, 
DIANTHUS FERRUGINEUS. 
VAR. SULPHUREUS. 
URL LS ey YELLOW VARIETY. 
DICOTYLEDONE &. 
leet division \ WY - WY 
{ this phe selon 
NATURAL ORDER, SILENACEA, 
THALAMIFLORZ, pea — } DEC RCARDEI “ 
pecan ete. this petals Giedd an LINNEUS. 
No. 22. 
US. DranTuvs. Lixvevs. Catyx tubulosus 5-dentatus, basi squamis 
imbricatis. Prrs 10. Styu 
ne Vegetabilis, Pars I, p. & 
SPECIES. Diantrnus Fs gUGINEUs. LiwnEvs. F.orievs aggregatis, 
involucris squamisque scariosis rufis oblongis aristatis, calyce pauld breviori- 
bus, foliis linearibus longé connatis. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, DianTHUS. Catyx tubular, five- 
toothed, and with two to four scales at its base, placed oppositely and 
imbricating.. Petras 5, with long claws. STamENs 10. STyLEs 2. 
CapsuLe one-celled. SrEps compressed, convex on the outside and 
concave within, peltate. Empryo scarcely curved. 
eRe OF THE —— DiaNnTHUS — FLOWERS 
aggregate, wi A 4c 
oe 
awned, a little shorter than the — eee linear, connate at the 
base to a considerable extent. 
, oblong, 
DESCRIPTION OF THE CULTIVATED Variety. FLOWERING STEMS 
numerous, about one foot high, rigid, slightly compressed. LEaves 
on the barren branches (?) Those on the flowering stems about four 
pair, varying between half to the whole length of the internodia rigid 
erect, linear-lanceolate, pungent, connate from one-sixth to one-fourth 
their length; margins slightly scabrous, three-veined beneath. In- 
FLORESCENCE in fascicles of about eight flowers, composed of two con- 
tracted spikes, nearly sessile, within a pair of involucrate lanceolato- 
So 
REFERENCE To THE DissEcTIons. 
1, Petal slightly magnified. 2, The germen, two stamens, gs a cna natural size. 3, The calyx 
and calyx-scales, natural siz 
