382 
Hill Gypsophila, Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. Pl. 14 foot. 
7 G. arexa tia (Walds. et Kit. hung. 40. t. 41.) flowers 
corymbosely-fastigiate ; petals very rarely emarginated ; leaves 
linear, rather fleshy, glabrous, flat. 2/.H. Native of Hungary 
and Volhynia, in a sandy or gravelly soil. Flowers pale-red. 
Capsules globose. 
Sand Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1801. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 G. viscosa (Murr. in comm. gætt. 1783. p. 9.t. 3.) flowers 
fastigiately-corymbose ; branches divaricating; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, smooth, cordate at the base, and clasping the stem ; 
space of stem between the leaves clammy in the middle ; petals 
retuse ; segments of calyx broad, obtuse. ©. H. Native of 
the Levant. Flowers white or pink. 
Clammy Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1773. Pl. 3 to 1 ft. 
9 G. TENELLA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 874.) flowers paniculately- 
umbellate, on long pedicels ; stems very pliant. ©. H. Native? 
Bracteas short, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers white or pink. 
Delicate Gypsophila. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl. 4 to $ ft. 
10 G. GRAND:FLÒRA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 874.) stem straight ; 
flowers panicled ; branchlets almost naked, few-flowered ; petals 
emarginate ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, hairy. 2%? H. Native? 
Panicles few-flowered. Flowers large, white or pink. 
Great-flowered Gypsophila. Fl. July. Pl. 14 foot. 
11 ALTISSIMA (Lin. spec. 582.) branches spreading ; flowers 
panicled, small; panicle much branched; pedicels clammy ; 
stems erect; leaves lanceolate, somewhat 3-nerved. Y. H. 
Native of Siberia and Greece.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 143. t. 60. 
Capsules small, roundish. Segments of calyx obtuse, frosted. 
Flowers pink or sometimes nearly white. Petals entire ? 
Tallest Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Pl. 3 to 5 ft. 
12 G. PERFOLIA TA (Lin. spec. 583.) flowers loosely panicled; 
panicle much branched; leaves ovate-lanceolate, ribbed, half 
stem-clasping, horizontal ; petals entire. 2. H. Native of Spain 
and the Levant. Dill. elth. 368. t. 276. Flowers pale-red. 
Var. B, tomentosa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 352.) leaves downy. G. 
pubéscens, Hort. G. tomentdsa, Lin. spec. 582? YY. H. 
Native of Tauria.—Barrel. icon. t.1002. Flowers white or pink. 
Perfoliate Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. Pl. 2 ft. 
13 G. scorzoneriroia (Hort. mus. par. and D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 352.) flowers panicled ; panicles clammy ; leaves lanceolate, 
half stem-clasping, acute, 3-5-nerved, smooth. X4. H. Native 
of Siberia near Kislar. G. sabulésa, Stev. in litt. G. perfoliata, 
Bieb. fl. taur. cauc. ex Stev. This plant differs from G. perfo- 
lidta, in the panicles being clammy, flowers larger, and segments 
of calyx more acute. Flowers pink. Panicle dichotomous. 
Salsafee-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 
14 to 3 feet. 
(14 G. acutiréria (Fisch. cat. hort. gor. 1812. p. 59.) flowers 
trichotomously panicled; peduncles villous, clammy ; petals 
emarginate, twice as long as the calyx, longer than the stamens ; 
leaves linear, lanceolate, acuminated, flat, obscurely 3-nerved. 
Y. H. Native of Caucasus on stony hills. G. altíssima, Bieb. 
fl. taur. cauc. 1. p. 280. but not of Lin. Flowers white. 
Acute-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. 
or 3 feet. 
15 G. paxicuLa`ra (Lin, ameen. 3. p. 23.) flowers panicled, 
minute, dioeceous; peduncles smooth, filiform, divaricating ; 
segments of calyx obtuse; leaves linear-lanceolate, scabrous, 
acute. Ņ. H. Native of Sicily in sandy or gravelly places, 
also in Siberia and Hungary about Buda. Jacq. fl. austr. 5. t. 
1. pa diffuse plant, vih numerous small whitish flowers. 
anicled-flowere sophila. . . . . 
PL to foon ypsop Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759 
16 G. Arréstir (Guss. pl. rar. p. 160. t. 30.) flowers pa- 
nicled, small, hermaphrodite ; branches of panicle trichotomous, 
Pl. 2 
CARYOPHYLLEÆ. 
I. GYPSOPHILA. 
1-flowered; stamens rather longer than the corolla; calycine 
segments obtuse, dotted, scabrous; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
flattish, smooth; stems round, prostrately ascending, smooth. 
4%. H. Native of Calabria. Arróstia dichótoma, Raf. carat. p. 
76. Flowers small, white. Capsule 4-5-valved. Calyx bractless. 
Arrost’s Gypsophila. Fl. June, July. Pl. prostrate. 
17 G. ascz’NpEns (Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 138.) flowers pa- 
nicled, small ; peduncles smooth, filiform, divaricating ; segments 
of calyx acute, the same length with the corolla, stamens, and 
pistils ; stems prostrate ; leaves lanceolate-linear. X. H. Na- 
tive of the Levant. Petals emarginate, white. 
Ascending-stemmed Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 
Pl. prostrate. . 
18 G. crav'ca (Stev. in litt. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 353.) 
flowers panicled; panicle divaricating ; branches few-flowered, 
pubescent, clammy; leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat fleshy, 
obtuse. %. H. Native of Caucasus. G. rèpens, Bieb. fi. 
taur. 318. ex Stev. in litt. Flowers white. 
Glaucous-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. 1} ft. 
19 G. r'Lecans (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 319. suppl. 296.) flowers 
dichotomously-panicled, glabrous; petals emarginate, twice as 
long as the calyx and stamens; leaves lanceolate, somewhat 
fleshy. ©. H. Native of Tauria in gravelly places. Schrank. 
pl. mon. t. 21. Very like G. viscdsa, but the leaves are nar- 
rower, and acute at both ends. Flowers pinkish. 
Elegant Gypsophila. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1818. Pl. 1 foot. 
20 G. Cre'rica (Sibth. et Smith, fl. greec. t. 384.) stem pa- 
niculately branched, smooth, viscid, but pubescent towards the 
top ; flowers small, erect; calyx many-nerved ; leaves linear- 
awl-shaped, 3-nerved, smooth; petals small, entire. U 
Native of Candia in arid places. Saponària Crética, Lin. spec. 
584.—Alp. exot. 292. t. 291. Flowers small, white above but 
flesh-coloured beneath. Habit of G. rigida. 
Cretan Gypsophila. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1810. Pl. 4 foot. 
21 G. ocmroLEU cA (Sibth. and Smith, fl. grec. t. 385.) 
stems dichotomous, divaricating ; petals entire, spotted at the 
base ; leaves awl-shaped, the lower ones linear and flaccid: 
4. H. Native on mount Hymettus near Athens. Flowers 
like those of G. Crética, but the petals are spatulate, of a pale 
straw-colour, and elegantly striped and spotted with purple at 
the base. 
Cream-coloured-flowered Gypsophila. Fl. July. Pl. 1 foot. 
22 G. Inxy’rica (Sibth. and Smith, fl. græc. t. 386.) pubes- 
cent; stem tufted at the base, but dichotomously fastigiate y 
the top; leaves linear, 3-nerved, awl-shaped ; calyx 5-angled, 
bractless; petals obovate, white, with 3 dark purple dots at the 
base of each. %. H. Native of Greece, Illyria, and Calabria. 
Saponaria Illyrica, Lin. mant. p. 70.—Ard. spec. 2. p: 24 t 
9.—Cup. panph. 2. t. 22. Flowers fastigiate, white, each pe 
with 3 purple spots at the base, entire. Anthers blue. 
Illyrian Gypsophila: Fl. May, June. Pl. 5 foot. 32.) 
23 G. steve ni (Fisch. in litt. Schrank. hort. mon. t. 24: 
flowers panicled ; stem diffuse ; leaves linear-lanceolate, erative 
keeled, grey ; petals broad-linear, obtuse, entire. 4. H. b "A 
of Iberia in stony places about Tiflis. G. repens, Bie ay ' 
taur. 1. p. 318. exclusive of the synonymes. Flowers w itis. r. 
Steven’s Gypsophila. FI. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. aet 
24 G. aramínEa (Sibth. and Smith, prod. 1. p. 279.) we a: 
panicled; stem almost naked; radical leaves linear, t 4. 
petals emarginate ; calyx pubescent, with roughish edges; aie 
H. Native on the mountains of the Morea. Radica ners 
numerous, grassy, pale-green, with scabrous margins. a4 
rose-coloured. 310. Pl 
Grassy-leaved Gypsophila, Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 181%. 
prostrate. 
