An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 3. Lychnis chalcedonica L. ]-ire-baIls. Fig. Scarlet Lychnis chalcedonica L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753; Perennial, stem stout, erect, simple or littlebranched, finely pubescent or hirsute, l°-2° ovate, ovate-lanceolate or the upper lanceo-late, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded orsubcordate at the base, sessile or somewhat clasping,dark green,
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 3. Lychnis chalcedonica L. ]-ire-baIls. Fig. Scarlet Lychnis chalcedonica L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753; Perennial, stem stout, erect, simple or littlebranched, finely pubescent or hirsute, l°-2° ovate, ovate-lanceolate or the upper lanceo-late, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded orsubcordate at the base, sessile or somewhat clasping,dark green, 2-$ long, 6-i8 wide; flowers per-fect, numerous, about l broad, scarlet, in one ormore usually dense terminal cymes; calyx oblongin flower, becoming obovoid, its teeth triangular,acute; petals 2-cleft or laciniate; capsule borne ona stipe nearly its own length, its teeth entire. Escaped from gardens to roadsides. Massachusetts tosouthern New York. Native of eastern Europe andwestern Asia. Flowers, in cultivation, often None-such. Old English names. Scarlet-lightning. Cross-of-Jerusalem, Maltese- or Knights-croc:.June-Sept. 4. Lychnis Flos-ciiculi L. Cuckoo Flower. Raggcil Robin. Fig. F
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