The B R I T I S 
H H E R B L. 
4. Lobels Catchfly. 
Lychnis f.oribus fafciculatis foHis co^-datis. 
The root is long, white, woody, not: much 
divided, but furnifhed with many fibres. 
The firil leaves are broad and fliort:: they rife 
■without foocftalks, and they are few, and quickly 
fade. 
The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and jointed : 
it is a foot and half high, and is of a biuifli green 
colour, except toward the ground, where it is, 
often redifh. 
The leaves are oblong, and very broad, and 
thofe toward the top of the ftalk heart-fafhioned : 
theyftand in pairs without footfialks, and furround 
the ftalk: they are fmooth, undivided at the 
edges, and of a bluilh green. 
The ftalks toward the tops are clammy : it is 
a vifcous juice, which exudates near the joints, 
that occafions this ; and flies often are caught 
in it. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a pale red ; but 
they ftand in fuch large tufts at the tops ot the 
ftalks that they make a very confpicuous figure. 
Their cups are (lender, long, ftriated, and 
purple. 
The feed veflel is long, and the feeds arc 
blackifii. 
It is a native of France and other warmer parts 
of Europe i and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis vifcofa purpurea 
hiifolia Uvis. Others, mufcipila Lobelii. It is 
kept in gardens, and called Lobefs catchfly. 
Linnsus, who feparates many of the lychnis's 
under the name of Jilene, places this among that 
number. Others have called it Centaurium aduU 
ierimun. 
5. Narrow-leaved branched clammy Campion. 
Lychnis angufiifolia vifcofa rmnofa. 
The root is oblong, thick, divided into a 
few parts, and furnillied with fome large fibres : 
it is of a bluirti colour, and rough furtace. 
The firfl; leaves are long, narrow, and of a 
dull^y green, often in part red : they have no 
footftalks, and they ftand in a thick tuft. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of this tuft, and is 
round, flcnder, upright, hollow, very much 
branched, jointed, and a foot and half higli : 
the joints are diftant, and the ftalk is clammy 
toward the top. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and refemble thofe 
from the root: ^thcy are oblong, narrow, un- 
divided, and fharp pointed : they are broadeft 
in the middle, of a deep green colour, and of a 
fleftiy fubftance. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and of the numerous branches : they are fmall, 
and of a pale red, and have ftriated cups: they 
ftand on flcnder footftalks, and the petals are 
deeply divided at the ends. 
It is a native of Spain, and other warmer parts 
of Europe; and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis vifcofa rubra altera 
fyheftris. Others, Mufcipiln vulgaris ; and fome 
of the Englifh writers, Limewort. 
6. Shrubby Campion. 
Lychnis frut.fcens. 
The root is long, thick, not at all divided, 
but furniflicd with many long fibres. 
1 he firft leaves are oblong, broad, undivided 
at the edgesj pointed at the ends, and of a 
greyifli green. 
The ftalks are numer™-, hard, and wo idy, buC 
brittle, and fliort : they are irregularly jointed, 
and arc not more than ten inches in length. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, an^J are broad, fliorty 
and without footftalks : they are undivided at 
the edges, and fliarp-poinced ; and of a pale 
green. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a pale flefli co- 
lour, often vjhite; the cups are ftriated and 
whitifli. 
The feed-veflel is oblong, and the feeds are 
numerous and fmall? 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis frutefcens myrtifdid 
Been alio fmilts. Clufius, Ocymoidis arboreuni 
fempervirens. Others, Lychnis Jruticofa. 
7. Campion with grcenilli yellow flowers. 
Lychnis fl.oribus fiavo vircfcsntibus. 
The root is large, divided into many part--, 
and furniflied with numerous fibres. 
The fiift leaves are numerous, oblong, broad, 
and rounded toward the end, and of a pale green.- 
The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe, and is 
round, jointed, upright, firm, and three or four 
feet high : it is very much branched, and Is of a 
greyifh green: toward the top it is covered with 
a clammy fubftance, to which infects, and other 
fmall things, flick. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, and are oblong, 
broad, not at all divided at the edges, and ob- 
tufely pointed. , 
The flowtrs flrand in clufters at the tops of the 
branches, and are not large or confpicuous : their 
colour is a greenifli yellow : the cup is obloncr 
and flender. 
The feed-veflel is fmall, and the feeds arc little 
and hlackini. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis mriculi mf^- facie ; 
the leaves, before the ftalk rifes, having very- 
much the appearance of thofe of fome of the 
auriculas. Clufius calls it Lychnis fylveftris huifolia. 
8. Small-flowered Campion with bloated cups. 
lychnis floribus minoribus caJyculus infialis. 
The root is long, thick, fingle, of a blackifli 
colour, and furniflied wich numerous fibres. 
The firft Icav^^ are oblong, large, broad, and 
of a bluifli green : they rife in a vaft tuft, and 
ftand all the winter. 
The ftalks are numerous, ftout, upright, not 
much jointed, and rarely at all branched; and 
they are three feet high. 
They are covered all the way down with a 
clammy moifture i lb that flies ftick to them. 
The leaves upon the ftalks are few and fmall : 
they ftand in pairs, and are broad, oblong, 
pointed, anJ of a pale green. 
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