DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. DIanthus. 285 



G. folio convolute. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. 521./. 



Hollow Sope-wort. Pet. H. Brit. t. 57. f. 4. 



In meadows, by river sides, and under hedges. 



/3. First found by Gerarde, in Northamptonshire. On sandy hills 

 7 miles to the north of Liverpool. Dr. Bostock. 



Perennial. August, September. 



Root branching, rather fleshy, with many long creeping scions. 

 Herb smooth, or nearly so, a little succulent. Stems about 1 8 

 inches high, erect, round, leafy j panicled in the upper part. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 3-ribbed, entire ; combined at 

 the base. Panic/e dense, hemispherical, many-flowered, repeatedly 

 forked, with short, opposite, downy stalks. Bracteas opposite, 

 lanceolate, taper-pointed. Fl. erect, large, handsome, flesh-co- 

 loured, or pale pink, with an oppressive sweetness. Cat. some- 

 what downy, an inch long. Pet. with a slight notch at the end j 

 their claws with 4 sharp angles, and crowned with a cloven 

 scale. A variety with double flowers is sometimes found wild, 

 and is frequent in gardens. /3 has some of the upper leaves 

 combined, and sheathing, with a monopetalous corolla. It is a 

 curious variety, but has no affinity to Gentiana. 



233. DIANTHUS. Pink. 



Linn. Gen. 225. Juss.302. FLBr.460. Lam. t. '376. Gcertn. 



t. 129. 

 Caryophyllus. Tourn. t. 174. 

 Tunica. Dill. Elth. 400. t. 298, 



Nat. Ord. see 7i. 232. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, tubular, cylindrical, striated, perma- 

 nent; with 5 teeth at the orifice; and 2, or more, pair 

 of opposite, imbricated scales at the base. Pet. 5 ; claws 

 as long as the calyx, narrow, angular, attached to the 

 receptacle / limb flat, dilated outwards, obtuse, variously 

 notched. Filam. awl-shaped, as long as the calyx, or 

 longer; spreading at the summit; often more or less 

 combined at the base. Anth. oval-oblong, compressed, 

 incumbent. Germ, somewhat stalked, oval. Styles awl- 

 shaped, longer than the stamens. Stigm. recurved, 

 pointed, downy along the upper side. Caps, covered by 

 the calyx, cylindrical, of 1 cell, opening with 4 teeth. 

 Seeds numerous, roundish, compressed, attached to a 

 central, unconnected, columnar receptacle. 



Herbaceous, or somewhat shrubby, mostly glaucous and 

 generally smooth. Leaves opposite, linear, combined, 

 keeled, sometimes rough-edged. Fl. terminal, aggregate 

 or solitary, erect, red or while, elegant, often fragrant; 

 disk of their p^^rt'/s sometimes hairy. 



