VISCA'RIA NEGLECTA. 
NEGLECTED ROCK LYCHNIS. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CARYOPHYLLE.*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Uncertain. 
9 inches. 
May, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1807. 
No. 523. 
The name Viscaria is derived from the Latin, vis- 
cus ; whence, also, arises the English word, viscid. 
The name alludes to the clammy glutinous matter, 
by which the stems of some species of Viscaria are 
covered. This peculiarity does not apply to the 
plant now under notice. 
It is quite uncertain how long the Viscaria neg- 
lecta has been cultivated in British Gardens. Hav- 
ing formerly been considered a variety only of Lych- 
nis viscaria, it received no specific registry. It was 
commonly known as Viscaria alba, till G. Don dis- 
tinguished it by the specific name neglecta. It is 
a neat and ornamental plant for common culture, 
and its compact green tuft of foliage, during win- 
ter, assists in relieving the gloomy aspect of a flower- 
less border. This is an appearance, however, of 
which we have little occasion for complaint. The 
garden’s barrenness occasions only such a privation 
of its beauties as is sufficient to increase our zeal in 
its culture, whence we derive renewed and aug- 
mented pleasures. 
It increases freely at the root, and may be divi- 
ded in spring or autumn. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. v. 1, 415. 
