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Show Th 166 BRITISH. there propagated; and the plant is common enough among thofe who love thefe things. It keeps pretty conftant to its hollow-leaved condition, but not with perfect regularity. 6. Wild Campion, called Cockle. Lychnis fegetum nigellaftrum diftum. Phu The rootis long, flender, fimple, and furnifhed with few fibres. The ftalk is upright, round, hairy, fcarce at all branched, and a foot and half high. The leaves grow two ata joint ; and they are long, narrow, hairy, not at all indented, and of a pale green. The flowers ftand at the top of the ftalk, and of fome few fhoots rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves: they are large, and of a fine deep red. The feed-veffel is large, as are alfo the feeds. It is common in our corn-fields, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis fegetum major. O- thers, Nigellafirum, and Pfeudomelanthium, 7. Common, wild, white Campion. HERB AL. tica purpurea fimplex, Others, Lychnis Sylveptris rubello flore. This fpecies is taken into gardens, andten. dered double by culture ; in whichftate it makes a very beautiful appearance, and is called red batcbelors buttons; or, by others, double red campion. Lychnis arvenfis flore minimo. The root is fmall, oblong, white, and furnifhed with a fewfibres, 10. White-flowered clammy Campion. Lychnis vifcofa flare albo. The root is long and thick, and has few fibres. The firft leaves are numerous: they rife in a large, thick, upright tuft, and are oblong,broad, of a frefh green, not indented, and fharppointed. The ftalk is round, firm, upright, very much branched toward the top, and two foot high. The leaves ftand in pairs: they are oblong, broad, undivided, and fharp-pointed. The flowers are‘large and white ; and the cups ftriated, but not fo muchfwelled as thofe of the white ben. The feed-veffel is large, as are alfo the feeds. Tt is common in paftures and about hedges. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis fylveftris albafimplex. It is fometimes found with the fower naturally double: it frequently owes that advantage to culture, andis thence calledthe double white campion; or, in the gardeners language, white batchelors buttons. §. Commonred wild Campion, A 4Gelfa The root is Jong, flender, and has few fibres. The firft fhoots are full of leaves ; and thofe are long, broad, andof a deep green. The ftalks are numerous, round, hairy, branched, and weak. The leaves are placed two ata joint; and they are broad and hairy, andofa frefh green, The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches; and are large, and of a pale red. Thefeed-veflels are large and oval 3 and the feeds alfo are large. It is common in damp hedges, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis hlvefiris five aqua- The feed-veffel is large: the feeds are {mall andblackifh. It is not uncommon jin our northern counties on rocks. Mie The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The Jeaves that firft grow ‘from it are oblong, broad, and ofa pale-green: they rife in a confiderable number, and have long footftalks. The ftalks are numerous, flender, upright, round, and jointed. The flowers open after fun-fet: at fun-rife next morning they drawtogether, but after fun-fet they.open again; fo that the plant is in its full bloom only in the night. The ftalks of this plant, juft under the flowers, are fometimes a little clammy. The ftalks are round, hairy, weak, jointed, and of a:pale green. The leaves grow in pairs, andare oblong and narrow: they are hairy alfo, and of a pale cofour. The flowers are very fmall, ufually white, but fometimes redifh. Thefeed-veffel is large, as are alfo the feeds, It is not uncommonin the corn-fields of Kent and Suffex ; andflowers in July. Ray calls it Lychnis fylveftris flore albo m Others, Lychuis arvenfis flore minimo rubente. (BIRT ISH are large and white, and have the petals divided downthe middle; fo that they feem compofed of ten inftead offive. It flowers in July. g. Small.fowered Corn Campion. Lychnis fylveftris alba vulgaris. 7 Lychnis flore rubella. The y calls it Lychnis major iflora dubrenfis . Red night flowering Campion. Lychnis nottifiora flore rubella: The root is long, flender, and has but few fibres. leaves are oblong, broad, of a pale green, not at all indented, and .obtufe at the ends. The flalks are numerous, flender, jointed, and a foot and half high. The leaves ftand in pairs, and are oblong and obtufe. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalk and branches, andare fmall, and ofa faint, unpleafing red: they are generally fhut andlook faded in the day-time; but they openat night. The feed-veffel is oval, andthe feeds are fmall, and of a dark brown. It is found in the corn-fields of Surry, but not common. It flowers in July. The leaves grow in pairs, and have long foot13. Red narrow-leaved.clammy Camrion. on fhoots rifing from the bofoms of the upper deeply divided from the top : they quickly fall off, The feed-veffel is large, and ‘the feeds are brown. It is found on ditch-banks, and on walls in fome parts of the kingdom, but ‘is not common. It flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Lychuis montana vil afi latifolia. i The tops of the ftalks in this plant are clammy, principally juft under the flowers, andhence has rifen the name ofwifcofand clammy. 11. Great night-flowering Campion. Lychnis noétiflora major The root is long and thick, and is furn with many fibres. The firft fhoots are numerous, round, fi and jointed ; one or more in the middle u ) ftands upright; and feveral ethers trail upon the ground all round it. The leaves growin pairs, and are thick, ofa deep green, hairy, not at all dented, and blunt at the ends, The flowers grow on the tops of the fta and of numerous branches that rife from tt fomsof the leaves all the way up the plant: v67 14. Mofiy-flowered clammy Campion. Lychnis vifcafa floribus mufcofis. The root is long, thick and furnithed with many fibres. The firft leaves are very numerous; and they lie fpread upon the groundin a regular manner : they have a kindof longfootftalks, and they are broad, fhort, undivided, and obtufe: the footftalks, though commonlycalled fuch, are more properly only a continuation of the ‘leaves, in a narrower form, downto the root, The ftalk is round, upright, andofa pale green. The leaves ftand in pairs, and are long, and expand into breadth at the ends: they have young fhoots in all their bofoms; fo that the plant appears well covered with them. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and are numerous, but very fmall; and of a yellowith green: the threads in them are very corifpicuous; and the whole have, as ‘C. Bauhine expreffes it, a mofly appearance. The -feed-veiiel is oval and fmall; and the feeds are fmall. It is common about Newmarket, and in.many other parts of England-iin gravelly foils, It flowers in June. The tops ofthe ftalks are clammy in this, as in the other laft-namedfpecies. C. Bauhine calls it Ly re mufcofo. y num. J. Baumifcipula muf~ cofo flore. Same, Spanifh. catchfly. 15. Dwarf mountain Campion. 2 Lychnis montana minima. This is a very fingular plant ; it is fearce more than an inch in ‘height, but it grows in fuch ftalks: they are oblong, broad, not at all indented at the:edges, and pointed at the ends. The flowers grow at the top of the ftalk, and leaves: they are white, and the petals are very HERBAL. ifcofa rubra anguftifolia. The root is long, thick, divided, and often hung with numerous fibres. firft leaves rife in tufts fromfeveral divifi at the head; and they are long, narrow, fharp-pointed, without footitalks, and of a deep but u aves ftand in pairs, and are oblong, : they are broad aa beautiful and regular he top of the ftalk: they are fmall, bright red. effel is oval and large; and the numerous and {ma found in Scotland, and in fome of our counties, on rocks and mountains, It sin May. tops ofthe ftalks in this fpecies are very | it is common.to fee flies 1 ce this and other of the which have, this quality are called catch- clufters that it is very confpicuous; and, when in flower, very beautiful: at other times it may be takenfor a tuft of mofs, andeafily paffed over unregarded. When viewedin the clufter it appears a thick tuft of fhort, green leaves, with numerous large, red flowers, ftuckirregularly among them, and fearce feeming to belong to them: to fee the ftructure of the plant, an entire one muft be feparated from the clutter. The root is very long, thick, andirregular in fhape: it is brown on the furface, and has a few fibres. The leaves rife from the head of this root, and are very numerous, fhort, narrow, fharp-pointed, and of a frefh green. In the centreof thefe rifes the ftalk, on which {tands a fingle flower. This ftalk is round, weak, of a pale green, n inch in height. andofter The flower is large, and of a pale but pretty red The feed-veffel is oval and large: the feeds It is ¢ and June. Its ft ni efs has and flowers in May led authors to call it by many J. Bauhine eal ee 16. Broad- |
