therefore seems that the latter may be distinguished by the 

 following comparative specific character : — 



V. Coeli Rosa ; calycis tubo sensim angustato, petalorum appendicibus elon- 

 gatis bipartitis, capsula oblonga Isevi. 



This, like the Cceli rosa, is a hardy annual ; it was ga- 

 thered by Mr. Giles Munby on dry hills, thirty miles from 

 Algiers, and given by him to Messrs. Backhouse, Nurserymen, 

 York, to whom our specimens are owing. 



The genus Viscaria of Rohling, adopted by Endlicher, 

 Fenzl and Walpers, is distinguished from Silene by having 

 five styles, and from Lychnis by its ovary being imperfectly 

 5-celled. It includes the Agrostemma Coeli Rosa of Linnaeus, 

 and the Lychnides viscaria, alpina, Iseta and Corsica of 

 authors. The first of these plants constitutes the sub-genus 

 EuDiANTHE, distinguished by its corrugated angular calyx. 



This pretty annual may be sown in any good rich garden 

 soil, in the open border, about the end of March, in the usual 

 way. Afterwards the plants should be thinned so as to stand 

 singly, in which state they flower longer and produce much 

 larger and finer blossoms. It may also be sown in the 

 autumn, remain in pots in a cold frame through the winter, 

 and be planted out about April. It flowers a great part of 

 the summer and autumn. 



