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2. I). Armcria (L.); fl. close together, cal.-scales and bracts 

 lanceolate- subulate herbaceous downy ribbed equalling the tube, 

 st. and linear I. downy, seeds nearly flat on one side slightly hol- 

 lowed and with a longitudinal keel in its middle rough pointed 

 at one end. E. B. 317. R. vi. 249. St. 12 ft. high, erect, 

 branched. Pet. rose-coloured, speckled with white dots, toothed^ 

 Waste places, rare. A. VII. VIII. Deptford Pink. E. 



** Fl. solitary, one or more on the stem. 



*3. D.plumdrius (L.); st. 2 5-flowered./?, solitary, cal.-scales 

 roundish-ovate shortly mucronate 4-fold shorter than the tube, 

 /. rouyh at the edge linear-subulate, pet. digitate multijid as far as 

 tlie middle with the central entire part obovate downy, barren 

 st. procumbent rooting much branched, seeds jiat orbicular with 

 a point on one side. JR. vi. 257. E. B. S. 2979. Flowering- 

 stems 6 12 in. high. Calyx-teeth ciliate at the margin, 

 slightly shorter than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, sometimes 

 white, fragrant. Old walls. P. VI. Common Pink. E. 



*4. D. Caryophyl' lus (L.) ; fl. solitary, cal.-scales broadly ob- 

 ovate pointed three fourths shorter than the tube, /. with smooth 

 edges linear, pet. crenate-dentate ovate glabrous, barren st. elon- 

 gate procumbent branching, seeds pyrii'orm nearlv flat. E. B. 

 214. It. vi. 268. Fl.-stems 1218 in. high. Calyx-teeth not 

 ciliate, longer than the capsule. Fl. pink, fragrant. Old walls, 

 Kent. P. VII. VIII. Clove Pink. E. S. ? 



[D. gal'licus (Pers.), resembling Sp. 5 in habit and stature but witlT^ 

 base of st. clothed with minute papillate hairs, cal. longer cylindrical, 

 and pet. deeply and irregularly cut into sublinear obtuse lobes, occurs in 

 Jersey, but its status is uncertain.] 



5. D. gratianopolitdnus (Vill.) ; st. mostly single-flowered, 

 cal.-scales adpressed roundish shortly pointed three fourths 

 shorter than the tube, L with rough edges linear, pet. obovate 

 crenately-cut bearded, barren stems long procumbent branching, 

 seeds ovate pointed at one end. E. B. 62. JR. vi. 265. 

 D. C(Bsiu8 (Sm.) ed. viii. Flowering-stem 6 8 in. high. Fl. 

 pale rose-colour, fragrant. Limestone cliffs at Cheddar, Som. 

 P. VI. VII. Cheddar Pink. E. 



6. D. deltoides (L.) ; fl. solitary, cal.-scales usually 2 ovate 

 with a subulate point J as long as the tube, 1. linear-lanceolate 

 the lower blunt rough at the edges and keel, stem-l. acute and 

 as well as the st. pubescent -asperous, pet. obovate-dentate, barren 

 st. short procumbent simple (?), seeds obovate flat netted- 

 rugose. E, B. 61. E. vi. 263. Flowering-stems 612 in. 



