■Decandria, 
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Agrostjsmma Githago, Cora Cockle. Gen. 'char.—~ 
Cal. one-leafed, leathery ; petals five, clawed, with ob- 
tuse undivided limb ; caps, superior, one-celled, with 
five-toothed mouth. Spec. char. Calyx shaggy, longer 
than the corolla ; petals entire, naked ; annual ; flowers 
in June and July ; common among corn. 
Lychnis. Gen char.— -Cal. One-leafed, oblong ; 
petals five, clawed ; limb often divided ; caps, superior, 
opening, five-toothed, from one to two-celled. 
Lych. Flos-cuculi, Meadow Lychnis, or Ragged 
Robin ; with four-cleft petals, and one-celled roundish 
capsule ; perennial ; flowers in June, and a very com- 
mon plant in moist meadows. 
Lych. Viscaria, Red German Catchfly ; with undi- 
vided petals, and fiver-celled seed-vessel ; perennial ; 
flowers in June, and is found in the fisures of rocks, 
but is rather a rare plant, although abundant on the 
rocks of the King’s Park at Edinburgh. 
Lych. JDioica, Red or White Campion, as it varies in 
the colour of its flowers ; with dioecious flowers, and 
one-celled capsule j perennial ; continues in flower 
through the summer, and is common in moist woods 
and hedges. 
Cerastium. Gen. char. — Cal. five leaved ; petals 
two-cleft ; caps, superior, opening at the summit, 
mouth ten-toothed, one-celled. 
Cer. Vulgatum, Broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed ; 
rough, viscid, with ovate leaves, petals equal to the 
calyx, and flowers longer than the peduncle ; annual ; 
flowers in May, and is common in pastures, waste 
places, and on walls. 
