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DIANTHUS crenatus. 
Long-cupped Cape Pink. 
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DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CARYOPHYLLEE, Jussieu gen. 299. Div. V. Cal. tubu- 
losus. Stam. alterna hypogyna, alterna sæpiùs epipetala. Styli 2 aut 3 
aut 5. 
DIANTHUS. Cal. tubulosus 5-dentatus, basi squamis 4 aut pluribus 
cruciatim imbricatis cinctus. Pet. 5 unguiculata, limbo вере dentato. 
Styli 2 sepé recurvi. Caps. cylindrica 1-Joc. apice dehiscens. . Flores ter- 
minales, aggregati aut solitarii pluresve distincli. Species quedam suffrules- 
sentes. Juss. |. c. 802. 
Div. Flores solitarii plures in eodem caule. 
D. crenatus, floribus solitariis, squamis calycinis senis lanceolatis, corollis 
crenatis. Thunb. prod. 81. 
Dianthus crenatus. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 677. 
Rhizoma horizontale lignosum, punctis diversis caules exserens, teres. 
Folia inferiora quaternatim subverticillata decussataque, erecto-patentia, ine 
Ferne subimbricato-approximata, linearia, acuminata, angustissima, subtetra- 
gono-canaliculata, subbiuncialia, margine scabriusculo-pubescentia, mucronata, 
rigidiuscula; caulina brevia, subulata, opposita, subvaginoso-perfoliata, par 
lad quodque genu. Caules subpedales, compresso-teretes, solitarii, graciles, 
erecti, longà articulati, articulo supremo «quali foliis supremis, ramulis sim- 
licibus, unifloris, solitariis, in vaginá brevt genuum hinc azillaribus. 
Flores егесі, biunciales, albicantes, rubore obsolete suffusi, concolores, absque 
omni maculá, vesper? odori.  Squamz calycine per paria зеле, striate, ovato- 
lanceolate, mucronato-cuspidate, Aplo v. circa breviores calyce, par imum 
angustius, sphacelatum, paulum remotius, Cal. sesquiuncialis, striatus, cylin- 
dricus, tubo penne corvina duplo v. triplo latior, dentibus lanceolatis, erectis, 
margine sphacelatis. Pet. glabra, 2-uncialia : ungues subersuperantes caly - 
sem, cuncato-lineares, angusti, intis lined carnosá concolori elevatá planius- 
culä discum. medium in ‘longum transeunte: lamine cuneato-obovate cum 
acumine brevi lato, laciniato-crenate, at breve, incisurá mediä profundiore, 
Anth. exserte, oblonga, ochroleuce. Germ. breve stipitatum, 3-plo brevius 
calyce, oblongum, cylindricum, albidum: styli. palpiformes, continuo-stigmatosi, 
exserti ad ultra medium limbi, intàs superné canaliculati, pubescentes, apice 
inflexi v. etiam intorti, ochroleuci. 
The type of this genus, so familiar in Europe, has а 
footing by different species in all the quarters of the globe. 
In America, however, only three species have been ob- 
served, two of which are held to be the same with two that 
belong equally to Europe. At-the Cape of Good Hope four 
indigenous species have been found; of these only albens 
had been introduced into our collections before the present, 
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