146 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



rose-coloured, unevenly toothed, with yellow anthers. 

 July and August. Mountains of Spain and Portugal. 

 With us it requires a dry, hot position, and a soil rich 

 in humus. 



D. calocephalus [Boiss). — A glaucous plant, with stiff, 

 simple stems 27 to 31 inches high. Flowers small, 

 five to seven together in a head or dense corymb. 

 Corolla bright rose spotted with purple. June and 

 July. Balkans and mountains of Asia Minor. 



D. canipestris {Bieb.). — A tufted plant, with many 

 leafy stems 12 to 16 inches high, bearing numerous 

 paniculate flowers of moderate size that are bright rose 

 above and yellowish underneath. June to August. 

 Caucasus. 



D. capitatus {Balb.). — An upright, glaucous plant, 

 with simple, four-sided stems 8 to 16 inches high, 

 bearing heads of from six to eight bright crimson 

 flowers spotted with dark purple. June to August. 

 Mountains of the Levant. 



D. Carthusianormn {L.). — A polymorphous plant 

 with pale green leaves, rarely bluish ; stems un- 

 branched, four-sided, 8 to 16 inches high ; flowers 

 small, brilliant carmine. May to August. Mountain- 

 ous regions of Europe. One of the easiest plants to 

 cultivate, and one that succeeds best in dry and arid 

 places, also among grass, as well as in the open 

 ground. A number of varieties are in cultivation, of 

 which the most distinct 2iVQ: pumihim {Schur.), from 

 Transylvania; Pontedene {Kern), from the Italian Tyrol; 

 Sabuletorum {Heuff'.), from the mountains of Austria. 



D. ciLiatiis {Guss.). — A beautiful southern species, 



