6*4 397. Dianth. 72. CARYOPH YLLEiE. PL ex. thai. 



Stem mostly simple ; leaves linear ; head many-flowered ; 

 calyx-scales, common very large ; proper 2, slender ; petals 

 notched, small, pale purple, soon withering. 



(3. uniflorus. Flowers solitary. 



3. Dianthus caryophy Ileus. Clove pink. 

 Flowers solitary; calyx-scales 4, very short, ovate, slightly 



mucronate ; petals crenated, mouth naked ; leaves linear, 

 awlshape, channelled, glaucous. 



Caryophyllus simplex floie minore palHde rubcnte. Rati Syn. 33G, 3, 

 Cariophyllus sylvestris simplex, Ger. em. 591, 1. 

 Dianthns Caryophyllus, Lin. S. P. 587. 

 Single purple pink. Common pink. Carnation. 



Root woody ; stem branched ; Jlowers flesh-colour, odori- 

 ferous. — Syrup of the flowers cordial. 



l3. minor. Plant smaller ; jlowers white ; petals acutely 

 crenated, mouth encircled with black. 



Dianthus arenarius, Hudson Fl. Angl. 185, not of Linnaeus, , , 



Pheasants-eye pink. 



4. Dianthus deltoides. Delta pink. 

 Flowers solitary ; calyx-scales mostly 2, ovate, lanceolate, 



acute; leaves rather blunt, downy; petals crenated; barren 

 stems trailing. 



Caryophyllus minor repens nostras, Raii Syn. 335, 1. 

 Caryophyllus montanus purpureus, Ger, em. 593, 6. 

 Dianthus deltoides, Lin. S. P. 588. 

 Maiden pink. 



Chalky and sandy fields ; perennial ; July to October. 



Roots in tufts; stem ascending; leaves linear, lanceolate; 

 Jlowers small, rose or flesh-red ; mouth naked with a purple 

 ring; calyx-scales half as long as the tube. — Used in Hun- 

 gary to cure intermittent fevers. 



/3. glaucu^. Leaves glaucous ; calyx-scales 2 or ^; Jlowers 

 white, without the purple ring. 



Dianthus glaucus, Lin. S. P. 588. 



5. Dianthus ccbsius. Gray pink. 

 Stem 1 or 2-flowered ; calyx-scales short, roundish ; petals 



crenated, downy ; leaves rough on the edge. 



Caryophyllus q. Arraeriae species flore in summo caule singulari, /Zatt 

 Syn. 336, 2. 



Dianthus glaucus, Hudson Fl. Angl. 185. 

 Dianthus virgineus &, Lin. S. P. 590. 

 Dianthus caesius, Engl. Bot. 62. 

 Mountain pink. 



