DIANTHUS 



DIANTHUS 



999 



Dalmatia to Finland. G. 26: 433. Var. giaucus, Blocki, 

 connects this species with No. 9. 



DD. Teeth of calyx acuminate or attenuate. 

 11. monspessulanus, Linn. Sts. terete, glabrous, 

 branching, 12-20 in.: Ivs. linear, acuminate, plane, 

 spreading but strict, 5- 

 nerved: fls. solitary or 2 or 

 3 together, showy, odorless; 

 petals rose, rarely white, 

 cut or fimbriate; calyx at- 

 tenuated at top, the teeth 

 7-nerved. Spain to Cau- 

 casus. 



12. squarrdsus, Bieb. 

 Cespitose: sts. terete, slender 

 and squarrosely few-fld., gla- 

 brous, more or less branching, 

 1 J^-2 ft. : Ivs. linear, acute, cana- 

 liculate, recurved: fls. rose; petals 

 oblong, pinnately many-parted. 

 Russia, Siberia. 



13. petraeus, Waldst. & Kit. 

 Cespitose, glabrous, the sts. slen- 

 der and simple, 1 ft. or less: Ivs. 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, keeled, 

 spreading, 3-nerved: fls. white, 

 fragrant ; petal - limb obovate, 

 fimbriate but not bearded. Bul- 

 garia, Austria. B.M. 1204. 



14. fimbriatus, Bieb. Suffruti- 

 cose, glabrous, the sts. simple, 1 

 ft. : Ivs. linear, acute, appressed, 

 3-nerved, plane or keeled: fls. 

 variable, rose-colored, much fim- 

 briate, bearded. Var. orientalis, 

 Williams (D. orientalis, Donn), 

 has fls. with linear-cuneate petals, 

 strongly imbricate obovate 

 straw-colored bracts. B.M. 1069. 

 A very variable species, rang- 

 ing from Portugal to Thibet. 



15. superbus, Linn. Fig. 1252. 

 Glabrous, light green: sts. 10-20 

 in., dichotomous and branched 

 at top, terete and slender: Ivs. 



lance-linear, acute, 3-5-nerved, rather soft, plane: fls. 

 very fragrant, in a lax forking panicle; petals lilac, dis- 

 sected below the middle. Norway to Japan and Spain. 

 Variable. B.M. 297. A handsome species; garden 

 forms are sometimes offered. 



cc. Petals only dentate (except perhaps in some garden 

 forms). 



16. csesius, Smith. CHEDDAR PINK. Cespitose, 

 glabrous, glaucous: sts. 12 in. or less, simple, or forked 

 above, 4-angled, 1-2-fld.: Ivs. lance-linear, plane, 

 3-nerved, the cauline acute and keeled: fls. showy, 

 fragrant, the petal-limb rose-colored, obovate-cuneate 

 and irregularly toothed. Eu. G.C. III. 44:214. Gn. 

 64, p. 236. Runs into several forms. 



17. sylvestris, Wulf. (D. virgineus, Hort.). Cespitose, 

 slender, 1 ft. high, the st. simple or somewhat branched, 

 angular-compressed and bearing 1-3 odorless fls.: Ivs. 

 tufted, linear and sharp-pointed, scabrous on the 

 margins: fls. rather small, red, the petals obovate- 

 cuneate and shallow-toothed. Spain to Greece and 

 Austria. Very variable. Pretty perennial border plant. 

 Var. frigidus, Williams (D. frigidus, Kit.) is a dwarf 

 Hungarian form. 



18. attenuates, Smith. Cespitose, glaucous, woody 

 at base, the sts. diffuse and tortuose, 20 in.: Ivs. linear, 

 acute, plane, 3-nerved: fls. small, solitary or twin but 

 disposed in a lax panicle, odorless, rose-colored; petal- 

 limb oblong. Eu. 



1252. Dianthus 

 superbus. (XH) 



19. Caryophyllus, Linn. CARNATION. CLOVE PINK 

 PICOTEE. GRENADINE. Figs. 801-818. Plate XXII. 

 Cespitose, glabrous, 1-3 ft., the sts. hard or almost 

 woody below, the nodes or joints conspicuous: Ivs. 

 thick, long-linear, very glaucous, keeled, 5-nerved, 

 stiffish at the ends: fls. mostly solitary, showy, very 

 fragrant, rose, purple or white; calyx-bracts 4, very 

 broad, abruptly pointed. B.M. 39 (Bizarre Carnation); 

 1622 (var. imbricatus); 2744 (Picotees). Generally sup- 

 posed to be native to the Medit. region, but Williams 

 gives its geographical limits as "north and west Nor- 

 mandy" and "south and east Punjaub" (northwestern 

 Hindoostan). In Eu. it is largely grown as an outdoor 

 pink, but in this country it is chiefly known as the 

 greenhouse carnation. The American forcing type 

 (which may be called var. longicaulis) is distinguished 

 by very long stems and a continuous blooming habit; 

 it is here the carnation of commerce. Garden varieties 

 of D. Caryophyhus are numberless, and they often pass 

 under Latinized names (D. punctatus, Hort., is one of 

 these names). See Carnation. The carnation has 

 been long in cult. The bloom is now very variable 

 in size, form and color; originally probably pale lilac. 

 Fragrant. 



BB. Calyx-bracts half the length of the calyx, mostly 

 narrow-pointed, more or less spreading at the tips: 

 Ivs. short and spreading, the radical ones obtuse 

 or nearly so. 



20. deltoides, Linn. MAIDEN PINK. Fig. 1253. Densely 

 tufted, 6-10 in., blooming in spring and early summer, 

 creeping: sts. ascending, forking, with solitary fls. 

 on the branchlets: st.-lvs. an inch long, linear-lanceo- 

 late, sharp-pointed: fls. small (K-%in. across), the 

 petals toothed, deep red with a crimson eye, the petals 

 bearing an inverted V-shaped pocket at their base 

 (whence the name deltoides), fragrant. Scotland to 

 Norway and Japan. Gn. 66, p. 224. G.M. 55:28. G.W. 

 14, p. 181. One of the prettiest border pinks, making 

 neat mats of foliage and bearing profusely of the little 

 bright fls. There is a white-fld. variety. 



21. alpinus, Linn. More or less cespitose, very dwarf, 

 the 1-fld. slender sts. rarely reaching more than 3-4 

 in. high, more or less prostrate: foliage dark shining 

 green, the Ivs. linear or lance-linear, those on the st. 

 keeled and strict: fl. 1 in. or more across, odorless, deep 

 rose or purplish and crimson spotted, a darker ring 

 around the eye. Russia to Greece and Swiss Alps. B.M. 

 1205. Gn. 26:184; 47, p. 292; 45, p. 53. Gt. 4:110. 

 G.W. 8, p. 14. One of the choicest of alpine and rock- 

 work plants. Var. repens, Regel (D. repens, Willd.), 

 of Siberia and Alaska, has a single root and procumbent 

 sts. branched from near base: fls. purple; calyx some- 

 what inflated, Hin. long. Apparently not cult. This 

 is kept as a distinct species by some. 



22. versicolor, .Fisch. Glabrous, the sts. 10-12 in., 

 terete, paniculately branched: Ivs. narrow-linear, 

 plane, those on the st. becoming scale-like: fls. loosely 

 paniculate, the petal-limb obovate-cuneate, red-spotted 

 above and greenish 



yellow beneath; 

 calyx-teeth lanceo- 

 late, acute. Altai 

 Mts., Siberia. 



23. callizonus, 

 Schott & Kotschy. 

 Smooth and glau- 

 cous, the sts. terete, 

 1-fld., 12-16 in.: Ivs. 

 canaliculate, 3-5- 

 nerved, the radical 

 linear-1 anceolate 

 and acute, the cau- 

 line lance-linear and 



acuminate: petal- 1253. Dianthus deltoides. 



