 1789 
amplexicdule B. M. 
6562 dioicum W. 
Spanish 
A 
w 
1 jn.jl 
w 
Spain 1766. D 
CO 
6563 latifolium W. 
broad-leaved 
A 
w 
1 jn.jl 
w 
Britain w. alp. D 
CO 
Eng. bot. 473 
6564 tomentosum W. 
white 
A 
w 
I jn.jl 
w 
S. Europe 1648. D 
CO 
6565 manticum W. 
long-peduncled 
O 
w 
5 jn.jl 
w 
Hungary 1801. S 
CO 
PI. rar. h. t. 96 
1069. LARBRE'A. SLHil. Larbrea. 
CartjophvHets 
. Sp. 1. 
6566 aquatica St. Hil. 
water 
A 
w 
1 jl 
w 
Britain wat. pi. D co 
Eng. bot. 538 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
when they will flower well. Oxalis monophylla and rostrata will not, however, blossom unless placed in a 
very hot stove. 
O. Acetosella, la petite oseille or surelle, Fr., is used as a salad plant, and is more delicate than the Rumex 
salads : its acid approaches nearly to that of the juice of lemons, or the acid of tartar, with which it also corresponds 
in its medical effects, being esteemed refrigerant, antiscorbutic, and diuretic. An infusion of the leaves, or a whey 
made by boiling the plant in milk, given in ardent fevers, is said to allay inordinate heat, and to quench thirst. 
The expressed juice depurated, properly evaporated, and set in a cool place, affords a crystalline acid salt in 
considerable quantity, which may be used whenever vegetable acids are wanted. It is employed to take iron 
moulds and ink stains out of linen, and is sold under the name of essential salt of lemons. {Withering.) This 
salt when genuine, which it seldom is, consists of the vegetable alkali and a peculiar acid, which, according 
to Bergman, seems more allied to the acid of sugar than that of tartar. What is sold for it in this country, 
appears sometimes to consist of C. Tart, with the addition of a small quantity of vitriolic acid. For taking 
out spots in linen, the stained part is dipped in water, sprinkled with a little of the salt powdered, then rubbed 
on a pewter plate, after which the .spot is washed out with warm water. {Curtis, from Newtn. Chem. by Lewis.) 
Twenty pounds of leaves fresh yield six pounds of juice, from which two ounces, two drachms, and one 
scruple of salt have been obtained. {Lewis.) 
1066. Agrostemma. Kyga s'if^i'^oi, crown of the field. The beauty of the flowers of the common cockle 
weed well entitles it to such a distinction. The foreign species are very pretty annuals. A. Githago {git or 
gith was the name of certain black and aromatic grains, supposed to have been of Nigella sativa, which were 
employed by the Romans in cookery. The seeds of the plant Githago are externally similar) is an orna- 
mental weed, and along with corn poppy and blue bottle makes a fine appearance in the fields of the slovenly 
husbandman, where the soil is dry and gravelly. 
