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Y LYCHNIS Bungeána. 
Bunge's Lychnis. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. SILENACER (CARYOPHYLLER). 
LYCHNIS —Supra, vol. 6. fol. 478. 
L. Bungeana ; calycibus clavatis pedicello bracteisque longioribus, petalis incisis, 
foliis ovatis lanceolatisque pubescentibus, floribus solitariis. 
Lychnis Bungeana. Fischer MSS. 
Agrostemma Bungeana. Don in Sweet's Fl. Garden, t. 317. 
A very beautiful species, sent to England last year by 
Dr. Fischer of St. Petersburgh. Tt is not quite hardy, suf- 
fering both from the dryness and the coldness of the open 
air, but thriving well in a cool greenhouse or frame, if fully 
exposed to light. If the latter point is not attended to the 
specimens become weak, and the brilliancy of the flowers is 
impaired. | 
It strikes freely from cuttings, and will soon become com- 
mon enough. The accompanying drawing was made in the 
garden of the Horticultural Society in August last. 
The species is very like a one-flowered state of L. fulgens. 
* Avyvoc a lamp, is said to have given its name to this genus, because the 
cottony leaves of some species were employed as wicks for lamps. 
