112 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



D. capitatiis. — This Eastern European species is 

 closely allied to D. atrorubens, but the involucnil bracts 

 are much longer and with a long acuminate point ; 

 the flowers also are lighter in colour. 



D. Carthusianorum. — A plant of erect growth, with 

 tufts of long grassy foliage and stems two feet high ; 

 the small red flowers are in densely crowded round 

 heads. Though not so showy as some of the Pinks, 

 D. Carthusianorum may be recommended for the 

 border, where a group of it will maintain a succession 

 of flowers for some time. The petals are bearded, 

 and the margins are crenate. This species is found 

 in barren wastes in Central and Southern Europe. 



D. cinnabarinus. — Although frequently offered in 

 catalogues, the true plant is rarely seen. It is a hand- 

 some species, tall and erect in growth, shrubby at the 

 base, with tufts of grassy leaves and stout stems bear- 

 ing compact heads of cinnabar-red flowers ; the petals 

 are paler on the under side, and the calyx is also tinted 

 with red. Although a perennial it is short-lived in 

 this country, and does not ripen seed so freely as the 

 other clustered Pinks, which may account for its 

 scarcity. It is a native of the mountains of Greece 

 and Asia Minor, and was introduced in 1888. 



D. cruentus. — This is found in Greece and other 

 parts of Eastern Europe. It bears a great resem- 

 blance to D. Carthusianorum in growth, but the 

 slightly larger flowers are of a darker blood-red 

 colour. 



D. giganteiis. — This is a species of tall growth, 

 reaching when the soil is good a height of four feet. 



