142 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



D. pungens (Gren. & Godr.). A spreading, glaucous 

 plant, with suffruticose (rather shrubby) base and 

 thickened rhizome ; stems from 8 to 10 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 ( Wilk.}. 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. 



D. serotinus ( Waldst. & Kit). Rather near plu- 

 marius ; 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- 

 thophyllum Fontanesii (Boiss.). 



D. squarrosus (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 monspessulanus 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. 



D. suavis ( Wild.) is a form of c&sius. 



