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D. ccesius, Sm., Cheddar Pink; flowers usually solitary, 

 pink, i in. diam., fragrant, petals contiguous, bearded, 

 calyx cylindrical; Switzerland, Tirol. D. sylvestris, Wulf.; 

 flowers solitary, peach-coloured, petals contiguous, not 

 bearded, nodes of stem purple, leaves soft, flat (stem 

 often wanting, plant densely caespitose, D. frigidus, 

 Koch) ; high elevations. D. alpinus, L. ; flowers soli- 

 tary, large, fragrant, petals crimson spotted with white, 

 greenish on the under side, jagged, stem 2-3 in. high, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, I -nerved, outer sepals with a 

 membranous awn ; high alpine pastures ; Switzerland, 

 Tirol, Carpathians. D. glacialis, Hanke (PI. 1 5) ; re- 

 sembling the last, but petals not spotted, leaves linear; 

 very high ; Switzerland, Tirol, Styria, Carinthia. 



C. Flowers solitary or in loose cymes; petals fringed 

 or slit : D. superbus, L. (speciosus y Rchb.) ; flowers large, 

 solitary, very deeply fringed, pink, very fragrant, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate ; moist pastures ; Jura, Southern Tirol, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. D. monspessulanus, L. (alpestris, 

 S. and H.); resembling the last, flowers lighter, petals 

 not so deeply divided, leaves linear, acuminate; Ticino, 

 Jura, Dauphiny, Pyrenees, Carniola, Carinthia, Styria. 

 D.gallicus, Pers. (PI. 16); flowers solitary, pale pink or 

 white, very fragrant, petals slit to one-third of their 

 length, calyx cylindrical, whole plant pale green, glau- 

 cous ; sandy ; Western Pyrenees. D. plumarius, L. ; 

 flowers solitary, large, I in. diam., pink, deeply cut, 

 fragrant, leaves grooved above, I -nerved; Styria, Car- 

 niola, Carinthia : said to be the origin of the garden 

 Pinks. D. Caryophyllus, L., Carnation, Clove Pink, is 

 not wild in Switzerland. 



