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D. subacaulis ( Vill.}. A very small species, with glau- 

 cous foliage forming small rosettes. These gathered 

 together in quantity form wide, flat tufts. They are 

 covered with small rose-coloured flowers borne on 

 stems 2 to 3 inches high in June and July. Sun and 

 rocky soil. Native of rocks in the alps of Dauphiny 

 and the mountains of Spain. 



D. tener (Balbis.). A plant with a slender rootstock 

 throwing out a number of sterile shoots bearing 

 narrow linear leaves, striated beneath and furrowed 

 at the edges. Flowers small, rose-coloured ; stems 

 simple, tetragonal, 3 to 6 inches high. June and July. 

 Dry place in sun. Pyrenees, mountains of Spain, and 

 Maritime Alps. 



D. visddus (Bor. & Chaub.}. A tufted, viscous, 

 and pubescent plant ; leaves flat, acuminate ; stems 

 slender, simple, from 6 to 8 inches high, bearing 

 fasciculate clusters of from five to six flowers that are 

 small, deep carmine-red and spotted with purple. 

 June to August. Of easy culture. From the Balkans. 



SECOND GROUP 



In the second division, the one comprising the 

 slimmer, upright-growing species, the plants are not 

 those of the rocks and alpine pastures and other 

 mountainous places, but of lower regions, such as 

 meadows, woods, and valley slopes. The following 

 species are in cultivation : 



D. acaulis (Hort.). A very pretty form of D.sylvestris, 

 with large, scentless flowers of a bright pink colour. 



