DECANDRIA—DIGYNIA. Dianthus. 285 



G. folio convoluto. Baiih. Hist. v. 3. 521./. 



Hollow Sope-wort. Pet. H. Brit. t.o7.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 13 

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

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

 the base. P(/«ic/edense, 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 incli 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. 22b. Juss. 302. Fl. Br. 460. Lam. t. 376. Gartn. 

 t. 129. 



Caryophyllus. Tourn. t. 1/4. 



Tunica. " Dill. Elth. 400. t. 298. 



Nat. Orel, see n. 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 fiat, dilated outwards, obtuse, variously 

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

 longer; spreading at the sunnnit; otten more or less 

 combined at the base. Aiit/i. 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 

 tlie calyx, cylindrical, of 1 cell, opening with t teeth. 

 Seeds numerous, roundish, com])ressed, attached to a 

 central, unconnected, cohimnar receptacle. 



Herbaceous, or somewhat shrubby, nu)slly glaucous and 

 generally smooth. Leaves ojiposite, linear, combined, 

 keeled, sometimes rouf^h-cd^ed. Fl. terminal, airixrciiate 

 or solitary, erect, red or white, elegant, often fragraiU ; 

 tlisk of their /t/i'/As- sometime-- liairv. 



