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AGROSTEMMA FLos Jovis. UMBEL'D- 
| Rose CAMPION. : 
“RSH Eeebinbbk& 
. es - Glafs and Order. 
Decanpria PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Cal. 1-phyllus, coriaceus. Petala & unguiculata. Limbo obtufo, 
indivifo. Cap/. a-locularis. . : ek 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
AGROSTEMMA Files Fovis : tomentofa, petalis emarginat 
Linn, Sp. Pi.625. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 116 
LYCHNIS coronaria fylveftris. Baxb. Pin, 204. Morif. Hip 
ee 2. Pp. 450. J. §. #. 36. f. 2. 5 
From the high-flown epithet of Flos Fovis, beftowed on th 
- fpecies of Agrofemma by fome of the old Botanifts, one wo 
be led to conclude that the plant muft be one of a fuperio 
order, and fuperlatively beautiful: fuch, however, it is not 
yet is it fufficiently ornamental to merit a place in 
flower-garden, and into which indeed it has been very genet 
introduced. Mixxer cultivated itin1726. 0 
It is a hardy perennial, a native of the Swifs and Piedmon- 
tefe mountains, growing to the height of about a foot and . 
half; its leaves and ftalks are covered with a white wool 
fubftance; its flowers, which are bright red and grow in 
kind of umbel, are produced in June and July; and its fee 
ripen in September. t= 2 ee 
It prefers a foil moderately ftiff, and may be propagated ! 
parting its roots, but feedlings make the beft plants, and fr 
feed it may be raifed without any difficulty., 
