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| SILENE ornata calycibus fru€tus oblongis carinatis pilofts, — 
_ Mr. Masson, in 1775: 
knowledge, been figured till now; Mr. Arron informs us, 
“Plant is not to be met with, =e 
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SILENE ORNATA. Darxk-CoLoureD > 
| CATCHFLY. | 
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| Cla/s and Order. 
DEcCANDRIA TRIG¥NIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. ventricofus. Pefala 5-unguiculata coronata ad faucem. 
Capf. 3-locularis. 
’ 
S ‘pecifie CharaZer. | : ; 
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petalis bifidis, foliis lanceolatis pubefcentibus vifcolis 
 planis, caule vifcido, Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 96. 7 
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The beauty of this plant confifts merely in the colour of 
its flowers, which is dark red, fomewhat like that of the 
Clove pink; the plant itfelf is of rude growth, and requires 
frequent attention to keep it in order: it grows readily, rifing 
to the height of about two feet, blows freely during moft o: 
the fummer months, and ripens its feeds, from which the 
plant may eafily be raifed; but it is mof commonly propa 
gated by cuttings, which ftrike freely. cs eee 
__ itis firft defcribed in the Hort, Kew. and has not, to ow! 
, 
that it is a biennial, and was introduced from the Cape by 
There ste few greenhoufes near London in which | 
