392 



CARYOPHYLLEyE. III. DIANTHUS. 



face, but lead-coloured on the under surface, sometimes entire 

 and acutish. Perhaps a variety of D. pomeridianus. 



Slender-petalled Pink. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1814. PI. 1 ft. 



64 D. PU'NGENS (Lin. mant. p. 240.) stem few-flowered ; 

 flowers solitary ; calycine scales very short, mucronate, spread- 

 ing ; tube of calyx gibbous ; petals entire ; leaves tufted, awl- 

 shaped. If. . H. Native of Spain by the sea-coast. Flowers 

 pink or white. 



Var. ft, Hispanicus (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 360.) 

 calycine scales ovate ; petals linear, very entire. Asso, syn. 

 no. 371. t. 3. Dufour, ann. gen. 7. p. 309. Flowers pink. 



Pungent-leaved Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1781. PL J to 

 1 foot. 



65 D. DIVAKICA'TUS (D'Urv. enum. pi. archip. p. 46.) stem 

 branched, divaricating; branches very long, straight, 1 -flowered; 

 calycine scales 4, ovate-lanceolate, very acute, with membra- 

 naceous margins, almost equalling in length the calyx ; calyx coni- 

 cal, striated, with the stripes granularly-dotted ; petals acutely- 

 toothed ; leaves very narrow, flaccid. $ . H. Native of the 

 island of Same. Flowers pale purple, but green on the out- 

 side. 



Z)zarica/e-branched Pink. Fl. July, August. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. |. to 1 foot. 



66 D. BI'COLOR (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 329.) stem panicled, 

 flowers solitary ; calycine scales 4, very short, almost orbicular, 

 mucronulated ; petals dilated ; leaves awl-shaped, lower ones 

 tomentose. If. . H. Native of Tauria in arid fields. D. sax- 

 atilis, Pall. ined. taur. Stature and size of flowers like those 

 of D. caryophyllus Petals white above and lead-coloured 

 beneath. Calycine scales truncate, mucronate. 



Var. fl, minor (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 361.) leaves 

 shorter ; flowers smaller ; calyx shorter and more turgid at the 

 base. 1 . H. Native of the south of Tauria in stony places. 



Tjvo-coloured-fiovfered Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



67 D. INTE'OER (Vis. in bot. Zeit. 1828.) smooth; stem 

 prostrate, diffuse; branches ascending, 1 -flowered; leaves linear, 

 flat, with scabrous margins ; calycine scales 4, broad-ovate, un- 

 equally awned; petals obovate, entire, beardless, short. Tj.. H. 

 Native of Dalmatia. Flowers small, white. Calyx dark-purple ; 

 stems decumbent, and nearly creeping. 



.Eniire-petalled Pink. Fl. July. PI. decumbent. 



68 D. RACEMOSUS (Vis. 1. c.) smooth, root woody; stem 

 erect, simple ; leaves linear, stiff, acute, channelled with sca- 

 brous margins ; flowers solitary or in fascicles, loosely race- 

 mose, secund, lower ones stalked, upper ones sessile ; ca- 

 lycine scales in a triple series, imbricate, lanceolate, acuminated, 

 nerved, with scarious margins ; petals obovate, beardless, en- 

 tire. "%.. H. Native of Dalmatia. Flowers rose-coloured, 

 hardly sweet-scented. 



.Racemose-flowered Pink. Fl. July, Aug. PL 1 foot. 



69 D. FURCA V TUS (Balb. act. acad. taur. 7. p. 12. f. 2. but not 

 of Horn.) stem smooth, dichotomously-branched, 2-4-flowered ; 

 flowers solitary ; peduncles distant from each other ; calycine 

 scales opposite, generally twin, much shorter than the tube. 

 If. . H. Native of Piedmont near Tenda. D. geminiflorus, 

 Lois. fl. gall. p. 725 ? Flowers flesh-coloured. 



Forked-stemmed Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PL i to 1 

 foot. 



70 D. VIRGINEUS (Lin. spec. 590.) stem generally 1 or few- 

 flowered ; calycine scales very short and very blunt, twin, 

 distant ; petals crenated ; leaves tufted, linear, stiff, serrulated. 

 7/ . H. Native about Montpelier. D. rupestris, Lin. fil. suppL 

 p. 240. D. pungens, Poir. diet. 4. p. 526. Dill, elth. 401. 

 p. 298. t. 385 ? Flowers red or blood-coloured. 



Var. |3, subacaulis (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 361.) 



stems tufted, very short, 1 -flowered; leaves and calycine scales 

 short. I/. H. Native of Mount Ventoso on rocks. D. 

 subacaulis, Vill. delph. 3. p. 597. Lois, not p. 66. t. 6. f. 1. 

 Virgin Pink. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. | to 1 foot. 



71 D. CILIA'TUS (Guss. pi. rar. p. 168. t. 33.) stem erect, a 

 little branched at the top ; leaves nerveless, with ciliately-serru- 

 lated margins ; flowers solitary ; peduncles bifid ; calycine scales 

 6, pressed, acuminately-awned, about one half shorter than the 

 calyx ; petals smooth, obovate, entire, or obsoletely-toothed. 

 If. H. Native on arid chalky hills at the bottoms of the moun- 

 tains in South Abruzzo. Plant hardly glaucous. Stem rather 

 pubescent. Flowers of a reddish-blue colour. This plant comes 

 near to D. Hornemanni, D. C. but differs from it in the leaves 

 being nerveless, and in the petals being entire or obsoletely 

 toothed, not deeply toothed. 



Ciliated-leaved Pink. Fl. June, July. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



72 D. DELTOIDES (Lin. spec. 588.) stems ascending, branched; 

 flowers solitary ; calycine scales ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4, but 

 generally twin ; upper leaves narrow, acute, pubescent; lower ones 

 oblong, obtuse. If. H. Native on sandy banks and in woods 

 in many parts of Europe. In Britain in pastures and the grassy 

 borders of fields on a gravelly or sandy soil and on banks. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 61. D. supinus. Lain. fl. fr. 2. p. 534. D. pyre- 

 naicus, Pourr. act. toul. 3. p. 318. D. volgensis, hort. erf. ex. 

 herb. Balb. D. hyssopifolius, Hort. Dill. elth. 400. t. 298. 

 f. 384. Flowers rose-coloured, with a dark circle. 



Var. /3, glaucus (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 361.) flowery 

 white with a dark circle ; leaves and stems rather glaucous. D. 

 glaucus, Lin. spec. 588. Native of King's Park, Edinburgh. 



Deltoid-leaved or Maiden Pink. Fl. July, Oct. Britain. 

 PL i to f foot. 



73 D. PA'LLENS (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 399.) stem pa- 

 nicled, many-flowered; branches 1-2-flowered at the apex and 

 rising from the axils of the leaves ; calycine scales 4, ovate, acu- 

 minated, very short ; leaves lax, acute. If. . H. Native "of Asia 

 Minor near Smyrna. Petals beardless, bifid, white above but 

 brownish-green beneath. 



Pafe-flowered Pink. Fl. June, Aug. PL 1 foot. 



74 D. NASARJE'US (Clark, itin. vol. 3. ex Spreng. neue. entd. 

 3. p. 161.) flowers solitary ; stems somewhat branched ; calycine 

 scales one-half shorter than the tube, ovate, acute, pressed to 

 the calyx ; petals 6-toothed ; leaves elongated, linear, awl- 

 shaped, 3-nerved, with scabrous margins. If.. H. Native of 

 Palestine. 



Nazare Pink. FL July, Aug. PL 1 foot. 



75 D. MARGINA'TUS (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 131.) stem branched ; 

 flowers solitary ; calycine scales acute, unequal, shorter than 

 calyx ; leaves linear, marginated. If. . H. Native on Mount 

 Jura. Very near D. nitidus. Scales of calyx marginated. 

 Flowers white. 



Marginated-leaved Pink. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1820. PL | to ft. 



76 D. CRENA'TUS (Thunb. prod. 81.) stem branched ; flowers 

 solitary ; calycine scales 6, lanceolate, cuspidate, pressed to the 

 calyx ; petals glabrous, obovate, fringed ; claws of petals longer 

 than calyx ; leaves linear-acuminated, channelled. If . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker. bot. reg. 256. Flowers 

 white. Calyx long-tubular. 



CVenafed-petalled Pink. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 1 to 3 ft. 



77 D. STERNBE'ROII (Sibth. ex cat. hort. taur. 1821. p. 24.) 

 stems generally 2-flowered ; calycine scales 4, ovate, acute, 

 pressed, one-half shorter than the tube ; petals wedge-shaped, 

 serrated, pubescent ; leaves linear. If . H. Flowers red. 



Sternberg's Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PL 1 foot. 



78 D. BIFLORUS (Smith, fl. grsec. t. 393.) flowers in pairs ; 

 calycine scales 4, cuneated, very obtuse, awned, spreading, shorter 

 than the calyx; leaves linear, 3-nerved. If. H. Native on 



