138 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



stems 4 to 6 inches high ; calyx red ; corolla rather 

 large, bright flesh-pink, paler underneath ; anthers 

 bluish. June and July. In rocks in full sun. A 

 native of the Pyrenees, extending through south- 

 western France from the department of Gironde as 

 far as Card. 



D. hungaricus (Reich.). A white-flowered variety of 

 D. plumarius. 



D. integer ( Vis.). A spreading plant from the 

 mountains of Dalmatia. Stems prostrate ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate ; flowers small, reddish-violet, soli- 

 tary, on short stalks 4 to 5 inches long. June and 

 July. Situation dry and sunny. 



D. microlepis (Boiss). A very small species, re- 

 sembling a miniature D. glacialis ; leaves short, flat, 

 keeled, one-nerved ; flowers small, solitary, stalk very 

 short ; corolla light rose-colour. It flowers in May 

 and June, and we grow it in sunny rock- work. 

 Native of the high mountains of Thrace, between 

 7000 and 8000 feet. 



D. monspessulanus (L.). Close tufts of bluish 

 foliage, forming turfy, spreading masses, from which 

 rise numerous erect stems 4 to 12 inches high, bear- 

 ing large handsome, very sweet-scented flowers of 

 a rose-lilac colour ; petals beautifully fringed. June 

 to August. A sunny position in rocky soil rich in 

 humus, calcareous if possible. It grows in nearly 

 all the mountainous regions of Europe. There is a 

 variety, alpestris (D. alpestris) {Hoppe & Sternb.), with 

 short stems and solitary flowers ; also a variety, 

 erubescens (Tier.), with pink petals. 



