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- Lycunis ALPINA. ALPINE LYCHNIS. 
InP PHMebininneiesiniese 
Cla/s and Order. 
DeEcANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Charafer. 
Calyx 1-phyllus, oblongus, levis. Petala 5, unguiculata 
_ Limbo fub-bifido. Cap/ala 5-locularis. © eS 
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Specific Charaf&er and Synonyms. 
LYCHNIS alpina, petalis bifidis, floribus tetragynis. Linn. 
Syl. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p.435. Ait. Kew. 
%. 2. p. i17- Z : 
SILENE floribus in capitulum congeftis, Hall. Helv. 976. 4 
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Of this genus there are many fpecies cultivated for orna- 
ment; to the number of thefe we add the one here figured, a 
native of the mountainous countries of moft parts of Europe, 
and which ata future period may poffibly be found wild in fome” 
unexplored part of this kingdom. — ee 
It is chiefly to the decoration of rock-work, that this dimi- 
nutive fpecies is applicable ; for that purpofe it has all the 
defirable requifites, being hardy, of ready growth, and forming 
a thick tuft of foliage, from which arife numerous flowering. 
fiems, four to fix inches high, fuftaining heads of flowers 
rather large in proportion to the plant, of a lively red colour, 
thefe appear in May, continue about three weeks, and are 
followed by feed-veffels with us, which contain abundance of 
ripe feeds ; by thefe the plant may eafily be propagated, it 
may alfo be increafed by parting its roots, {pring or autumn. 
All plants kept in pots require to be regularly watered in Ir ; 
weather; we have not found this Lychnis require an unufu 
quantity, though Miter was of that opinion. 
