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Show 168 The BRITISH 16. Broad leaved, {mooth, clammy Campion. Lychnis vifcofa latifolia levis. H24.,)5 The root is long and flender, and has few fibres. The firft leaves rife in a large tuft, and are broad, and of a pale green. The ftalk is round, upright, thick, of a pale gteen, verylittle branched, anda foot and half high. The leaves grow in pairs without footftalks: they adhere to the main ftalk by a broad_bafe, and are large, oblong, broadeft at the bafe, {maller to the point, and of a pale green colour, and {mooth furface. The flowers ftand in tufts, many together, at the tops of the ftalks and branches: they are fmall, and of a beautiful red: by their’ number, colour, and cluftered manner of growth, though fmall, they make a very beautiful appearance. The feed-veffel is little and oval; and the feeds alfo are fmali. It is found in the weftern counties by the fides of rivers; and flowers in June. HERBAL 17. Narrow-leaved Campion, with fwoln cups. Lychnis floeftris anguft 4. Lobels ulis turgidis, The root is fmall, oblong, and white; and has a few fibres. The leaves that rife firft fromit are long, narrow, and of a deep green; fharp-pointed, and notferrated at the edges. The ftalk is round, upright, of a green, jointed, branched toward the top, anc foot andhalf high, The leaves are placed in pairs, and they are long, narrow, and of a{ gree 2 the ftalk by a broad bafe, and are fharp but not divided at the edges. “he flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and are large and white ; and the cups are fmooth, and deeply ftriated. The feed-veffel is oval, and the fmall. It is found in Kent and Effex. not common.° It flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Lychnis fylveftris an: caliculis turgidis ftriatis. C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis vifcofa purpurea latifolia levis. J. Bauhine, Centaurium minus adulterinum, quibufdam lychnidis genus. Del VPP ON IT Lychnis coccinea major. It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June. WLPhyut The root is compofed of feveral thick bres divided, and edged with numerous fmaller. The ftalks are numerous, thick, round, jointed, and two feet and a half high. Theleaves ftand in pairs, and they are large, oblong, and broad: they have no footftalks : they are fomewhat hairy, andtheir colour is a yellowith green. The flowers ftand in thick clufters at the tops of the ftalks, and are large, and of a beautiful fcarlet. The feed-veffel is oval, and the feeds are {mall It is a native of the Eaft, and flowersin July. We have it in gardens, where culture adds greatly to its natural beauty. C. Baubine calls it Lychuis birfuta flore coccinea or. Our gardeners, Scarlet lychnis, 2. Rofe Campion, chnis coronaria rubens. Phyto? be The root is long, thick, and furnithed with many fibres. The firft leaves are numerous, large, oblong, and white. ‘The ftalks are numerous, round, and white alfo ; and they grow to a yard in height : they are jointed, and very muchbranched. The leaves ftand in pairs, and they are large, white, and woolly. : The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and ranches, nches, <and are r humerous, e and of a beautiful i red, very large and handfome. The feed-veffel’ is oval, and the feeds are brown. Lychn The root is long, white, woody, not m divided, but furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves are broad andfhort: yr without footftalks, and they are few, and quickly fade. The ftalk is tound, upright, firm, and joi it is a foot and half high, andis of a blui colour, except toward the ground, where it is often redith. Theleaves are oblong, and very broad, and thofe towardthe top oftheftalk heart-fafhioned : they ftandin pairs without footftalks, and furround the ftalk: they are fmooth, undivided at the edges, and ofa bluifh green. The ftalks toward the tops are clammy: it is a vifcous juice, which exudates near the joints, that. occafions this; and flies often are caught in it. The flowers are fmall, and of a pale red; but they ftand in fuch large tufts at the tops of tl ftalks that they make a very confpicuous figure. Their cups are flender, TOR E.G Naor eb Cor, S, 1. Great fcarlet Lychnis. C. Bauliine calls it Lychnis diofcoridis ( 3. Cow Bafil. Lychnis foliis perfoliatis calycibus pyramic _ The root is oblong, white, divided, and furnifhed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are numerous and oblong: ; 5 oy co al they rife without footftalks, and are of a pale green, The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe, and they foon after fade. It is two foot high, round, light, hollow, very muchbranched, of a bluifh colour, and dufty. 1 he leaves are large, oblong, broad at the bafe, undivided at the edges, and pointedat the end: they are of a pale bluith green colour. They ftand two at a joint, and encompafs the ftalk in fuch a mannerat the bafe that it appears to pafs through them. The nowt are very numerous: they ftand at the top of the main ftalk and branches, ! fmall, and of a pale red. : Their cup is large and pyramidal: it has five ribs, whichare green, and the fubftance between them whitifh. The feed-veffel is oblong: the feeds are ro and black. It is common in the corn-fields of France and Germany 3 and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis fegetum rubra foli perfoliatis. Otherscall it Vaccaria ; and in Englifh, Cow bafil. Linnzus, who diftineuith Japonaria trom the lychnis, makes this a fpecies of the former, Catch C2 Gul! ; “L obels long, ftriated, and purple. The feed-veffel is long, and the feeds are blackith. It is a native of France and other warmer parts of Europe; and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Lychnis vifcofa p latifolia la la Lobelii. kept in gardens, and called Lodel’s catchfly. Linnzus, who feparates many of the /ych, under the name of filene, places this amor number. Others have called it Centauriumadulterinum. 5. Narrow-leaved branched clammy Campion. Lychnis anguftifolia vifcofa ramofa. The root is oblong, thick, divided into a few parts, and furnifhed with fome | : it is of a bluifh colour, and rough The but furnifhed v nanylong f are oblong, broad, undivided The { brittle, andare lour, often white: the cups are ftriated and whitifh. The feed-veffel is oblong, and’ the numerous and fmall. It is a native of| C. Bauhine calls it Bi alto ‘fimilis. us irens. Others, Lycl 7- Campion with greenifh yellow floy I) The root is large, andfurnifhed with nt Thefirft leaves are nu and roundedtowardthe.er The ftalk rifes in the c round, jointed, upright, £ feet high: it is very much brar > and is of a greyith green: toward the top is covered with a clammy fubftance, to which infeéts, and other {mall things, ftick. Theleaves are placed in pairs, and are oblong, broad, not at all divided at the edges, and obtufely pointed, The flowers ftand in clu rs at the tops of the branches, andare not | € or CO) u colour is a greenifh yel and flender. The firft leaves are long, narrow, and of a dufky green, often in part red: footftalks, and they ftand in a thi The ftalk rifes in the centre of this tuft, and is round, flender, upright, hollow, very | branched, jointed, and a foot andhalf high: the joints are diftant, and the ftalk is clammy towardthe top. The leaves ftandin pairs, and refemble thofe from the root: they are oblong, na d, and fharp pointed: they are the middle, of a deep gi en colour, and of a thy fubftance. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, of the numerous branches: they are fmall, and of a pale red, and have ftriated cups: they on flender footftalks, and the petals are y divided at the ends. It is a native of Spain, and other warmerparts of Europe; and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Lychnis vifcofa rubra a. It is a native of the I . Bauhine calls it Ly: ] before the ft ay p arance ufius calls it lowered Campion v nis foribus min root is long, thic rle, of a blackifh 1 furnifhed wich numerousfibres; avés are oblong, large, broad; and a: they rife in a tuft, and winter. s are numerous, ftout, upr' ointed, and rarely at all branched; and three feet h wn ‘The leaves upon the f they ftand in pairs, an pointed, and of ap road, with a oblong, Th |