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 Diamthus Petrous. Rock Pink. 



C/j/> aw/ Order, 

 Decandria Digynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cal cylindricus i-phyllus : bafi fquamis 4—6. Pefala & 

 unguiculata. Gap/ cylindrica l-locularis. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 



DIANTHUS petrous ; floribus folitariis, calycibus acutis 

 flriatulis caefiis : fquamis obovatis mucronatis 

 tubo triplo brevioribus, petalis margine irre- 

 guhiiter laceris, foliis fubulatis canaliculatis ri- 

 gidis internodiis brevioribus. 



BIANTHUS pet rans. Donn Hort. Cantab, ed. 4. p. 100. 



Descr. Herb cefpitous. Stems ereft, flender, rounded, 

 one or two-flowered. Leaves rigid, Tubulate, grooved at the 

 u Pper part, fhorter than the internodes. Calyx glaucous, long 

 and flender, terminating before flowering in a fharp point, 

 five-toothed : teeth acute, connivent. Bracles (or fcales at the 

 kafe of the calyx) four, at leaft three times fhorter than calyx, 

 obovate, margined, flriate, reddifh, terminated with an awl- 

 ftaped fomewhat fpreading mucro, fhorter than the lamina of 

 the fcale, the two inner ones rather larger and broader than 

 ( he outward; all larger and more obtufe than in the figure. 

 Corolla white, without fpots or hairinefs : limb only half the 

 jength of the calyx, unevenly torn lefs than half way down 

 jnto narrow, but not capillaceous, Hraps. Stamens ten, five 

 ,Q nger and five fhorter. Anthers pale yellow. Styles the length 

 of the corolla. Stigmas finally revolute. 



There is ftill great difficulty in afcertaining fome of the 

 f pecies of Dianthus, notwithftanding Dr. Smith's valuable 

 treatife on this genus, in the fecond volume of the 1 ranfac- 

 "ons of the Linnean Society, which has certainly thrown 

 ;?«ch light upon this perplexing fubjea. The plant here 

 ft gured, a native of Hungarv, was communicated to us by 



J Mr. 



