XLIX. 



DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS. 



Clove Pink or July-flower. 



Class X. Decandkia. — Order IT. Digynia. 



Nat. Ord. CaryophyllejE. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx monopliyllous, cylindrical, five- 

 toothed, with imbricated scales at the base. Petals five, 

 clawed. Capsule cylindrical, one-celled. 



Spec. Char. Stem branched. Flowers solitary. Scales 

 of the calyx ovate, very short, pointed. Petals broad, 

 crenated. Leaves linear-subulate, channelled, glaucous. 



SYNONYM ES. 



(' Caryophyllus hortensis simplex, flore majore. Bauh. Fin. 

 208. 



Caryophyllus simplex major. Ger. Em. 590. 



Caryophyllus hortensis. Rail Hist. 986. 



Betonica coronai-ia. Bauh. J. iii. 328. 

 I^Dianthus Caryophyllus. Lin. Sp. P1.58T. 



CEillet commun ; Giroflee musquee. 



Garofano ; Viola garofanata. 



Clavel plumario ; Aleli. 



Clavo plumario. 



Garteunelke ; GewUrzhaft reichende Garteunelke. 



GeplUmcle Anjelier. 



Fieruellike. 



Gozdzik. 



Gwosdika. 



Trffigaerds juglika. 



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Description. — The root is perennial, rather woody, branched, 

 and beset with numerous fibres. The stems are slender, erect, 

 branched, smooth, jointed, of a glaucous colour, and rise to the 



