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CARYOPHYLLE^E. I. GYFSOPHILA. 



ill Gypsophila. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PL 1| foot. 

 G. ARENA MA (Walds. et Kit. hung. 40. t. 41.) flowers 

 corymbosely-fastigiate ; petals very rarely emarginated ; leaves 

 linear, rather fleshy, glabrous, flat. If. . H. Native of Hungary 

 and Volhynia, in a sandy or gravelly soil. Flowers pale-red. 

 Capsules globose. 



Sand Gypsophila. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1801. PL 1 foot. 



8 G. VISCOSA (Murr. in comm. goatt. 1783. p. 9. t. 3.) flowers 

 fastigiately-corymbose ; branches divaricating ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, smooth, cordate at the base, and clasping the stem ; 

 space of stem between the leaves clammy in the middle ; petals 

 retuse ; segments of calyx broad, obtuse. O H. Native of 

 the Levant. Flowers white or pink. 



Clammy Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1773. PL J to 1 ft. 



9 G. TENE'LLA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 874.) flowers paniculately- 

 umbellate, on long pedicels ; stems very pliant. Q. H. Native? 

 Bracteas short, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers white or pink. 



Delicate Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL | to f ft. 



10 G. GRANDIELORA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 874.) stem straight; 

 flowers panicled ; branchlets almost naked, few-flowered ; petals 

 emarginate ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, hairy. If ? H. Native? 

 Panicles few-flowered. Flowers large, white or pink. 



Great-lowered Gypsophila. Fl. July. PL 1J foot. 



11 ALTI'SSIMA (Lin. spec. 582.) branches spreading; flowers 

 panicled, small ; panicle much branched ; pedicels clammy ; 

 stems erect ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat 3-nerved. If, . H. 

 Native of Siberia and Greece. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 143. t. 60. 

 Capsules small, roundish. Segments of calyx obtuse, frosted. 

 Flowers pink or sometimes nearly white. Petals entire ? 



Tallest Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PL 3 to 5 ft. 



12 G. PERFOLIA'TA (Lin. spec. 583.) flowers loosely panicled; 

 panicle much branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, ribbed, half 

 stem-clasping, horizontal ; petals entire. "If. . H. Native of Spain 

 and the Levant. Dill. elth. 368. t. 276. Flowers pale-red. 



Var. ft, tomentbsa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 352.) leaves downy. G. 

 pubescens, Hort. G. tomentosa, Lin. spec. 582? I/. H. 

 Native of Tauria. Barrel, icon. 1. 1002. Flowers white or pink. 



Perfoliate Gypsophila. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1732. PL 2 ft. 



13 G. SCORZONERIFOLIA (Hort. mus. par. and D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 352.) flowers panicled ; panicles clammy ; leaves lanceolate, 

 half stem-clasping, acute, 3-5-nerved, smooth. l/.H. Native 

 of Siberia near Kislar. G. sabuldsa, Stev. in litt. G. perfoliata, 

 Bieb. fl. taur. cauc. ex Stev. This plant differs from G. perfo- 

 liata, in the panicles being clammy, flowers larger, and segments 

 of calyx more acute. Flowers pink. Panicle dichotomous. 



Sahafee-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 

 1| to 3 feet. 



14 G. ACUTIFOLIA (Fisch. cat. hort. gor. 1812. p. 59.) flowers 

 trichotomously panicled ; peduncles villous, clammy ; petals 

 emarginate, twice as long as the calyx, longer than the stamens ; 

 leaves linear, lanceolate, acuminated, flat, obscurely 3-nerved. 

 If . H. Native of Caucasus on stony hills. G. altissima, Bieb. 

 fl. taur. cauc. 1. p. 280. but not of Lin. Flowers white. 



Acute-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 2 

 or 3 feet. 



15 G. PANICULA'TA (Lin. amcen. 3. p. 23.) flowers panicled, 

 minute, dioeceous; peduncles smooth, filiform, divaricating; 

 segments of calyx obtuse; leaves linear-lanceolate, scabrous, 

 acute. If. . H. Native of Sicily in sandy or gravelly places, 

 also in Siberia and Hungary about Buda. Jacq. fl. austr. 5. t. 

 1 . A diffuse plant, with numerous small whitish flowers. 



-PamWed-flowered Gypsophila. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 

 PL 2 to 3 feet. 



16 G. ARROSTII (Guss. pi. rar. p. 160. t. 30.) flowers pa- 

 nicled, small, hermaphrodite ; branches of panicle trichotomous, 



1 -flowered ; stamens rather longer than the corolla ; calycine 

 segments obtuse, dotted, scabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 flattish, smooth ; stems round, prostrately ascending, smooth. 

 y.. H. Native of Calabria. Arrostia dichotoma, Raf. carat, p. 

 76. Flowers small, white. Capsule 4-5-valved. Calyx bractless. 

 Arrost's Gypsophila. FL June, July. PL prostrate. 



17 G. ASCE'NDENS (Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 138.) flowers pa- 

 nicled, small ; peduncles smooth, filiform, divaricating ; segments 

 of calyx acute, the same length with the corolla, stamens, and 

 pistils; stems prostrate; leaves lanceolate-linear. l/.H. Na- 

 tive of the Levant. Petals emarginate, white. 



Ascending-stemmed Gypsophila. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 PL prostrate. 



18 G. GLAU'CA (Stev. in litt. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 353.) 

 flowers panicled ; panicle divaricating ; branches few-flowered, 

 pubescent, clammy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat fleshy, 

 obtuse. If. H. Native of Caucasus. G. repens, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 318. ex Stev. in litt. Flowers white. 



Glaucous-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1822. PL l^ft. 



19 G. E'LEGANS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 319. suppl. 296.) flowers 

 dichotomously-panicled, glabrous ; petals emarginate, twice as 

 long as the calyx and stamens ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat 

 fleshy. O- H. Native of Tauria in gravelly places. Schrank. 

 pi. mon. t. 21. Very like G. viscosa, but the leaves are nar- 

 rower, and acute at both ends. Flowers pinkish. 



Elegant Gypsophila. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1818. PL 1 foot. 



20 G. CRE'TICA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 384.) stem pa- 

 niculately branched, smooth, viscid, but pubescent towards the 

 top ; flowers small, erect; calyx many-nerved; leaves linear- 

 awl-shaped, 3-nerved, smooth; petals small, entire. If,. H. 

 Native of Candia in arid places. Saponaria Cretica, Lin. spec. 

 584. Alp. exot. 292. t. 291. Flowers small, white above but 

 flesh-coloured beneath. Habit of G. rigida. 



Cretan Gypsophila. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1810. PL | foot. 



21 G. OCHROLEUCA (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 385.) 

 stems dichotomous, divaricating ; petals entire, spotted at the 

 base ; leaves awl-shaped, the lower ones linear and flaccid. 

 3f. H. Native on. mount Hymettus near Athens. Flowers 

 like those of G. Cretica, but the petals are spatulate, of a pale 

 straw-colour, and elegantly striped and spotted with purple at 

 the base. 



Cream-coloured-Qowered. Gypsophila. Fl. July. PL 1 foot. 



22 G. ILLY'RICA (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 386.) pubes- 

 cent ; stem tufted at the base, but dichotomously fastigiate at 

 the top ; leaves linear, 3-nerved, awl-shaped ; calyx 5-angled, 

 bractless ; petals obovate, white, with 3 dark purple dots at the 

 base of each. If . H. Native of Greece, Illyria, and Calabria. 

 Saponaria Illy'rica, Lin. mant. p. 70. Ard. spec. 2. p. 24. t. 

 9. Cup. panph. 2. t. 22. Flowers fastigiate, white, each petal 

 with 3 purple spots at the base, entire. Anthers blue. 



Illyrian Gypsophila. Fl. May, June. PL -| foot. 



23 G. STEVE' NI (Fisch. in litt. Schrank. hort. mon. t. 32.) 

 flowers panicled ; stem diffuse ; leaves linear-lanceolate, grassy, 

 keeled, grey; petals broad-linear, obtuse, entire. Tf.H. Native 

 of Iberia in stony places about Tiflis. G. repens, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 1. p. 318. exclusive of the synonymes. Flowers whitish. 



Steven's Gypsophila. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



24 G. GRAMINEA (Sibth. and Smith, prod. 1. p. 279.) flowers 

 panicled ; stem almost naked ; radical leaves linear, tufted ; 

 petals emarginate ; calyx pubescent, with roughish edges. If. . 

 H. Native on the mountains of the Morea. Radical leaves 

 numerous, grassy, pale-green, with scabrous margins. Flowers 

 rose-coloured. 



Grassy-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PL 

 prostrate. 



