LYCH'NIS BUNGEA'NA. 
bunge’s lychnis. 
Class. 
decandria. 
Natural Order. 
CARYOPHYLLACEjE, 
Order. 
pentagynia. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Russia. 
2 feet. 
August. 
Perennial. 
in 1835. 
No. 1177. 
Very little doubt is entertained by botanical 
writeis regarding the word Lychnis having been 
deduced from the Greek lychnos, a lamp ; but 
whether the name was adopted from the plant hav- 
ing been used to make wicks, or whether the inflated 
calyx of the plant was thought to resemble a lamp 
01 lantern, is a problem now difficult to solve. • 
The Lychnis Bungeana was first received in Eng- 
land from Dr. Fischer of the Imperial Gardens, St. 
Petersburgh ; by whom it was named Bungeana, after 
Dr. Bunge, who accompanied Ledebour, in his re- 
searches through the Altai Mountains. 
Propagation from seed having been practised by 
persons desirous of increasing this showy Lychnis, 
its flowers prove to be somewhat variable, as will be 
seen by our present figure, when compared with the 
brighter coloured, more laciniated, petals that are 
produced by some plants ; still its essential charac- 
ters lemain the same. It is showy in the open gar- 
den, and it is well worth the attention of cultivators 
to obtain strong plants. As this, like many others, 
succeeds best by being annually removed, the best 
mode of cultivation is to plant it in the borders in 
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