650 400. Lychnis. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. Vl.ex.tkaL 
Damp woods and hedges; perennial; May to September. 
Root fusiform ; leaves soft, pale ; flowers rose-red, ino- 
dorous; mostly unisexual ; calyx in both sexes 1 0-ribbed, 
without intermediate veins ; capsule conical, smaller than 
that of L. vespertina, 
c. Githago. Petals not cut ; calyx-teeth as long as the petals . 
6. Lychnis segetum. Corn lychnis . 
Herb hirsute ; calyx-teeth twice as long as the corolla. 
Lychnis segetum major, Raii Syn. 338, 5. 
Pseudo mdanthium, Ger. em. 1087. 
Lychnoides segetum sive Nigel last rum, Park. 632. 
Agrostema Githago, Lin. S. P. 627. 
Lychnis Githago, De Candolle FI. Gall. .392. 
Githago segetum, Des Fontaines Atl. 1,363. 
Cockle. Corn cockle. Wild nigella. 
Stem branched, hairs upright, pressed to the stem ; leaves 
linear, lanceolate ; flowers terminal, purple; calyx 1 0-ribbed. 
B. Alsinea:. Calyx 4 or 5-sepaled; stamens 3 to 10. 
VI. 401. BUFFONIA. Linnaeus. Buffon. 
Calyx 4-sepaled ; petals 4 ; styles 2 ; capsule compressed, 
I-celled, 2-valved, 2-seeded. 
Buffonia annua. Annual Buffon. 
Stem weak, panicled ; flowers terminal and lateral ; 
calyx streaked. 
Alsine polygonoides tenuifolia, flosculis ad longitudinem caulis velut 
in spicam dispositis nostra, Raii Syn. 346. 
Buffonia tenuifolia, Lin. S. P. 179. 
Buffonia annua, Lamarck Illustr. 349. 
Sea-shore ; annual ; July. A doubtful native. 
Stems many ; leaves awlshape, pressed to the stem, con- 
nate at the base ; flowers peduncled, white. 
VII. 402. ELATINE. Dioscorides. Water-wort. 
Calyx 3 or 4-sepaled ; petals 3 or 4, sessile ; stamens 6 
or 8 ; ovary orbicular, depressed ; styles 3 or 4 ; capsule 3 
or 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. 
Elatine serpyllifolia. Thyme-leaved waterwort. 
Stem rooting, much branchy ; leaves opposite ; flowers 
alternate. 
Elatine Hydropiper, Lin. S. P. 327. 
Edges of lakes on sand ; annual ; August. 
Herb bald; stem 2 in. high; flowers axillary, peduncled, 
single ; seeds bent* streaked. 
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