. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Lychnis chalcedonica L. Scarlet Lychnis. Fire-balls. Fig. 1819. Lychnis chalcedonica L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. Perennial, stem stout, erect, simple or little branched, finely pubescent or hirsute, i°-2'° tall. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or the upper lanceo- late, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, sessile or somewhat clasping,
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Lychnis chalcedonica L. Scarlet Lychnis. Fire-balls. Fig. 1819. Lychnis chalcedonica L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. Perennial, stem stout, erect, simple or little branched, finely pubescent or hirsute, i°-2'° tall. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or the upper lanceo- late, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, sessile or somewhat clasping, dark green, 2'-$' long, 6"-i8" wide; flowers per- fect, numerous, about i' broad, scarlet, in one or more usually dense terminal cymes; calyx oblong in flower, becoming obovoid, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 2-cleft or laciniate; capsule borne on a stipe nearly its own length, its teeth entire. Escaped from gardens to roadsides, Massachusetts to southern New York. Native of eastern Europe and western Asia. Flowers, in cultivation, often double. Sweet-william. None-such. Old English names, Scarlet- lightning. Cross-of-Jerusalem, Maltese- or Knight's-cross. June-Sept. 4. Lychnis Flos-cuculi L. Cuckoo Flower. Ragged Robin. Fig. 1820. Lychnis Flos-cuculi L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. Perennial, slender, erect, i°-2° high, freely branching, downy-pubescent below, slightly vis- cid above. Lower and basal leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, 2-3' long, tapering into a broad petiole; upper leaves sessile, lanceolate or linear- lanceolate, distant, the uppermost reduced to lanceolate bracts; inflorescence paniculate; flow- ers pink, blue or white, 8"-l2" broad; calyx at first cylindric, 3" long, lo-nerved, becoming campanulate in fruit, its teeth triangular, acute; petals cleft into 4 linear lobes, the middle pair of lobes longer; capsule globose. In moist waste places, New Brunswick to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Commonly cultivated. Fugitive from Europe. Crow
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