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DIANTHUS LEPTOPETALUS. NaRRow- 
PETALLED PINK, 
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Cla/s and Order. 
Decanpria Dicynia. 
Generic Charaéter. 
Gal. cylindricus, 1-phyllus, bafi fquamis 4. Petala 5, un- 
guiculata.. Cap/. cylindrica, 1-locularis, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
** Flores folitarii, plures in eodem caule. 
DIANTHUS Jeptopetalus ; {quamis calycinis ovatis fubariftatis 
breviffimis, petalis lanceolatis lateribus revolutis fubinte- 
gerrimis, foliis fubulatis {cabriufculis. 
DIANTHUS Lepiopetalus ; floribus folitariis, {quamis calycinis 
ovatis acutis breviffimis, caule paucifloro, foliis fubulatis, 
petalis lanceolatis integerrimis. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 
468. 
DIANTHUS pomeridianus. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 1. p. 329. 
Descr. Stem ftraight, two feet high or more, bearing only 
two or three flowers. Leaves fubulate, channelled, rough at 
the margin: lower ones longer than the fpaces between the 
upper ones fhorter. Calycine fcales ovate, acuminate, 
with a fhort arifta or mucro, membranaceous: inner pair 
broadeft, four times fhorter than the calyx. Calyx narrowed 
upwards, minutely ftriate the whole length, covered with a 
powdery pubefcence, five-toothed. Petals nearly an inch long, — 
lanceolate, rolled back and fomewhat twifted, pointed, very 
lightly crenulate at the extremity, but not fo evidently as 
in our figure, white above, tinged with.a yellowifh green un- 
derneath, Stamens, in our plant, fhorter than germen, anthers 
imperfeét, Germen half an inch long, club-fhaped : /yles boa 
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