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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
i6. Broad leaved, fmooth, clammy Campion. 
Lychnis vifcofa latifolia l^evis. 
The root is long and flender, and has few 
fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a large tufr, and are 
broad, and of a pale green. 
The ftalk is round, upright, thick, of a pale 
green, very little branchfd, and a foot and half 
high. 
The leaves grow in pairs without footftalks: 
they adhere to the main ftalk by a broad bafe, 
and are large, oblong, broadefl; at the bafe, 
fmaller to the point, and of a pale green colour, 
and fmooth furface. 
The fiowers Hand in tufts, many together, at 
the tops of the ftalks and branches ; they are 
imall, and of a beautiful red : by their number, 
colour, and cliiftered manner of growth, though 
fmall, they make a very beautiful appearance. 
The feed-velfel is little and oval ; and the 
feeds alio are fmall. 
It is found in the weftern counties by the 
fides of rivers; and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis vifcofa purpurea lati- 
folia l£vis. J. Bauhine, Centaurium minus adul- 
ierinum, qiiihufdam lychnidis genus. 
r;. Narrow-leaved Campion, wi?h fwoln cups. 
Lychnis fyhejlris angiiflifoHa calicuiis turgidis. k ' 
The root is fmall, oblong, and wtilte ; and 
has a few fibres. 
The leaves that rife firfl from it are lont?, nar- 
row, and of a deep green ; lharp-pointcd, and 
not ferrated at the edges. 
The ffalk is round, upright, of a whitilh 
green, jointed, branched toward the top, and a 
loot and half high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, and they are 
long, narrow, and of a pale green: they adhere to 
the (talk by a broad bafe, and are fharp-pointed, 
but not divided at the edges. 
The flowers Hand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and are large and white ; and the cups are large, 
fmouth, and deeply flriated. 
The feed-veflTd is oval, and the feeds are 
fmall. 
It is found in Kent and Eflex, but not com- 
mon. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis fylvejtris anguftifolia 
calicuiis turgidis (Irialis. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
I. Great fcarlet Lychnis. 
Lychnis coccinea jnajor. 
The root is compofcd of feveral thick Hbres, 
divided, and edged with numerous fmaller. 
The ftallcs are numerous, thicli, round, jointed, 
and two feet and a half high. 
The leaves Hand in pairs, and they are large, 
oblong, and broad : they have no footftalks : 
they are fomevvhat hairy, and their colour is a 
yeilowifli green. 
The flowers ftand in thick clufters at the tops 
of the ftalks, and are large, and of a beautiful 
fcarlet. 
The feed-veflcl is oval, and the feeds are fmall. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in July. 
We have it in gardens, where culture adds 
greatly to its natural beauty. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis hirfuta fore coccinio 
major. Our gardeners, Scarlet lychnis. 
2. Rofe Campion. 
Lychnis corcnaria ruhens. 
The root is long, thick, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, large, oblong, 
and white. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, and white 
alfo ; and they grow to a yard in height : they 
are jointed, and very much branched. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and they arc large, 
white, and woolly. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches, and are numerous, and of a beautiful 
red, very large and handfome. 
The fced-vefli:l is oval, and the feeds are 
brown. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis diofcoridis fativa. 
3. Cow Eafil. 
Lychnis faliis pcrfdialis calycibas fyramiiatis. 
^ The root is oblong, white, divided, and fur- 
nillied with a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous and oblong: 
they rife without footftalks, and are of a pale 
green. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe, and they 
foon after fade. 
It is two foot high, round, light, hollow, very 
much branched, of a bluifli colour, and dufty. 
The leaves are large, oblong, broad at the 
bafe, undivided at the edges, and pointed at the 
end: they are of a pale bluifh green colour. 
They ftand two at a joint, and cncompafs the 
ftalk in fuch a manner at the bafe that it appears 
to pafs through them. 
The flowers are very numerous : they ftand at 
the top of the main ftalk and branches, and are 
Imall, and of a pale red. 
Their cup is large and pyramidal: it has five 
ribs, which are green, and the fubftance between 
them whitifti. 
The fecd-vefiil is oblong : the feeds are round 
and black. 
It is common in the corn-fields of France and 
Germany -, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis fegctmn rubra faliis 
ferfaliatis. Others call it Vaccaria ; and in Eng- 
lifli. Cow hafd. Linnteus, who diftinguifties the 
faponaria from the lychnis, makes this a fpecies of 
the lormer. 
4. Lobels 
