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there propagated; and the plant is common 
enoujjh among thofe who love thefe things. It 
keeps pretty conllant to its hollow-leaved con- 
dition, but not with perfedt regularity. 
6. Wild Campion, called Cockle. 
Lychnis fegelum mgellajlrum diSlum. 
The root is long, flender, fimple, and furnifhed 
with few fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, round, hairy, fcarce at 
all branched, and a foot and half high. 
The leaves grow two at a joint ; and they arc 
long, narrow, hairy, not at all indented, and of 
a pale green. 
The flowers Hand at tlie top of the ftalk, and 
of fome few flioots riling from the bofoms of 
the upper leaves; they are large, and of a fine 
deep red. 
The feed-veflel is large, as arc alfo the feeds. 
It is common in our corn-fields, and flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis Jegetum major. O- 
thers, Nigtllaftrtm, and Pfiudomelaiuhium. 
7. Common, wild, white Campion. 
Lychnis fylvejlris alba vulgaris. 
The root is long and thick, and has few 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous : they rife in a 
large, thick, upright tuft, and are oblong, broad, 
of a frefli green, not indented, and ftiarp- 
pointed. 
The fl:alk is round, firm, upright, very much 
branched toward the top, and two foot high. 
The leaves Hand in pairs : they are oblong, 
broad, undivided, and lharp-pointed. 
The flowers are large and white ; and the cups 
fl:riated, but not fo much fwelled as thofe of the 
white ben. 
The feed-veffel is large, as are alfo the feeds. 
It is common in paftures and about hedt^es. 
It flowers in July. ^ 
C. lizah\n<:cMs\t Lychnis fyhejlris albafmpkx. 
It is fometimes found with the flower naturally 
double: it frequently owes that advantage to 
culture, and is thence called the -Mtc cam- 
pion ; or, in the gardeners language, while batche- 
lors buttons. 
8. Common red wild Campion. 
Lychnis flore rubella. 
The root is long, flendcr, and has few fibres 
The firft flioots are full of leaves ; and thofe 
are long, broad, and of a deep green. 
The ftalks are numerous round, hairy, branch- 
ed, and weak. 
The leaves are placed two at a joint; and they 
are broad and hairy, and of a freOi green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches ■ 
and are large, and of a pale red. ' 
The feed-vefl-els are large and oval ; and the 
feeds alfo are large. 
It is common in damp hedges, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis fylvejlris five aqua-. 
lica purpurea fmplex. Others, Lychnis fylvejlris 
rubello flore. 
This fpecies is taken into g.irdens, and ren- 
dered double by culture ; in which ftate it makes 
a very beautiful appearance, and is called red 
batchelors buttons ; or, by others, double red cam- 
pion. 
9. Small flowered Corn Campion. 
Lychnis arvenfis flore minimo. 
The root is fmail, oblong, white, and fur- 
niflied with a few fibres. 
The ftalks are round, hairy, weak, jointed, 
and of a pale green. 
The leaves grow in pairs, and are obloncr and 
narrow : they are hairy alfo, and of a pale co- 
lour. 
The flowers arc very fmall, ufually white, but 
fometimes redilh. 
The feed-vefi-el is large, as are alfo the feeds. 
It IS not uncommon in the corn-fields of Kent 
and Suflex ; and flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Lychnis fylvejlris f.ore albo minima. 
Others, Lychnis arvenfis flare minima rubente. 
10. White-flowered clammy Campion. 
Lychnis vifcefa flare albo. 
The root is long, thick, and furniflied with 
a lew fibres. 
The leaves that firfl: grow from it are oblong 
broad, and of a pale green : they rife in a con- 
liderable number, and have long footftalks. 
The ftalks are numerous, flendcr, uprieht 
round, and jointed, " ' 
The leaves grow in pairs, and have long foot- 
ftalks : they are oblong, broad, not at all in- 
dented at the edges, and pointed at the ends 
The flowers grow at the top of the ftalk, and 
on flroots rifing from the bofoms of the upper 
leaves: they are white, and the petals are very 
deeply divided from the top : they quickly fall off 
The feed-veflel is large, and the feeds are 
brown. 
It is found on ditch ba.iks, and on walls in 
fome parts of the kingdom, but is not com- 
mon. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis montana vifcof, alba 
laUJolia. 
The tops of the ftalks in this plant are clam- 
my, principally juft under the flowers, and hence 
has rifen the name of vfcofa and clammy. 
11. Great night-flowering Campion. 
Lychnis noSifl.ara major. 
The root is long and tliick, and is furnifted 
with many fibres. 
The firft flioots are numerous, round, firm 
andjomted; one or more in the middle ufuafly 
ftands upright; and feveral others trail upon 
the ground all round it. - 
The leaves grow in pairs, and are thick of a 
deep green, hairy, not at all dented, and blunt 
at the ends. 
The flowers grow on the tops of the ftalks, 
and of numerous branches that rife from the bo- 
foms of the leaves all the way up the plant ■ they 
