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sllene chlor^folia. armenian" 

 Catchfly. 



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Clafs and Order. 



Decandria Trigynia. 



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Generic Cbarafier. 



Cat. ventricofus. Petala 5 unguiculata ; coronata ad fauccm. 

 Cap/, trilocularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



SILENE chlor<efolia ; calycibus glabris clavatis, petalis femi- 

 bifidis, foliis glaucis : inferioribus ovalibus, fummil 

 cordatis amplexicaulibus. Smith Icon i.t. 13. Willd. 

 Sp. PL 2. 707. 



LYCHNIS orientalis vifcofa, centaurei lutei folio, flore lon- 

 giffimo. Tournef. Cor. 24. 



We are indebted to Mr. Loddic-es, of Hackney, for the 

 living plant, from which our drawing was made, of this rare 

 fpecies of Silene, hitherto known to modern Botanifts only by 

 the defcription and figure of it by the learned prefident of the 

 Linnean Society, as above quoted. 



To the defcription there given we have nothing to add, but 

 to confirm what is there only fufpefted, that the root is per- 

 ennial. The name itfelf is i'o particularly happy, that from it 

 alone we at firft fight immediately recognized the plant. 



Flowers in Augufl. Scentlcfs. 



