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21. bupleuroides, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 382.) © (here) Persia. Fl. whitish 

 purple. 



22. Armeria, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 383 ;— £. B. 20, t. 1398.) © Denmark. 

 Germany. France. Fl. purplish. 



Lychnis, L. {DC.pr. \,p. 385.) 



1. Viscaria, L. {DC. I. c. ;—E. B. 11, t. 788.) % Europe. Fl. larg- 

 ish, purplish deep-rose, Feb. and March ; fr. April and May. 



2. Coeli rosa, Desrouss, {DC. pr. 1, p. 386. — Agrostemma Coeli rosa, 

 L. ; B. M. 9. t. 295.) © Sicily. Barbary. Levant. Fl. large deep rose- 

 coloured, Feb. and March. 



3. dioeca, L. {DC. pr. p. 386 -.—E. B. 22, t. 1580.) © Road sides of 

 Europe. Fl. large, white, Feb. and March. 



4. indica, Benth. {Royle. ill. p. 18. — Silene indica, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 

 446.) Nepal. In H. C. G. fl. H. S. ; fr. R. S. {Roxb.) 



Agrostemma, L. {Githago, DC.pr. \,p. 387.) 



1. Githago, L. {E. B. 11. t. 741.— Lychnis Githago, Lam.; DC. I. c.) 

 Corn Cockle. © Europe. Fl. large, purplish, Feb. and March ; fr. 

 April and May. 



* Dianthus Arbuscula, Lindl; B. Reg. 13, t. 1086. B China,—!), lon- 

 gicaulis. Ten. '^. Italy. — D. caryophyllus, L. — Varieties of double Car- 

 nation, — Saponaria ocymdides, L. ; B. M. 5, t. 154. %. France. — S. 

 glutinosa, Bieb. ; B. M. 55, t. 2855. cf' Caucasus. — S. beUidifolia, Sm. 

 %. Italy. — Lychnis neglecta, G. Don. (Viscaria alba, Hortul.) '2/. Na- 

 tive place uncertain. — L. lata. Ait. © Portugal. 



ORDER XCI.—ALSINACE^,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 125. 



THE CHICKWEED TRIBE. 



Herbs, annual or perennial, by Lindl. referred to 32 genera. Of these, 

 according to DC. pr. and Spreng. syst. about 140 species inhabit Europe 

 44 Siberia ; 30 S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 30 N. America 

 30 Tauria, Caucasus and Dahuria ; 1 2 the Levant ; 8 N. Africa ; 4 Persia 

 4 Greenland ; 2 the Straits of Magellan ; 1 Madeira ; 1 Bourbon ; 1 Altai 

 1 Arabia ; 1 Japan ; 1 the Sandwich Islands ; and 1 Melville Island. S. 

 Africa contains several species of Cerastium, all of which are common to 

 Europe, and probably introduced from thence, {Harvey.) In the E. Indies 

 24 have been discovered ; viz. 1 of Alsinella, 2 of Cherleria, {D. Don.) ; 7 

 of Arenaria ; 4 of Cerastium ; 1 of Brachystemma ; 7 of Stellaria ; 2 

 of LeucQStemma ; and 1 of Larbrea ; — four of these are common to Eu- 

 rope. Excepting Stellaria tetragona, BL, (Java) and Cerastium cordifoli- 

 um, Roxb, (Bengal,) all the rest are natives of the Himalayas and the 



