No. 469. 
DIANTHUS ARBOREUS. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
This is a shrubby straggling plant, grow- 
ing two feet high, and flowering plentifully 
every summer, It is a native of the island 
of Candia. We should be tempted to think 
it a distinct species from Tournefort’s, 
figured in Voyage du Levant, v. 1, p. 183, 
although the flower is very much like it. 
The leaves are widely different, and they 
have not the bitter taste he describes. J. 
Bauhin’s Betonica coronaria arborea cretica, 
v. 3, 328, is probably meant for our plant. 
Tt is difficult to-inerease by cuttings, and 
does not bear seed with us. In winter 
must be preserved in the greenhouse, and 
may be potted in light fresh loam. 
