चिपचिपा उपजी के साथ ज्यादातर बारहमासी जड़ी बूटी जो कीड़ों को पकड़ते हैं; उत्तरी समशीतोष्ण क्षेत्र में व्यापक

Noun:

लूचनीस,

lychnis's Usage Examples:

Of this nature are the scales on the petals in Lychnis, Silene and Cynoglossum, which are formed in the same way as the ligules of grasses.

These teeth sometimes form a regular fringe round the margin, and the petal becomes fimbriated, as in the pink; or laciniated, as in Lychnis Flos-cuculi; or crested, as in Polygala.

- Gamosepalous five-toothed calyx of Campion (Lychnis).

Thus in Lychnis an elongation of the axis betwixt the calyx and the corolla takes place, and in this way they are separated by an interval.

Clara coronantur densis altaria lychnis " (Poem.

The principal other plants which bear the name are the wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, called wall-gillyflower in old books; the dame's violet, Hesperis matronalis, called variously the queen's, the rogue's and the winter gillyflower; the ragged-robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi, called marsh-gillyflower and cuckoo-gillyflower; the waterviolet, Hottonia palustris, called water-gillyflower; and the thrift, Armeria vulgaris, called sea-gillyflower.

Lychnis oculata cardinalis: hardy, z 2 ft., rosy-crimson; very brilliant.

Lychnis Coeli-rosa: hardy, t2 ft., rosy-purple, with pale centre; pretty.

Two typical species are Lychnis apetala, which extends to Spitsbergen, and the well-known edelweiss.

have been gathered, and on the Shickshock Mountains of Eastern Canada Silene acaulis, L., Lychnis alpina, L., Cassiope hypnoides, Don., Rhododendron laponicum, Wahl, and many others.

lychnis's Meaning':

mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone