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and narrow-pointed leaves . Lychnis fylveftris quae 
behen album vulgo, foliis anguftioribus & acutiori- 
bus. C. B. P. 250.. Spatling Poppy , with narrower 
pointed leaves. 
4. Cucubalus {Behen) calycibus fubglobofis glabris re- 
ticulato-venofis, capfulis trilocularibus corollis fub- 
nudis. Flor. Suec. 360. Cucubalus with [mo oth globular 
empalements which have netted veins , capfules having three 
cells , and naked petals. Lychnis Suecica behen album 
folio, habitu, calyce ampliffimo : gumfepungar five 
ferotum arietis di£ta. Boerh. Ind. alt. 212. Called Gum- 
fepungar in Sweden. 
5. Cucubalus ( Fabarius ) foliis obovatis carnofis. Prod. 
Leyd. 448. Cucubalus with oval flejhy leaves. Lychnis 
maritimafaxatilis,folioanacampferotis.Tourn.Cor. 24. 
6. Cucubalus ( Dubrenfis ) fioribus lateralibus decum- 
bentibus, caule indivifo, foliis bail reflexis. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 414. Cucubalus with declining flowers on the fides 
of the [talk , which is undivided , and leaves reflexed at 
their bafe. Lychnis major nodtiflora Dubrenfis pe- 
rennis. Raii Hift. 995. Greater perennial night -flow ermg 
Lychnis of Lover. 
7. Cucubalus ( Stellaius ) foliis quaternis. Hort. Upfal. 
1 10. Four-leaved Cucubalus. Lychnis carophyllteus 
Virginianus, gentianas foliis glabris quatuor ex fingu- 
lis geniculis caulem amplexantibus, flore amplo fim- 
briato. Raii Hift. 1895. 
8. Cucubalus ( Nodtiflora ) calycibus ftriatis acutis pe- 
talis bipartitis, caule paniculato, foliis linearibus. 
Cucubalus with firiated acute empalements , petals divided 
in two parts , a paniculated flalk , and narrow leaves. 
Lychnis nodtiftora anguftifolia odorato. Tourn. Inft. 
R. H. 335. Narrow-leaved, fweet-feented, night-flowering 
Lychnis. 
9. Cucubalus ( Otites ) fioribus dioicis, petalis linearibus 
indivifis. Hort. Clift'. 272. Cucubalus with male and 
female flowers on different plants , and linear undivided 
petals. Lychnis vifeofa, flore mufeofo. C. B. P. 206. 
10. Cucubalus ( Acaulis ) acaulis. Flor. Lapp. 184. Cu- 
cubalus without [talks. Lychnis Alpina pumila, folio 
gramineo, five mufeus Alpinus Lychnidis flore. C. 
B. P. 206. 
11. Cucubalus ( Catholicus ) petalis bipartitis, fioribus 
paniculatis, ftaminibus longis, foliis lanceolato ovatis. 
Hort. Upfal. m. Cucubalus with bifid petals , flowers 
growing in panicles, longftamina , and fpear-Jhaped acute 
leaves. Lychnis altiflima, ocymaftri facie, flore muf- 
eofo. Triumfet. 
12. ' Cucubalus {P aniculatus) foliis radicalibus ovatis 
acutis, caulinis lanceolatis oppofitis, fioribus panicu- 
latis erectis. Cucubalus with lower leaves oval and 
pointed, thofe on the [talks fpear-Jhaped, oppofite , and flow- 
ers growing in panicles which are ere 51. . 
13. Cucubalus ( Italicus ) petalis bipartitis, caule pani- 
culato, foliis radicalibus ovato-lanceolatis caulinis li- 
nearibus. Cucubalus with petals divided in two parts , a 
paniculated [talk, whofe lower leaves are oval and fpear- 
floaped, and thofe on the [talks very narrow. 
The firft fort grows naturally in France, Germany, 
and Italy, in fhady places, and is feldom kept in 
gardens, unlefs for the fake of variety; it fends out 
many climbing ftalks, which grow four or five feet 
high where they meet with fupport, otherwife they 
trail on the ground ; thefe ftalks fend out fide 
branches oppofite, at each joint the leaves are like 
thofe of Chickweed, and are placed oppofite. The 
flowers come out Angle at the end of the branches, 
which have large inflated empalements they conflft 
of five petals, which are white, cut at the brim into 
feveral narrow fegments, and are placed at a diftance 
from each other -, they are fucceeded by oval berries, 
which, when ripe, are black and full of juice, in- 
clofing feveral flat finning feeds. It flowers in June, 
and the feeds ripen in autumn. This hath a perennial 
creeping root, whereby it is apt to multiply too fall 
in gardens. It delights in ftiade, and will thrive in 
almoft any foil. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in molt parts of 
England, where it is generally called Spatling Poppy. 
This ftands in the catalogue of medicinal plants, 
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under the title of Behen album-, the roots of it are 
fometimes ufed, and are accounted cordial, cephalic, 
and alexipharmic. It hath a perennial root, which 
ftrikes deep into the ground, fo that they are not 
eafily deftroyed by the plough, therefore it is fre- 
quently feen growing in bunches among corn. It is 
a rambling weed, fo is feldom cultivated. 
The third fort grows naturally on the Alps ; this 
differs from the former, in having much longer and 
narrower leaves, and the ftalks being more divided 
and Spreading, nor do the roots creep under ground 
like that. Thefe differences are conftant, for I have 
fown it above thirty years, and never found it vary. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Sweden, and fome 
other northern countries, where it paffes for the com- 
mon fort ; but although it is there fo, yet is very dif- 
ferent from the fecond here mentioned, which is the 
fort that grows common in nnoft other parts of Eu- 
rope. The ftalks of this are much larger, the leaves 
longer and more pointed the empalement of the 
flower is curioufly veined like net-work, of a purplifn 
colour, whereas that of our common fort is plain. 
Thefe differences are lafting, when the plants arecul-\ 
tivated in a garden. 
The fifth fort was difeovered by Tournefort in the 
Levant, who font the feeds to the royal garden at 
Paris. This puts out many oval, thick, lucculent 
leaves near the ground, out of the middle of which, 
arifes an upright ftalk about fifteen inches high, the 
lower part of which is garnifhed with leaves of the 
lame form and confiftence as thofe at bottom, but are 
fmaller ; thefe are placed oppofite ; the upper part 
of the ftalk divides into two lmaller, on which ftand 
a few fmall herbaceous flowers at each joint. It flow- 
ers in June, and fometimes ripens feeds in autumn. 
The plant is biennial, generally perifhing when it 
has produced feeds ; but unlefs it is fown upon a very 
dry rubbiih, and in a warm fituation, the plants will 
not live through the \wni£r in England ; for when they 
are in good ground, grow large, and are fo re- 
plete with moifture, as to be affeifted by the firft froft 
in the autumn -, but where they have grown upon an 
old wall, I have known them efcape, when all thofe 
were killed which grew in the ground. 
The fixth fort grows naturally upon the cliffs near 
Dover. This hath a perennial root, from which 
arifes a Angle ftalk about a foot and a half high, gar- 
nifhed with long narrow leaves placed oppofite ; the 
flowers are produced from the fide of the ftalks, each 
foot-ftalk fuftaining three flowers ; the foot-ftalks. 
come out by pairs oppofite, the empalement of the 
flower is long and ftriped, the flowers are of a pale 
red. Thefe appear in June, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in Virginia, and fe- 
veral other parts of North America. This hath a 
perennial root, from which arife two or three (lender 
upright ftalks about a foot high, their lower part 
being garnifhed with four leaves at each joint, placed 
in form of a crofs ; thefe are fmooth, of a deep green, 
about an inch and a half long, and half an inch broad 
near their bafe, terminating in acute points-, the 
joints of the upper part of the ftalk are garnifhed 
with white fringed flowers, ftanding Angle upon pretty 
long foot-ftalks, which come out by pairs oppofite. 
The flowers appear in June, and in warm feafons the 
feeds will ripen in England. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Spain and Italy. 
This is a perennial plant, which riles with an upright 
branching ftalk a foot and a half high, garnifhed 
with very narrow leaves placed oppofite ; the upper 
part of the ftalk is very branching ; fome of thefe 
branches are long, and others fhort ; the flowers ftand 
upon long naked foot-ftalks, each fupporting three 
or four flowers, wdiich have long tubes, with ftriped 
empalements ; the petals are large, and deeply di- 
vided at the top -, they are of a pale bluifh colour. 
Thefe flowers are clofed all day, . but when the fun 
leaves them, they expand, and then they have a very 
agreeable feent. This fort may be propagated by 
feeds. 
