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DlANTHUS SUPERBUS. SUPERB PlNK. 

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Cla/s and Order. * 

 Decandria Digynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. cylindricus, l-phyllus: bafi fquamis 4. Petala 5 ungui- 

 culata. Cap/, cylindrica, i-locularis. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



DlANTHUS /uperbus floribus paniculatis : fquamis calycinis 

 brevibus acuminatis, corollis multifido-capillari- 

 bus, caule erefto. Linn. Syft. Vcgetab. ed. 14. 

 Murr. p. 418. 



CARYOPHYLLUS fimplex alter, flore laciniato odoratiffimo. 

 Bauh. Pin. 210. 



CARYOPHYLLUS plumarius Auftriacus five fuperba Auf- 

 triaca. The feathered Pinke of Auftria. Park. 

 Par ad. ^.316. 4. 



Many of the plants of this genus diffufe an agreeable odour, 

 which renders them moft defirable obje&s for the flower- 

 garden : this quality the prefent fpecies poffeffes in a fuperior 

 de gree to moft others ; a few of its flowers communicate to a 

 nofegay a delicate and moft delicious fmell, or placed in a 

 vial of water they will even fcent a fmall apartment* : it is to 

 be regretted, however, that the bloffoms, unlefs placed in 

 Va Jer, from their extreme delicacy, flas foon after they are 

 gathered. ; 



th * ?^ S fra S rance nas been noticed by all the old authors who have treated or 

 e plant : Clusius defcribes the flowers as fiutvijjim odoris et e longinquo nam 

 « *'ft'r Which WOrds Parkinson's are almoft a literal tranflation " of a 

 molt tra grant fent, comforting the fpirits and fenfes afarre off." 



