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* DIANTHUS Bisignani. 



Prince Bisignano^s Tree Pink. 



DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA, 



Nat. ord. Silenace^. 



DIANTHUS. BoL Reg. vol \3.foL 1068 



D. Bisignani ; floribus aggregate -fasclculatis, squamls calycinis 4-fari^ni imbri- 

 catis interloribus brerioribus margine ciliatis cuspidatis exterloribus seta- 

 ceo-subulatis, foliis erectiusculls linearibus semiteretibus integerrimis glabris 

 glaucescentibus. Tenore syllog. 206. 



D. Bisignani. Tenor. Ji. nap. 1. 228. f. 37. Gusson. prodr.Jl. sic. 1. 494. 

 pl.var. 169. Rchb. pL crit. cenL 6. p. 23. t. 591. f. 180. ex Tenore. 



A beautiful half-hardy shrubby pink, communicated in 

 September last, from the garden at Abbotsbury, by the 

 Hon. W. F. Strangways, to whom I am obliged for the fol- 

 lowing memorandum. 



" This Dianthus is a native of the coasts of Calabria 

 and Sicily- It is allied to D. fruticosus Fl. Graeca, from which 

 it differs "in its sharper leaves, and more imbricated calyx. 

 Unlike most maritime plants, it is less glaucous in its wild 

 state than in cultivation. It is common on rocks about 

 Palermo, with Silene fruticosa. It flowers late, is best 

 kept in the greenhouse, and is not easily raised from seed. 

 D. Bisignani, fruticosus, arboreus, rupicola, and one called 

 suffruticosus by the Germans, require further examination to 

 fix their characters. 



Tenore found it at Palinuro and Molpa, in the kingdom of 

 Naples, and at Bagnara and Scilla, in Calabria, on cliffs 

 next the sea. Gussone speaks of it as inhabiting fissures in 

 the chalk cliffs of Sicily, flowering from June to August. 



* See Bot. Reg. vol. 18. fol. 1548. 

 June, 1838. m 



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