42. 



PHLOX SETACEA. 



Bristly Lychnidea. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



Class 5, Order 1. 



Linn. gen. n. 214, Linn. spec. 217. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Vide Phlox carnea. PI. 16. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves bristly-shaped, smooth; flowers solitary. 



The stalks if they be tied up will rise about one foot in 

 height ; but in their natural position trail upon the ground, 

 raifing some stems and flowers about four or five inches. The 

 leaves are closely set upon the lower part of the stem ; they 

 are of a dark green, somewhat hairy, and have a very bristly 

 appearance, from whence is its name. The flowers are of a 

 light purple, and larger than those of subulata , from which 

 this plant differs also in the leaves, which are finer and more 

 hairy than those of subulata. 



This little herbaceous plant is peculiarly adapted for rock- 

 work: in such a situation, though humble in its habit of 

 growth, its profusion of flowers will be shown to great advan- 



