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2.— AGROSTEMMA BUNGEANA, U. Don. DR. BUNGE'S SCARLET CAMPION. 
Synonvme. — Lychnis Bungeana, Fisch, et Mey. 
Engr»tings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Card. 2d ser. t. 317 ; Bot. Reg. t. 
1864 i Bot. Mag. t. 3594 ; and omfig. 4 in Plate 26. 
Specific Character. — Stem pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
ciliated, sessile. Flowers axillary, or terminal, solitary. Calyx hairy, 
deeply ten-angled. Petals wedge-shaped, deeply cut. 
This splendid flower was found in a garden at Pekin, by Dr. Alexander Bungs, who was attached to the 
Russian mission to China, and sent by him to St. Petersburg, whence it reached England in 1835. It appears 
hardy in the climate of London, but it requires full exposure to the light, without which its flowers soon become 
weak and lose their brilliancy of colour. It should be planted in rich soil, and as it is much affected by cold 
and drying winds, it thrives best when covered with a hand-glass or some other protection in frosty weather and 
east winds. It is propagated by division of the root or cuttings. 
OTHER SPECIES OF AGROSTEMMA. 
A. SYLVESTRIS, Hoppe ; LYCHNIS DIOICA, iin. ,• L. DIURNA, S'ii/A. ,• RED CAMPION. 
This is a well-known British plant, the double variety of which is very handsome, and is common in gardens. 
A. DIOICA, G. Don. ; L. DIOICA, var. Lin. ; L. VESPERTINA, Siblh. ; L. ALBA, Mill. 
This is the white-flowered variety of the old Lychnis dioica, from which it differs principally in the lobes of 
the petals being much broader, and the capsules conical instead of roundish. The flowers are also fragrant in an 
evening, which those of the red-flowered kind never are. There are three varieties, one with the flowers double, 
another witli the flowers some bluish coloured and some white on the same plant, and the other with double 
flowers, having green petals. 
A. FLOSCUCULI, G. Don..- L. FLOSCUCULI, Lin., RAGGED ROBIN. 
A well-known British plant, a double-flowered variety of which is often found in gardens. There is also a 
variety with white flowers. 
GENUS V. 
GYPSOPHILA, Lin. THE GYPSOPHILA. 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx campanulate, angular, somewhat five-lobed, with membranous margins. Petals five, not unguiculate. 
Stamens ten. Styles two. Capsule one-celled. {G.Don.) 
Description, &c. — Most of the species are little insignificant plants, well adapted for rockwork, but some 
are large enough for border flowers. A chalky soil is most suitable to them, and hence the name of the genus, 
Gypsophila, signifying chalk-lover. The species are generally propagated by seeds, which they ripen in 
abundance ; but cuttings under a hand-glass will strike root freely. Several of the species are annuals ; and of 
the perennials the most common in British gardens are Gypsophila prostrata, Bot. Mag. t. 1281, and our fig. 8 
in Plate 26, and G. repens, Bot. Mag. t. 1448. 
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