142 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



D. pungens {Gren. & Godr.). — A spreading, glaucous 

 plant, with suffruticose (rather shrubby) base and 

 thickened rhizome ; stems from 8 to lo inches high, 

 bearing from one to three small, rose-coloured, in- 

 significant flowers. July and August. Full sun. 

 From the south of France. 



D. sabuletorum ( Wt/k.). — A plant of little decorative 

 value, rather erect than tufted in habit ; stem 4 to 8 

 inches high ; flowers small, and without scent. June 

 to August. Mountains of Spain. 



V. serotinus ( Waldst. & Kit.). — Rather near />/u- 

 inarius ; leaves glaucous ; stems spreading ; flowers 

 rather large, white, very fragrant, and deeply fringed. 

 June and July. Eastern Europe. 



D. spinosus {Desf.). — A Persian plant, which has no 

 right to the name Dianthus, its real name being Acan- 

 thophylluin Fontmiesii [Boiss.]. 



D. sqtiarrosus {Bieb.). — A tufted plant, with the 

 branches spreading on the ground, stems slender, 

 few-flowered ; leaves linear-acute, recurved ; flower 

 pink, of moderate size ; petals bearded and deeply 

 cut. June and July. Southern Russia. Full sun. 



D. Sternbergii {Sieber.). — Glaucous and caespitose, 

 near monspessulanus, with two-flowered stems 8 to 10 

 inches high ; flowers pink, petals bearded and fringed. 

 It differs chiefly from vionspessulanus by its lesser 

 height and by the petals being spotted and non- 

 contiguous. May to July. Half shade, a soil rich 

 in humus and, if possible, calcareous. Mountains of 

 southern Europe. 



p. suavis ( Wild?) is a form of cxsius, 



