therefore seems that the latter may be distinguished by the 
following comparative specific character : — 
V. Cceli Rosa ; calycis tubo sensim angustato, petalorum appendicibus elon- 
gatis bipartitis, capsula oblonga lsevi. 
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 Linnseus, 
and the Lychnides viscaria, alpina, laeta 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. 
