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also growing in the plains, they are all natives of the Himalayas, Kunawur, 

 and Cashmere. — Properties iinimportant. 

 DiANTHUs, L. {DC. pr. \, p. 355.) Pink. 



l.prolifer, L. {DC. I. c.;—E. B. 14, t. 956.) ©Europe. Fl. small, 

 purplish, Feb. and March ; fr. April and May. 



2. Armeria, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 355 ,—E. B. 5,t. S17.) © Europe. Fl. 

 small, red dotted, Feb. and March ; fr. April. 



3. barbatns, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 355 ;— J5. M. 6. t. 205. jS.) Sweet 

 William. % France. Germany. Fl. pink, middle sized, Feb. and 

 H. S. 



4. Carthusianorum, L. (DC pr. 1, j9. 356 ;— j3. B. M. 43, t. 1775.) %. 

 Europe. Fl. middle-sized, red, C. S ; but rarely. 



5. chinensis, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 359 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 446; — J. 

 Qrah. Cat. B.pl. p. 245 ;— B. M. l.t. 25.) © cf. China. Fl. middle- 

 sized, deep red, Feb. and H. S. ; fr. May. 



6.pratensis, Bieb. {DC. pr. I, p. 358.) © (here) Crimea. Fl. middle- 

 sized, yellowish -white ; and fr. H. S. 



7. Caryophyllus, L. {DC. pr. 1. p. 359 ,—E. B, 3, t. 214.) Clove Pink. 

 Carnation. %. S. France, England. Fl. smallish, rose-coloured, fra- 

 grant ; and fr. January — May. 



|3. plenus ; {Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 446 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 245.) 

 Double Carnation. Fl. large, deep rose, fragrant, C. and H. S. 



8. hyssopifolius, Hortul. %. S. Europe. Fl. small, pink, C. and 

 H. S. 



d.petrceus, Waldst. and Kit. {DC. pr. 1, p. 362 ;— 13. B. M. 30, t. 

 1204.) %. Hungary. Fl. largish, white, Jan., Feb. and March. 

 10. superbus, L. {DC. pr. I, p. 365 ,—B. M. 9, t. 297.) %. Europe. Fl. 

 large, white, with a tinge of rose. Introduced in 1840. 

 Gypsophila, L. {DC.pr. I, p. 351 ; — W. and A. pr. \,p. 42.) 



1. viscosa, Murr. {DC. a. c. p. 352.) © Levant. Fl. small, white, March; 

 fr. April. 



2. repens, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 353 ;— 5. M. 35, t. 1448.) % Road-sides 

 of the Alps and Pyrenees. Fl. small, white, with a faint tinge of rose, 

 C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



3. muralis, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 354;—/. dan. t. 1268.) © Denmark. 

 Germany. France. Switzerland. Crimea. Fl. small, pale rose-coloured, 

 Feb. ; fr. March. 



4. Vaccaria,Sm.{W. and A. pr. I,j3. 42. — Saponaria Vaccaria, L. ; — DC 

 pr. 1, p. 365 ;—B. M. 49, t. 2290.— S. perfoliata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 

 445 ; — DC. I. c.) © Europe. Bengal. Fl. largish, rose-coloured, C. S. ; 

 fr. R. S. 



Saponaria, L. {DC.pr. 1, p. 365.) Soap-wort. 



\. officinalis, L. {DC. I. c.;—E. B. 15, t. 1060.) % Road-sides of 

 Europe. Fl. largish, sweet-scented, pale rose-coloured, Jan., Feb. 

 and March ; fr. 0. 



