CARYOPHYLLEJE. III. DIANTHUS. 



387 



nerved. %. H. Native of Tauria in sandy pastures. D. bi- 

 color, Adams. Very like D. dsper. Flowers deep purple, about 

 the size of those of D. deltoides. Petals villous at the throat. 

 Field Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. PL | to f foot. 



38 D. ALPE'STRIS (Balb. act. acad. taur. 7. p. 11. t. 1.) 

 flowers generally in pairs ; calycine scales 4, two inner ones 

 broad, mucronate ; petals emarginate. 7. H. Native in alpine 

 pastures of Europe. Perhaps a variety of D. mtidus or dsper. 

 Flowers red. 



A Ip Pink. Fl. July. Clt. 1817. PL | to f foot. 



39 D. NITIDUS (Walds. et Kit. pi. hung. 2. p. 209. t. 191.) 

 flowers disposed somewhat in bundles, two together ; calycine 

 scales ovate, awned, shorter than the tube ; petals deeply cre- 

 nated ; stem decumbent, flexuous, scabrous ; leaves linear, 

 lanceolate, obtuse. 1JL . H. Native of the Carpathian moun- 

 tains at the termination of the beech trees. Flowers red. 



Shining Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PL g foot. 



40 D. RAMOSI'SSIMUS (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 130.) flowers soli- 

 tary ; calycine scales 4, ovate, mucronate, shorter than the 

 cylindrical tube ; leaves flat, narrow ; stem weak, much branched. 

 1 . H. Native of Tartary. Flowers white. 



Much-branched Pink. Fl. July, Aug. PI. % foot. 



41 D. DIFFU'SUS (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 396.) flowers 

 somewhat corymbose ; calycine scales 2, furrowed, mucronate, one- 

 half shorter than the tube ; stems diffuse, ascending, smoothish. 

 I/. H. Native of the island of Cyprus. Flowers usually twin, 

 rose-coloured above and hairy at the base, reddish beneath and 

 yellowish-green at the base. 



Var. /3, graminifolhis (Presl. ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 179.) 

 leaves narrow. I/ . H. Native of Sicily. 



Diffuse-stemmed Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL | ft. 



42 D. ATTENUA'TUS (Smith, in Lin. trans. 2. p. 301.) stem 

 branched at the base ; flowers solitary ; calycine scales gene- 

 rally 6, short, lanceolate, acuminated, with membranaceous mar- 

 gins ; calyx long, tapering at the top ; petals crenated ; claws 

 exceeding the calyx ; leaves awl-shaped. 11 . H. Native of the 

 south of France by the sea-side. D. Lusitanicus, Brot. fl. lus. 

 2. p. 173. t. 73. D. longiflorus, Lam. diet. 4. p. 522. Stems 

 diffuse, much twisted and branched at the base ; floriferous 

 stems divided. Flowers flesh-coloured, scentless. 



Topered-calyxed Pink. Fl. July. Clt. 1822. PL foot. 



43 D. CAUCA'SICUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 327.) stem branched, 

 smooth ; flowers almost sessile, solitary ; calycine scales ovate, 

 awned, erect; shorter than the calyx; leaves awl- shaped, with 

 scabrous margins. 1 . H. Native of Eastern Caucasus in 

 subalpine fields. Sims, bot. mag. 795. This plant differs from 

 D. campestris, in the leaves being less glaucous. The petals 

 are more deeply toothed in the figure in the botanical magazine 

 than they are in the wild plant, and the leaves are more glau- 

 cous. Flowers small, deep purple. 



Caucasian Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. PL \ foot. 



44 D. HI'RTUS (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 593. t. 46.) flowers gene- 

 rally solitary ; calycine scales 6, ovate, awned, much shorter 

 than the calyx ; petals crenate, villous at the base ; leaves awl- 

 shaped, with scabrous margins. If.. H. Native on hills in 

 the province of Dauphiny, also in Tauria. D. scaber, Chaix. 

 but not of Thunb. nor Schleich. D. virgineus, Habl. Perhaps 

 only a variety of D. attemtdtus. Flowers pale-red. Stem pu- 

 bescent, simple or a little branched at the top. 



Hairy Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PL to 1 foot. 



45 G. GUTTA'TUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 328. suppl. 300.) stem pa- 

 nicled, smooth ; flowers solitary ; calycine scales 4, ovate, awned, 

 about equal in length to the tube ; leaves awl-shaped, nervously 

 striated, scabrous. If. H. Native in fields about Odessa, &c. 

 Petals purple, marked with numerous white spots. 



potted-flowered Pink. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1816. PL \ to 1 ft. 



46 D. PALLIDIFLORUS (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 358.) 

 stem smooth, loosely panicled ; flowers solitary ; calycine scales 

 ovate-lanceolate, awned, one-half shorter than the tube ; leaves 

 awl-shaped, straight, with scabrous margins, y. . H. Native 

 in grassy places on the borders of the river Volga. D. pallens, 

 Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 325. suppl. 298. but not of Sibth. Flowers 

 pale-red, rather villous at the base. 



Pale-flowered Pink. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



47 D. VERSICOLOR (Fisch. in Link. enum. 1. p. 420.) stem 

 panicled, many-flowered, smooth ; calycine scales cuspidate, 

 spreading, shorter ,than the tube ; petals from the throat pubes- 

 cent; leaves linear, roughish. If.. H. Native of the Russian 

 empire. Flowers red above and yellowish beneath ? 



Party-coloured-Rovfered. Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PL to 1 foot. 



48 D. PUBE'SCENS (Sibth. and Smith, fl. grsec. t. 397. prod. 

 1. p. 286. and D'Urv. enum. 47.) stem ascending, villous, 2-5- 

 flowered ; flowers solitary ; calyx scales ovate, awl-shaped, twice 

 as short as the tube ; calyx striated, villous, clammy, with short 

 teeth ; leaves linear, villous. $ . H. Native of Greece about 

 Athens. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 27. Flowers deep rose-coloured 

 above, dotted and hairy at the base, but greenish-yellow beneath. 



Pubescent Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL foot. 



49 D. PRATE'NSIS (Balb. fl. taur. suppl. 300.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, panicled ; flowers solitary ; calycine scales leafy, acumi- 

 nated, rather pressed to the calyx, outer ones lanceolate, equal 

 in length with the tube, inner ones shorter, ovate at the base ; 

 petals acutely toothed, rather bearded ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 lower ones bluntish, lanceolate. If. . H. Native of Tauria. D. 

 ochroleucus, Link. enum. 1. p. 420. but not of Persoon. D. 

 Tataricus, Fisch. in litt. Flowers pale-yellow, greenish beneath. 



Meadow Pink.^ Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1820. PL to 1 foot. 



50 D. MONTA'NUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 328.) stem smooth, 

 branched at the top, crowdedly dichotomous; flowers solitary, 

 approximate ; calycine scales 6, ovate, awned, shorter than the 

 tube, with a leafy spreading point ; leaves linear- awl-shaped, 3- 

 nerved, hairy. If. . H. Native of Caucasus on grassy moun- 

 tains. D. discolor, Sims, bot. mag. 1162.? Flower large, pur- 

 ple, olive-coloured on the under surface. Petals sharply- 

 toothed, villous in the throat. 



Mountain Pink. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1803. PL to 1 foot. 



51 D. OCHROLEU'CUS (Pers. ench. 1. p. 494. but not of Link.) 

 stems elongated, branched ; flowers solitary ; calycine scales 2, 

 ovate-lanceolate, almost one-half shorter than the tube ; segments 

 of calyx narrow, long ; petals obovate-linear, almost entire ; 

 leaves short, linear-awl-shaped. 1 . H. Native of the Levant. 

 Flower small, pale-yellow, or whitish. 



Cream-coloured-flowered Pink. FL July, Aug. PL 1 foot. 



52 D. CARYOPHY'ILUS (Lin. spec. 587.) stem branched ; 

 flowers solitary ; calycine scales 4, very short, ovate, rather mu- 

 cronate ; petals very broad, beardless ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, 

 channelled, glaucous. % . H. Native of the south of France; 

 in England on old ruinous walls, particularly on Rochester, 

 Deal, Sandown, and other old castles, plentifully on walls in 

 Norwich, and other old towns. Smith, engl. bot. t. 214. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 39. Flowers from single to double, white, yellow, 

 purple, and variegated, indeed of all colours, blue excepted. 



Var. ft, fibre plena ; flowers double, called Carnation, Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 89. 



Var. y, fructicosus; called Tree Carnation. 



Var. S, imbricatus (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1622.) branches short ; 

 calycine scales numerous, imbricating ; called Wheat-ear Car- 

 nation, or Clove. The flowers of the Clove Gillyfiower or Clove 

 Pink are used in pharmacy to give a pleasant flavour and beauti- 

 ful colour to an officinal syrup. The variety which is officinal 

 surpasses all the others in the richness of its smell ; it is of a 

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