150 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



D. Liburnicus (Earth.). Stems simple, erect, 10 to 

 20 inches high ; four to six flowers in a head. June 

 and July. Southern Europe. 



D.Msesiacus (Pane.). A variety of D. Carthusianorum, 

 with rough leaves and loose heads of the same crimson 

 flowers. 



D. pattens (Sibtk.). Foliage glaucous, stems up- 

 right, reddish ; leaves flat, rough at the edges ; flowers 

 small, fasciculate, milk-white inside, and greenish- 

 brown or bronze beneath. July and August. Moun- 

 tains of the Levant. Rock, in full sun. 



D. papillosus ( Vis). A rare plant. I received it 

 from Servia in 1894, but have lost it since 1900. I 

 am unaware whether it is elsewhere in cultivation. 

 Stem four-sided ; leaves thick ; flowers crimson, large, 

 spotted ; anthers blue. It is near D. sylvestris. May to 

 July. Balkans. Rock, in full sun and in well-drained 

 soil. 



D. pinifolius (Sibth. & Smith). Leaves extremely 

 narrow and stiff, dark greyish-green. Flowers small, 

 scentless, dark violet-rose, in close heads, borne on 

 slender, drooping stems 16 to 20 inches long. July 

 and August. Balkans, Greece. Rock in full sun. 



D.pubescens (Sibth. & Smith). A glandular-pubes- 

 cent, hispid plant, 8 to 12 inches high; leaves flat, 

 three-nerved ; flowers one, sometimes two, scentless, 

 borne on long peduncles ; corolla rather large, rose- 

 colour, spotted above, yellowish-green below. June 

 and July. Caucasus, Balkans, &c. 



D. Requienii (Gren. & Godr.). Close, compact tufts 

 of glaucous foliage, stems quadrangular, bifurcate, 10 



