Petals white, rounded, overlapping - one another, finely cut, 

 recurved. Stamens exserted, shorter than the petals : anthers 

 -white, sagittate. Germen ovate, on a short stipes : styles 

 the length of the stamens, recurved. 



There is no doubt but that our plant is the same species as 

 is figured under the name of fragrans in the Paradisus Lon- 

 dinensis ; but we do not believe that it is a native of Austria, 

 or the same with Clusius's plant, quoted as a synonym by 

 Mr. Salisbury. It does not seem to us that Dianthus 

 squarrosus, of the Flora taurico-caucasica, differs from our plant 

 in any respect but what is occasioned by cultivation ; in 

 Marschall a Bieberstein's figure, in his Century of rare 

 plants, the leaves are represented as shorter and more 

 recurved, and the petals less rounded. Could we have been 

 quite certain of the identity of our plant with squarrosus, 

 we should have preserved that name, there being a different 

 species described under the name of fragrans in the above- 

 mentioned Flora ; especially as the right of priority is uncer- 

 tain, both being published in the same year. In the cultivated 

 plant, however, the name of squarrosus is not very applicable, 

 being given, as \vc suppose, from the short, recurved, thickset 

 leaves, on the barren stems, which in our plant are only 

 partially recurved ; they are also more distant and longer. 



Native of Southern Russia. Flowers in June and July. 

 Communicated by N. S. Hodson, Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds. 



