384 
linear, obtuse; flowers capitate; bracteas crowded, pointed, 
membranous ; petals obtuse, quite entire. X4. H. Native of 
Candia. Flowers 4-6 in a head. Teeth of calyx acute. 
Petals white, variegated on the under surface with 3 red lines. 
Pink-like Gypsophila. Fl. July. Pl. 1 foot. 
42 G. muLTICAaV LIS (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 875.) stems numerous, 
straight, simple; leaves pressed to the stem and sheathing at the 
base, awl-shaped, nervose ; flower terminal, solitary, sessile. 
4%. H. Native of Switzerland. Perhaps a variety of G. 
saxifraga. Flowers pink. 
Many-stemmed Gypsophila. FI. July, Aug. PI. 4 foot. 
Cult. The species of Gypsóphila åre for the most part orna- 
mental plants, and are well adapted for flower-borders or rock- 
work, particularly the smaller ones for the latter purpose. A 
chalky soil suits them best, and cuttings planted under a hand- 
glass root freely, but the best mode of increasing them is by 
seeds, which ripen in abundance. The annual species only re- 
quire to be sown in the flower-border or on rock-work in the 
beginning of April. 
II. BA’NFFYA (Banffy the name of some botanist known to 
Baumgarten.) Baumg. fl. trans. ex Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 
300. D.C. prod. 1. p. 355. 
Lin. syst. Decándria, Digynia. Calyx tubular, deeply 
5-parted, permanent. Petals 5, undivided. Stamens 5 fertile, 
and 5 sterile. Pistils 2. Capsules 1-celled, few-seeded.— 
Scarcely differing from Gypsophila, unless in the tubular calyx, 
and number of seeds. 
1 B. petra (Baumg. |. c.) stems herbaceous, straight, tufted ; 
leaves linear, obtuse, keeled ; bracteas minute ; calyx coloured. 
4? H. Native of Transylvania in the Alps of Dinaria. Gyp- 
sophila Transylvania, Spreng. syst. append. p. 179. Flowers 
white or red. 
Rock Banffya. Fl. June, July? Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
Cult. This plant is well adapted for rock-work. It may be 
either propagated by seeds or by cuttings, which will root freely 
if planted under a hand-glass. 
HI. DIA’NTHUS (from éwoc, divine, and avSoc, anthos, a 
flower ; in allusion to the exquisite fragrance of the blossoms of 
most of the species, as well as from the unrivalled neatness and 
brilliancy of the flowers.) Lin. gen. no. 770. D. C. prod. 1. p. 
55. 
Lin. syst. Decándria, Digynia. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, 
furnished at the base with 2-4-6 opposite imbricate scales. Petals 
5, with long claws. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsules 1-celled. 
Seeds flat, convex on one side and concave on the other, peltate. 
Embryo scarcely curved. Evergreen mostly glaucous herbs. 
The Pink, Carnation, Clove, Deptford Pink, and Sweet-Wil- 
liam, give a very good idea of this genus. 
Sect. I. Armerta’strum (Armeria is the Latin for Sweet- 
William, and astrum, an affixed signification, in allusion to the 
plants agreeing with Sweet- William in having aggregate flowers), 
Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 355. 
rymbose, sessile, or stalked. 
§ 1. Bracteas ovate, blunt. 
1 D. PRO'LIFER (Lin. spec. 587.) flowers aggregate, capitate ; 
calyx scales ovate, awnless, higher than the tube ; leaves serru- 
lated. ©. H. Native throughout Europe by the margins of 
woods and fields. In England in gravelly places, but rare. 
In Selsey island, Sussex; meadows between Hampton Court 
and Teddington; in the border of a field opposite St. Aus- 
tin’s gates, Norwich; in a marl pit at Landridge hill, Han- 
ley, Worcestershire. Smith, engl. bot. t. 956. Fl. dan. 221. 
Flowers capitate or co- . 
CARYOPHYLLEZ, I. Gyrsopnma. Il. Bayrrya. II. Dranruvs. 
Túnica prolifera, Scop. carn. no. 503. Flowers small, pale- 
red. Seeds ovate, flat. Heads of flowers involucrate. 
Var. B, diminitus (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 741.) flowers generally 
solitary. Dianthus diminitus, Lin. spec. 587. fl. greece. 394. 
Proliferous Pink. Fl. July, Aug. England. Pl. 1 to 14 ft. 
2 D. sprnosus (Desf. in ann. mus. 1. p. 198. t. 16. f. 1.) 
shrubby, procumbent ; flowers capitate, sessile ; leaves stiff, 
awl-shaped, pungent. h. F. Native of Persia. Petals linear, 
of a very pale rose-colour. Habit of Drypis spindsa, and with 
the flowers about the same size. Calycine scales equal in length 
to the tube. 
Spinose-leaved Pink. FI. June, July. Shrub å foot. 
§ 2. Bracteas lanceolate, acute. Calyx striated, villous. 
Flowers scentless. 
* Herbaceous. Annual. 
3 D. Arme‘ria (Lin. spec. 586.) flowers aggregate, in loose 
bundles ; scales of calyx 2, lanceolate-awl-shaped, equal in length 
with the tube; leaves lanceolate-awl-shaped, and are as well as 
calyx hairy; petals beardless. ©. H. Native in pastures and 
about hedges on a gravelly soil in many parts of Europe. In 
several parts of Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 317. Curt. fl. 
lond. 134. fl. dan. t.230. D. hirtus, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 533. but 
not of Vill. Flowers speckled with pink and white, only one 
open at a time in each tuft. 
Var. B; flowers solitary. 
Armeria or Deptford Pink. FI. Jul. Aug. Brit. Pl. 1 foot. 
4 D. corymposvs (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 395.) flowers 
somewhat aggregate; calycine scales 2, lanceolate, villous, 
shorter than the tube; stem branched, divaricating, many- 
flowered, pubescent. ©.H. Native of Asia Minor. Flowers 
rose-coloured above and spotted, but yellowish-green below. 
Corymbose-flowered Pink. FI. July. Pl. 2 feet. 
5 D. armeriolpes (Rafin. in Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 2 
p- 269.) flowers aggregate; calycine scales longer than the 
calyx, striated, scabrous; leaves linear, scabrous, shorter than 
the spaces of the stem between the leaves ; stem simple, upper 
part rough, ©.H. Native of North America in meadows m 
New Jersey. Flowers red. 
Armeria-like Pink. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1826. 
* * Herbaceous. 
6 D. pseu'po-Arme'riA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 323. suppl. 207.) 
flowers in dense, aggregate bundles; calycine scales ovate-a 
shaped, equal in length to the tube ; petals bearded ; leaves awl 
shaped, strict, beset with scabrous pubescence. Y. H. Na. 
of Tauria in dry stony places. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2288. P. 
barbatus, Pall. ined. Taur. Very like D. Armeria, but 1s co- 
vered all over with hoary down, not hairy. Flowers rosé 
coloured, pale beneath. l 
Var. B; bracteas divaricating; calyx short. 
strosity. ft 
False Armeria Pink. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. pl. 1 te 
7 D. piscoror (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1162.) flowers aggregate i 
calycine scales longer than the tube, striated, rough ; leave 
green, linear, shorter than the internodes ; stem simple, branc J 
at the top; rough. %.H. Native of Caucasus. Flowers pu" 
ple, pale beneath. Perhaps the same as the preceding. pi 
Two-coloured-flowered Pink. FI. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1803. *™ 
1 foot. te 
8 D. Carorwa`nus (Walt. fl. car. 140.) flowers aggrega 
on long stalks ; calycine scales one-half shorter than the tube 
4? H. Native of Carolina. Flowers red. 
Carolinian Pink. FI. June, Sept. Clt. 1811. 
§ 3. Bracteas ovate or lanceolate; calyx hardly striated, 
glabrous. Flowers fragrant. 
P]. 1 foot. 
Perennial. 
This is a mone 
PI. 4 foot. 
