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DlANTHUS FRAGRANS. SWEET-SCENTED PlNK, 



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CZass arcd Order. 

 Decandria Digynia, 



Generic Character. 



Cal cylindricus, 1 phyllus ; basi squamis 4, Petala 5, 

 unguiculata. Caps, cylindrica 1-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Dianthus fragrant ; caulibus subunifloris, foliis subulatis 

 rigidis mucronulatis subcanaliculatis, caiycibus acutis 

 pungentibus, squamis ovatis acuminatisadpressis subsenis 

 tubo ter brevioribus^ petalis rotundatis tenuissime multi- 

 fidis imberbibus. 



Dianthus fragrans ; foliis vix \ lineam Iatis, glaucis, Iinean- 

 attenuatis, integerrimis : calyce cylindraceo ; bracteis 6, 

 infra medium calycis, petalorum limbo profunde multifido, 

 imberbi. Salisb. in Parad. Lond. 112. 



Dianthus squarrosus; caulibus subunifloris, squamis calycims 

 ovatis acutis brevissimis, petalis multifidis, foliis subulatis 

 canaliculars rigidis brevibus recurvis. Marsch. a Bieb. 

 Jl. taur. cauc. 1. p. 331 ? Centur. 1. t. 23. 



Descr. Cespitose. Flowering stems assurgent, smooth, 

 a span high, generally single flowered, with sometimes a 

 second or third on short footstalks. Leaves on the flowering 

 stem about four pair, shorter than the internodes, rigid, 

 slightly channelled, mucronate, subpungent, smooth : on the 

 barren decumbent stems much closer together and frequently 

 recurved. Tube of calyx cylindrico-conical, with conmvent, 

 subulate, pungent teeth : scales ovate-acuminate, adpressed, 

 three times shorter than tube : inner pair largest, four in 

 number, besides the last pair of diminished leaves, frequently 

 close to the calyx, and giving the appearance of six scales. 



Petals 



