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CARYOPHYLLE^;. I. GYPSOPHILA. II. BANFFYA. III. DIANTHUS. 



linear, obtuse ; flowers capitate ; bracteas crowded, pointed, 

 membranous ; petals obtuse, quite entire. I/ . H. Native of 

 Candia. Flowers 4-6 in a head. Teeth of calyx acute. 

 Petals white, variegated on the under surface with 3 red lines. 



Pink-like Gypsophila. Fl. July. PL 1 foot. 



42 G. MULTICAU us (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 875.) stems numerous, 

 straight, simple ; leaves pressed to the stem and sheathing at the 

 base, awl- shaped, nervose ; flower terminal, solitary, sessile. 

 y. . H. Native of Switzerland. Perhaps a variety of G. 

 saxifraga. Flowers pink. 



Many-stemmed Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. PI. ^ foot. 



Cult. The species of Gypsophila are for the most part orna- 

 mental plants, and are well adapted for flower-borders or rock- 

 work, particularly the smaller ones for the latter purpose. A 

 chalky soil suits them best, and cuttings planted under a hand- 

 glass root freely, but the best mode of increasing them is by 

 seeds, which ripen in abundance. The annual species only re- 

 quire to be sown in the flower-border or on rock-work in the 

 beginning of April. 



II. BA'NFFYA (Banffy the name of some botanist known to 

 Baumgarten.) Baumg. fl. trans, ex Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 

 300. B.C. prod. 1. p. 355. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx tubular, deeply 

 5-parted, permanent. Petals 5, undivided. Stamens 5 fertile, 

 and 5 sterile. Pistils 2. Capsules 1 -celled, few-seeded. 

 Scarcely differing from Gypsophila, unless in the tubular calyx, 

 and number of seeds. 



1 B. PETR^A (Baumg. 1. c.) stems herbaceous, straight, tufted ; 

 leaves linear, obtuse, keeled ; bracteas minute ; calyx coloured. 

 I/ ? H. Native of Transylvania in the Alps of Dinaria. Gyp- 

 sophila Transylvania, Spreng. syst. append, p. 179. Flowers 

 white or red. 



Rock Banffya. Fl. June, July ? PI. | to 1 foot. 



Cult. This plant is well adapted for rock-work. It may be 

 either propagated by seeds or by cuttings, which will root freely 

 if planted under a hand-glass. 



III. DIA'NTHUS (from ciioe, divine, and avSoe, anthos, a 

 flower ; in allusion to the exquisite fragrance of the blossoms of 

 most of the species, as well as from the unrivalled neatness and 

 brilliancy of the flowers.) Lin. gen. no. 770. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 355. 



LIN,. SYST. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, 

 furnished at the base with 2-4-6 opposite imbricate scales. Petals 

 5, with long claws. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsules 1 -celled. 

 Seeds flat, convex on one side and concave on the other, peltate. 

 Embryo scarcely curved. Evergreen mostly glaucous herbs. 

 The Pink, Carnation, Clove, Deptford Pink, and Sweet-Wil- 

 liam, give a very good idea of this genus. 



SECT. I. ARMERIA'STRUM (Armeria is the Latin for Sweet- 

 William, and astrum, an affixed signification, in allusion to the 

 plants agreeing with Sweet- William in having aggregate flowers). 

 Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 355. Flowers capitate or co- 

 rymbose, sessile, or stalked. 



1 . Bracteas ovate, Hunt. 



1 D. PRO'LIFER (Lin. spec. 587.) flowers aggregate, capitate; 

 calyx scales ovate, awnless, higher than the tube ; leaves serru- 

 lated. Q. H. Native throughout Europe by the margins of 

 woods and fields. In England in gravelly places, but rare. 

 In Selsey island, Sussex ; . meadows between Hampton Court 

 and Teddington ; in the border of a field opposite St. Aus- 

 tin's gates, Norwich ; in a marl pit at Landridge hill, Han- 

 ley, Worcestershire. Smith, engl. bot. t. 956. Fl. dan. 221. 



Tunica prolifera, Scop. earn. no. 503. Flowers small, pale- 

 red. Seeds ovate, flat. Heads of flowers involucrate. 



Far. 13, diminutus (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 741.) flowers generally 

 solitary. Dianthus diminutus, Lin. spec. 587. fl. graec. 394. 



Proliferous Pink. Fl. July, Aug. England. PI. 1 to 1^ ft. 



2 D. SPINOSUS (Desf. in ann. mus. 1. p. 198. t. 16. f. 1.) 

 shrubby, procumbent ; flowers capitate, sessile ; leaves stiff", 

 awl-shaped, pungent. Jj. F. Native of Persia. Petals linear, 

 of a very pale rose-colour. Habit of Drypis spinosa, and with 

 the flowers about the same size. Calycine scales equal in length 

 to the tube. 



Spinose-]eavec\ Pink. Fl. June, July. Shrub \ foot. 



2. Bracteas lanceolate, acute. Calyx striated, villous. 

 Flowers scentless. 



* Herbaceous. Annual. 



3 D. ARME'RIA (Lin. spec. 586.) flowers aggregate, in loose 

 bundles; scales of calyx 2, lanceolate-awl-shaped, equal in length 

 with the tube ; leaves lanceolate-awl-shaped, and are as well as 

 calyx hairy ; petals beardless. Q. H. Native in pastures and 

 about hedges on a gravelly soil in many parts of Europe. In 

 several parts of Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 317. Curt. fl. 

 lond. 134. fl. dan. t. 230. D. hirtus, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 533. but 

 not of Vill. Flowers speckled wiih pink and white, only one 

 open at a time in each tuft. 



Far. ft ; flowers solitary. 



Armeria or Deptford Pink. Fl. Jul. Aug. Brit. PI. 1 foot. 



4 D. CORYMBOSUS (Sibth. and Smith, fl. grasc. t. 395.) flowers 

 somewhat aggregate ; calycine scales 2, lanceolate, villbus, 

 shorter than the tube ; stem branched, divaricating, many- 

 flowered, pubescent. O- H. Native of Asia Minor. Flowers 

 rose-coloured above and spotted, but yellowish-green below. 



Corymbose-fiowered Pink. Fl. July. PI. 2 feet. 



5 D. ARMERIOIDES (Rafin. in Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 2. 

 p. 269.) flowers aggregate ; calycine scales longer than the 

 calyx, striated, scabrous ; leaves linear, scabrous, shorter than 

 the spaces of the stem between the leaves ; stem simple, upper 

 part rough. O- H. Native of North America in meadows in 

 New Jersey. Flowers red. 



Armeria-like Pink. Fl Jul. Aug. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 foot. 



* * Herbaceous. Perennial. 



C D. PSEU'DO-ARME'RIA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 323. suppl. 297.) 

 flowers in dense, aggregate bundles ; calycine scales ovate-awl- 

 shaped, equal in length to the tube ; petals bearded ; leaves awl- 

 shaped, strict, beset with scabrous pubescence. If. . H. Native 

 of Tauria in dry stony places. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2288. D. 

 barbatus, Pall. ined. Taur. Very like D. Armeria, but is co- 

 vered all over with hoary down, not hairy. Flowers rose- 

 coloured, pale beneath. 



Far. fl ; bracteas divaricating ; calyx short. This is a mon- 

 strosity. 



False Armeria Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 ft. 



7 D. DISCOLOR (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1162.) flowers aggregate ; 

 calycine scales longer than the tube, striated, rough ; leaves 

 green, linear, shorter than the internodes ; stem simple, branched 

 at the top, rough. 3. H. Native of Caucasus. Flowers pur- 

 ple, pale beneath. Perhaps the same as the preceding. 



Tno-coloured-Qoweied Pink. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1803. PI. 

 1 foot. 



8 D. CAROLINIA'NUS (Walt. fl. car. 140.) flowers aggregate, 

 on long stalks ; calycine scales one-half snorter than the tube. 

 1? H. Native of Carolina. Flowers red. 



Carolinian Pink. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1811. PI. | foot. 



3. Bracteas ovate or lanceolate; calyx hardly striated, 

 glabrous. Flowers fragrant. 



