Dillenius, has figured it in his admirable work, the Hortus Elthamensis, where three varieties of it are represented, viz. a large one, a small one, and one in which the petals are multiplied, but which can scarcely be called double.
It appears from Morison[4], that the Sanguinaria was cultivated in this country in 1680, the date of his work.
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Phlox Divaricata. Early-Flowering Lychnidea.
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Corolla hypocrateriformis. Filamenta inæqualia. Stigma 3-fidum. Cal. prismaticus. Caps. 3-locularis, i-sperma.
Specific Character and Synonyms.