DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis. 563 
Red Campion. Campion Cuckoo-flower. (Irish: Cororan Coilleah. 
Welsh: Llys yrychen ; Lluglys ysgar. E.) Hedges, ditches, and moist 
woods. The rocks on the isle of Ailsa are covered with it, where there is 
none of the white. Lightfoot. The red flowered very common, the white 
very rare, about Manchester; the white common about Chester, but none 
of the red. Mr. Caley. This fact tends to corroborate the opinion of Dr. 
Sibthorp, who considers them distinct species. P. May—Sept.* 
Var. 2. Vesperlina. Taller than the preceding: blossom white, sweet- 
scented in the evening; capsules conical. 
(E. Bot. 1580. E.)— Wale. — Matth. 997—J. B. iii. 342— Pet. 57. 5—FI. 
Dan. 792—H. Ox. v. 21. 1. 
White Campion, or Cuckoo-flower. Pastures, hedges, and fallow 
fields, sometimes so plentifully as to make them appear at a distance 
quite white, where the red is never found. Stokes. (Mr. Dillwyn finds 
this plant with very full double white blossoms, on the sides of the north 
end of the Old Haven at Sandwich. Bot. Guide. E.) P. June—Aug. 
(It is admitted by the most competent Botanists that even the distinctive 
appearances of the varieties are not permanent, and either will occasion¬ 
ally change to a pale rose or blush colour. E.) 
L. flos-cu'culi. Petals (three or) four-cleft: capsule roundish, one- 
celled: (stem hairy. E.) 
(E. Bot. 573. E.)— Curt. — Kniph. 11— Wale. — FI. Dan. 59 0— Trag. 403— 
Lonic. i. 171. 1— Ger. 480. 1 and 2— Clus. i. 292. 2— Dod. 177— Ger. 
Em. 600. 1— H. Ox. v. 20. 8— Pet. 56. 6. 
(Stem one to two feet high, quadrangular, reddish green, viscid upwards. 
Leaves spear-shaped, smooth; the lower ones tapering into foot-stalks. 
Panicle forked, viscid, with a pair of bracteas at each division. E.) Pe¬ 
tals , the two middle segments the longest. Claws with two small spear- 
shaped teeth at the top. Blossom pink, or purplish red; sometimes 
white. 
Meadow Lychnis. Meadow Pink. Ragged Robin. Moist meadows 
and pastures. P. June. 
Var. 2. Double flowered. 
Mill. 169. 2— Clus. i. 293. 1 —Ger. Em. 600. 3— Park. Par. 2 55. 5. 
Pleasant-in-sight. Meadow, near Bungay. Mr. Woodward. 
L. visca'ria. (Petals nearly entire: leaves fringed at the base: stem 
viscid near the joints. E.) 
(-E. Bot. 788. E.)— FI. Dan. 1032— Kniph. 12— Clus . i. 289. 2— Ger. Em. 
601. 3—Park. 637— H. Ox. v. 20. 6—Pet. 57. 3—J. B. iii. 348. 2. 
'Stems, the upper part of the superior joints anointed with a reddish black 
like tar, in which ants, and other wingless insects are inviscated, in 
attempting to creep up to the flowers. Linn. Stem upright, a foot high, 
simple. Blossom red, (large and handsome, forming a dense panicle. 
Leaves strap-spear-shaped, dark green. E.) 
Var. 2. White-flowered. (Sometimes double in gardens. E.) 
Red German Catchfly. Catchfly Cuckoo-flower. Mountainous 
pastures, (and fissures of rocks. E.) Sides of Craig Breiddin, Mont- 
* ( Livia Lychnitis is found upon it. The different species of Lychnis are prone to 
produce double flowers, red or white, and in this state are acceptable to the florist. E.) 
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