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DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Dianthm. 



E. hot. 2U-Dod. 174. 3~Ger. em. 591. l^Ptt. 56. 1. 



Stem paniclcd. Leaves finely toothed just above the base. 

 Flowers several, but not in bundles. Scales, the 2 outermost nar- 

 rower than the inner ones, which are broader than they are long. 

 Petals smooth at the orifice, pale flesh-colour. E. Bot. 



Common Pinks. Single red Pink. D. Caryophyllus /3 Huds. 



The Clove Pink or Clove July Flower of our gardens, is a var. 

 of this. Old walls. Rochester, Deal, Sandown, and other 



castles, plentifully 



Wisbeach. Relh.] 



June, J 



deltoi'des. D. Scales of the calyx 2 ; egg-spear-shaped, acute; petals 



toothed at the end . 



1 



E. hot. 61-FL dan. 577-Clus. i. 285. 1-LoL ic. 444. 1- 

 Ger. em. 593. 6-Pet. 56. 2-J. B. Hi. 329. 4. 



Root slender, long, with a few fibres. Barren stems nume- 

 rous, reclining, throwing out roots ; flowering stems 6 to 8 inches 

 high, cylindrical, slender, weak, jointed. Leaves very narrow, 

 in opposite pairs, embracing the stem ; those of the barren 

 branches narrower, not much pointed. Flowers 2 or 3 on a 

 stem. Bio ss. reddish, with a ring of deeper coloured dots sur- 

 rounding the eye. Seeds chaffy, brown. It flowers during the 

 summer and till autumn. Ray. Fruit-stalks single or in pairs. 

 Flowers palish red, sometimes deeper, always with a circle of 

 deeper coloured dots at the base of the limb. 



Maiden Pink. Sandy meadows, pastures, and heaths. Near 

 Nottingham, on the road to Lenton in Bedfordshire. Mantham 

 Hill not far from Slough, near Windsor ; Hildersham, Cam- 

 bridgeshire ; Bridgnorth, Shropshire ; near G. Strickland, West- 

 morel, and about Hampton Court Park. Ray. Dupper's Hilly 

 near Croydon. Huds. Near Whitewood, Gamlingay, Cam- 

 bridgeshire. Relhan. King's Park, Edinburgh. Lightfoot. 

 [Cley, Norfolk, and Chedder Rocks, Somersetshire. Mr. Crowe. 

 Near Bury, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. Hills between Bake- 

 well and Chatsworth. Mr. Whately. Sand Banks near Wcd- 

 lerton, Nottinghamshire, on the road from Derby to Notting- 

 ham. Mr. Savijlle. Blackford Hill plentifully, and many other 

 places in Scotland. Mr. Brown.] B. July— -Oct. 



Var. 2. glauQus. Scales of the calyx mostly 4. 



Dill. elth. 298. 384. 



So nearly allied to D. deltoides, that they are difficultly dis- 

 tinguished, except in size and colour. Stem longer, more up- 

 right. Bloss. greenish underneath, above white, with a toothed 

 scarlet circle. Linn. Bloss. white, with a purple eye. In other 



respects differs very little from the D. deltoides. Lxohtf. 







