62 xiv. cartophvllacEjE : alsineas. [ Agrostemma . 
— Petals usually pure white and fragrant in the evening, sometimes, 
but rarely, reddish. In this and the following the stem is 1 — 2 ft. 
high, panieled above, pubescent, viscid in a slight degree about the 
joints. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Calyx in the anther -bearing 
flowers sub-cylindrical, in the fruit-bearing ones ovate. 
5. L. diurna Sibth. ( red C .) ; flowers subdicecious, calyx of the 
pistilliferous flowers with triangular teeth, capsule nearly glo- 
bose, the teeth recurved. L. dioica a. L. : E. B. t. 1579. 
Damp bedge-banks or in woods, not uncommon. If. 6,7. — 
Petals red, very rarely nearly white. In both this and the last the 
flowers have occasionally both stamens and pistils, but we have seen 
none such in which one or other were not abortive. 
5. Agrostemma Linn. Cockle. 
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Cal. monophyllous, tubular, coriaceous, with 5 teeth. Pet. 5, 
clawed, their border undivided and without a crown. Stam. 
10, alternate ones opposite to the petals and adhering to their 
claws. Styles 5. Caps, opening with 5 teeth, 1-celled. — 
Name : aypomrepua, crown of the field , from its being a great 
ornament to corn-fields. 
1. A. Githdgo L. ( Corn C .) ; E. B. t. 741. Lychnis Lam. 
Githago segetum Desf. 
Corn-fields, now too frequent, but probably an introduced plant. 
0. 6 — 8. — Stem 1 — 2 ft. high, branched erect. I.eaves linear-lanceo- 
late. Calyx ribbed, its segments much longer than the corolla. Flowers 
large, purple. As now limited this is the only species ; all the others 
of Linnasus having been referred to Lychnis, and among them the 
Flos Jovis, to which the name Agrostemma principally referred. 
Sub-Ord. II. ALSINEiE. Sepals distinct or nearly so. Petals 
and stamens inserted on an hypogynous or perigynous ring. 
Capsule sessile, l-celled. 
6. Sagina Linn. Pearl-wort. 
Cal. of 4 — 5 sepals. Pet. 4 — 5, entire or emarginate, some- 
times wanting. Stam. 4 — 10. Styles as many as the sepals, 
and alternate with them. Valves of Capsule entire, as many as 
the sepals and opposite to them. Seeds small, numerous. — The 
name (signifying meat which fattens) is little applicable to any 
of the minute plants belonging to this genus. 
* Sepals, stamens and styles 4, rarely 5. Eusagina. 
1. S. apetala L. (annual small-floivered P.) ; annual, stems 
slightly hairy erect or ascending, leaves aristate fringed, sepals 
4 much longer than the calyx very spreading in fruit obtuse 
or the two outer ones slightly mucronate. E. B. t. 881. 
