Dianlhus.] DECANDRIA— DIGYXIA. 177 



drical steJii. Leaves ribbed, opposite and connate. Panicle of nu- 

 merous large, xose-co\onxed. flowers. Limb of the corolla obcordate. — 

 This plant makes a lather with water, 



9. DiANTHUs. Linn. Pink. 



* Flowers clustered. 



\. D. Armeria, h. (Depf ford Pink) ; flowers clustered fascicled, 

 scales of the calyx lanceolate downy as long as the tube. £!. 

 Bat. t. 317. 



Pastures and hedges ; not uncommon in England and Scotland. In 

 fields at Carse, An<ru?-shire. Leetown in the Carse of Gowrie. Fl. 

 July, Aug. 0. — 1 — 1^ foot high, branched upwards. Leaves linear, 

 opposite and connate, slightly pubescent ; upper ones acute. Limb of 

 the petals rose-coloured, with white (not red, as mentioned in £. Bot.) 

 dots, crenate at the margin. Flowers scentless. 



2. D. prolifer, L. (^proliferous Pink) ; flowers clustered capi- 

 tate, scales of the calyx ovate blunt membranous longer than the 

 tube, leaves rough at the edge. E. Bot. t. 956. 



Gravelly pastures, in England, rare : Selsey island, Sussex ; near 

 Hampton-court ; near Norwich ; and at Hanby Castle, Worcestershire. 



Hyde, Isle of Wight. Jersey, Babington and Christy. Fl. July. 



Readily distinguished by its small, deep-colouredy?C(U,-er5, of which only 

 one in a head expands at a time, and by the large, dry, brown and mem- 

 branaceous scales which envelop the cali/ces of several flowers. Limb 

 of the petals obcordate, notched. 



** Flower solitary ; one or more o?i the same stem. 



3. Ty.*Caryopkyllus, L. (Clove Pink, Carnation or Clove 

 Gillyflower) ; stem branched, flowers mostly solitary, scales of 

 the calyx 4 very short ovate submucronate, petals broad cre- 

 nated, leaves linear-subulate grooved glaucous. E. Bot. t. 214. 



On ruined walls, as at Norwich ; old arch of Westonhanger, and on 

 the Castles of Deal, Sandown, Rochester, &:c. Fl. July. 2^ . — Few per- 

 sons, on seeing this plant as it grows on old walls, would suppose it was 

 the origin of one of the " fairest flowers o' the season," 



" The curious choice Ciove July-flower," 

 or Carnation of our gardens, with its endless diversity of colour and 

 form ; yet such it is always considered to be. It varies, with the li)nb 

 often bearded, and rarely, with a beautiful deep purple bar at the base 

 of the limb ; the pet. doubly cut and jagged ; stam. often exserted. — A 

 hairy var. is also found in Kent. Rev. G. E. Smith. 



4. D. deltoides, L. (Maiden Pink) ; flowers solitary, scales of 

 the calyx about 2 ovato-acuminate short, leaves bluntish some- 

 what downy, petals crenate glabrous. E. Bot. t. 61. — 3. scales 

 of the calyx mostly 4, petals nearly white. D. glaucus, L. 



Borders of fields, banks and hedges, on a gravelly or sandy soil, in 

 England and Scotland, extending as far north as Ross-shire. About 

 Edinburgh, &c., where, in the King's Park, grows the var. /3. Fl. July, 

 Aug. Vr . — A small plant, much branched even from its very base. Pe- 

 tn\s very beautiful, rose-coloured, spotted with white, with a white eye 

 enclosed in a deep purple ring. 



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