C 1281 3 



Gypsophila prostrata. Trailing 

 Gypsophila. 



Oafs and Order, 



DECANDRIA DlGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal l-phyllus, campanulatus, angulatus. Petala 5, ovata, 

 feffilia. Cap/, globofa, unilocularis. 



Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 



GYPSOPHILA proftrata g foliis lanceolatis lsevibus, cauli- 

 bus diffufis, piltillis corolla campanulata 

 longioribus. Sp. Pi. 581. Reich. 2. p. 325. 

 Willi. 2. p. 662. Mari. Mill. Die?, n. 2. 

 Hort. Keiv. 2. p. 84. 



ALSINE anguftifolia caryophylloides multiflora glabra pur- 

 purafcens, radice aftragaliti. Pluk. Aim. 22. 

 '. 75- /• 2 - 



Gypsophila proftrata and repens are perhaps not very 

 accurately diftingui/hed by Linnxus, and it appears to us 

 doubtful, if the former name may not have been mifapplied 

 by us to the prefent figure ; but as we apprehend that Lin- 

 naus had his plant from Miller, ever fince whofe time this 

 fpecies has been known under this appellation in our nurferies; 

 and being lefs difpofed to creep at the root than the fpecies 

 ufually called repens.we think it at leaft fafeft to continue the name 

 as ordinarily applied. The fy nony m of P lukf.net above quoted, 

 w as at firtt given to repens, and the other fy nony ms of that 

 fpecies do not appear to belong to our plant. Linn A us exprelsly 

 %s the flowers in projlrata are white, and not inclined to red 

 as in repens ,• as to the bell-fhaped form of the corolla, this 

 depends upon the time of flowering, and in the defcription 



the 



