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* Herbaceous perennial. Flowers large, aggregate. Leaves 

 broadish-lanceolate. 



9 D. BARBA'TUS (Lin. spec. 586.) flowers aggregate, in bun- 

 dles ; calycine scales ovate-awl-shaped, equal in length to the 

 tube ; petals bearded ; leaves lanceolate, nerved. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive of the South of France and Germany in gravelly or sandy 

 places. Flowers very variable in colour, from dark purple to 

 white or variegated or speckled, single and double. 



Sweet-William is a very old inhabitant of the gardens, and 

 was very much esteemed in the time of Gerarde for its beauty, 

 to deck up the bosoms of the beautiful, and garlands and crowns 

 for pleasure. The varieties are endless, but as the plant has never 

 been treated as a leading florist's flower, they have not been 

 named or improved. A hybrid variety called the mule or Fair- 

 child's Sweet- William is supposed to be produced from the seeds 

 of the carnation impregnated with Sn eet- William, but we think 

 it more likely to be the double variety of D. Poiretianus. 



Var. ft, latifblius (Set. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 356.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers aggregate. 



Var. y, paniculatus (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate ; stem panicled. 



Far. d, pedunculbsus (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) leaves lanceo- 

 late ; flowers stalked, loose. 



Var. c, dentosus (Fisch. in litt.) this plant does not appear to 

 differ from some varieties of D. barbatus. Native of Siberia ? 



Bearded Pink or Sweet- William. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1573. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



10 D. LATirbLios (Willd. enum. p. 466.) flowers aggregate, 

 racemosely-corymbose ; calycine scales ovate-lanceolate, at last 

 exceeding the length of the calyx ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 i;. H. Native ? Sweet, fl. gard. t. 2. The habit of this plant 

 is referable to D, barbatus, but the leaves are broader and the 

 flowers are disposed in corymbose racemes, and double the size. 

 Perhaps it is the var. y of D. barbatus. Flowers pink. 



Broad-leaved Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 1 j foot. 



11 D. CARIOPHYLLOIDES (Schult. obs. 78.) flowers aggregate, 

 in bundles ; calycine scales ovate, mucronate, short ; petals 

 toothed, beardless ; leaves glaucous, broad, channelled, without 

 nerves, connate and ciliated at the base. 3." H. Native? 

 Flowers red, sweet-scented. 



Clove-like Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 1^ foot. 



12 D. SILENOIDES (Poir. diet. 4. p. 514.) stem? calycine 

 scales ovate-lanceolate ; leaves somewhat aggregate, rather obo- 

 vate, covered with glandular dots, ciliated. % . H. Native ? 

 Flowers probably red. This plant is hardly known. 



Catckfly-like Pink. Fl. July. PI. 1 foot. 



13 D. AGGREGA'TUS (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 124.) flowers aggre- 

 gate, sessile ; calycine scales broad, mucronate, with membrana- 

 ceous margins, longer than the tube ; leaves lanceolate, many- 

 nerved. "H. . H. Native ? Perhaps only a variety of D. 

 barbatus. Flowers purple. 



Aggregate-dowered Pink. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PL 1 ft. 



14 D. JAPO'NICUS (Thunb. fl. jap. 183. t. 23.) flowers aggre- 

 gate in bundles ; calycine scales lanceolate, acute, ciliated, one- 

 half shorter than the tube ; leaves ovate, short, nerveless. 1 . F. 

 Native of Japan. Habit of D. barbatus var. pedunculosus, but 

 the leaves are very short. Flowers pink or dark red. 



Japan Pink. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. PI. 1 foot. 



15 D. CHINE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 588.) stem branched, flowers 

 solitary or somewhat aggregate ; calycine scales linear-lanceolate, 

 leafy, cuspidate, spreading, equal in length with the tube ; petals 

 toothed, purple, or white, spotted with red ; leaves lanceolate, 

 pale-green. $. H. Native of China. Mill. icon. 81. f. 2. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 28. Flowers very variable in colour, but usually 

 reddish, and are either single or double. 



VOL. i. PART. v. 



China Pink. FI. July, Sept. Clt. 1713. PL i to 1 foot. 



16 D. POIRETIA'NUS (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 360.) 

 flowers terminal, corymbose, lower ones solitary ; calycine scales 

 awl-shaped at apex, much shorter than the tube ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, with rough margins. 1 . H. Native ? D. corym- 

 bosus, fl. purpureo, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 124. but not of Sibth. 

 and Smith. Flowers purple. There is a variety of this plant 

 with double flowers, which is probably D. hybridus or mule pink 

 of the gardens. See D. barbatus, no. 9. 



Poiret's Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL \ to | foot. 



17 D. PULCHE'LLUS (Schrad.) flowers terminal, aggregate, 

 rarely solitary ; calycine scales ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, equal 

 with or longer than the tube ; lowest leaves obovately-lanceolate, 

 upper ones lanceolate, all ciliated, particularly towards the base. 

 3f.H. Native? Flowers purple. Leaves green. 



Pretty Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 827. PL \ to foot. 



* * Herbaceous, perennial. Flowers capitate, usually involu- 

 crate. Leaves narrow, pungent. 



18 D. PINIFOLIUS (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. prod. 1. p. 284.) 

 flowers aggregate, capitate ; bracteas obcordate, awned, equal 

 in length with the head of flowers ; calycine scales shorter than 

 the tube ; leaves setaceous. I/ . or T? . H. Native of Thrace 

 and about Constantinople. Tab. icon. 668. f. 13. Very like D. 



junipermus of Lin. trans. 2. p. 303. Flowers pink. 

 Pine-leaved Pink. FL July. PL 1 foot. 



19 D. CEPHALOTES (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 356.) 

 flowers almost sessile, capitate ; calycine scales imbricated, mu- 

 cronulate at top and spreading, a little shorter than the tube ; 

 leaves elongated, narrow ; stem angular, rather hairy. 1 . H. 

 Native of? D. capitatus, Poir. diet. 4. p. 124. Flowers red. 



Headed Pink. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1823. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



20 D. CAPITA' TUS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 103.) 

 plant somewhat glaucous ; flowers aggregate, capitate ; calycine 

 scales ovate, awned, shorter than the tube ; involucrum ovate, 

 awned, length of the head of flowers ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 nerveless ; upper ones dilated at the base. Flowers dark red. 

 T. H. Native in grassy places of Tauria and Caucasus. D. 

 atrorubens, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 324. but not of Allioni. D.. 

 Carthusianorum, Pall. 



Capote-flowered Pink. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1817. PL 14ft. 



21 D. POLYMO'RPHUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 324. suppl. 298.) 

 plant dark green ; flowers sessile, capitate ; involucrum short ; 

 calycine scales 6, ovate, acute, not above half as long as the 

 calyx; leaves narrow, scabrous. I/. H. Native of Tauria 

 and Caucasus, and on the Lower Volga, abundant. D. atratus, 

 Beaupre in litt. ? Flowers pale red. 



Polymorphous Pink. Fl.Ju. Oct. Clt. 1817. PL 1 foot. 



22 D. DIU'TINUS (Kit. in Link. enum. 1. p. 419.) plant green ; 

 flowers paniculately-fastigiate and solitary, stalked ; calycine 

 scales ovate, acute, not above half the length of the calyx ; 

 leaves narrow, scabrous. If. H. Native of Hungary. Sweet, 

 fl. gard. icon. ined. Flowers pale red. 



Durable or Day Pink. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL 1 ft. 



23 D. BALBI'SII (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 356.) plant 

 glaucous ; flowers almost sessile, in capitate bundles ; calycine 

 scales lanceolate, spreading a little, shorter than the tube ; leaves 

 lanceolate-linear; stem angular. 1. H. Native near Genoa, 

 Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 23. D. glaucophjfllus, Horn, ex herb. Balb. 

 Leaves lanceolate-linear, not unlike those of the carnation. 

 Flowers red. 



Var. ft, paniculatus (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) flowers in pa- 

 nicled bundles. 



Balbis's Pink. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1817. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



24 D. GIGANTE'US (D'Urv. enum. pi. archip. p. 45.) plant 

 green ; flowers numerous, sessile, disposed in hemispherical 



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