AGROSTEMMA BUNGEANA. 
(dr. BUNGE's scarlet CAMPr-ON.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
CARYOPHYLLE^. 
Generic Character — Calyx tubular, persistent, sepals five. Corolla five-petalled, hypogynous. 
Stamens ten. Leaves opposite. Capsule two to five-valved, seeds indefinite. 
Specific Character. — Herb perennial, growing from one foot to eighteen inches high. Leaves lanceo- 
late, pubescent. Flowers terminal, solitary. Calyx tubular, ten-ribbed, ten-toothed, the alternate 
ones shorter, hairy. Petals five, scarlet, one inch and a half long, cut into five or six unequal lobes. 
Stamens ten. Filaments white. Anthers blue. Stigmas five, shorter than the stamens. 
Capsule ovate. 
British Flo. Gard. 317. Synonyme, Lychnis Bungeana Ilortulan. 
This very beautiful herbaceous plant we believe to be perfectly hardy, it makes 
a fine bed, and will continue to flower, if planted in rich soil, a considerable time 
during- the summer ; it was introduced to the gardens of this country through 
Messrs, Booth of Hamburgh. Dr. Bunge, after whom it is named, travelled with 
the author of Flora Altaica through the Altai Mountains, and it is believed to be a 
native of Asiatic Russia. 
It is easily propagated by division of the root, or cuttings, and it occasionally 
produces seeds. 
The plant grows taller, and the flowers become larger, if grown with care and 
kept in a frame or greenhouse. 
Fig. 1, flower with part of the petals removed ; a the calyx ; b a petal, showing its insertion ; c the 
ovary ; d one of the five longer stamens, showing its position on the crest at the top of the petal stalk 
(shown also at Fig. 2) ; e one of the five shorter stamens ; Fig. 3 a transverse section of the ovary to 
show the central receptacle on which the ovules grow. 
