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THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



D. Armeria, L., Deptford Pink, flowers small (^ in. diam.), 

 in loose c3Tnes, petals narrow, distant, toothed, red 

 with dark spots, bracts green, down}-; dry banks in the 

 lowlands. D. prolifer, L. ; leaves short with scabrous 

 margins, petals contiguous, notched, purplish red; dr}- 

 pastures, common. D. Carthusiano^rum, L. (PL 13); 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, calyx ciliate, petals con- 

 tiguous, irregularly dentate, uniforml}' red, involucral 

 bracts brown, coriaceous; dry meadows, common. D. 

 atroruhcTtSy All. {z'aginatus, Vill.) ; similar, but with smaller 

 darker flowers, petals not contiguous, and slender stem ; 

 Southern Switzerland, Tirol, Dauphin}*, p3Tenees. 



B. Flowers solitary or in loose c^Tues ; petals toothed : 

 — D. Seguieri, Chx. (PL 14) ; flowers large, usually 2-4, 

 petals deepl}' toothed, pink with a row of red spots at 

 the base, bearded, contiguous, calyx C3'lindrical, calyx- 

 scales ciHate ; alpine ; Southern Switzerland, Dauphiny, 

 PjTenees. D. attcnuatuSy Sm. ; flowers smaller, usualh" 

 2-4, uniformly pink, cal^'x conical, petals not contiguous, 

 crenulate or dentate, leaves subulate ; rocks ; Eastern 

 PjTenees. D. pungcns, L. ; flowers 1-3, pink, not con- 

 tiguous, nearh' entire, leaves subulate, glaucous, tufted ; 

 rocks ; Eastern P3Tenees. D. suhacaidis^ \'il]. ; flowers 

 solitary, ver}' small, pink, petals not contiguous, nearl}' 

 entire, cah'x c3-lindrical, leaves stiff"; a ven*- dwarf plant, 

 forming a glaucous turf; Dauphin3'. D. neglect us, Lois. ; 

 flowers usualh' solitar3-, purple, petals not contiguous, 

 deeply toothed, outer sepals with a short stiff' awn, leaves 

 3-nerved; Mont Cenis, Dauphin3', P3Tenees. D. del- 

 toides, L., ^Maiden Pink; flowers solitary, f in. diam., 

 pink spotted with white, petals not contiguous, leaves 

 soft, down}-, 3-ner\-ed ; mountain pastures, common. 



