XIV. CARYOPilYLLACE^ : SILENE^. 



\_Didnthus. 



^Zf^"" i\ SILENE^. Sepals united into a monopLlhu. 

 calyx. Petals and Stamens hypogynous, inserted on thesumZ 



1. DiANTHUs Linn. Pink. 



Cal. monophyllous, tubular, 5 -toothed, with about 4 imbrl 

 cated opposite 6'ca?.. or Iracteoles at the base. Pet. 5, clawed' 

 Stam. 10. Styles 2 C«;,.. cylindrical, 1- celled. ^S-..^^ peS" 



Name derived from Zev,j, A,o,, Jupiter, and avOo,, a flower' 

 dedicated, as it were, to Deity itself, to express the hii value 

 that was set upon this charming genus of plants. 



* Flowers clustered. 



(Dept/c 



scales of the calyx lanceolate subulate herbaceous dovvnv 

 long as the tube. E. B. t. 317. •' 



Pastures and hedges ; not uncommon in England. 



as 



but probably introduced. ©. 1,S.-Stem l-lfft. 'l^h ^ ^ ' 

 upwards, downy. Leaves linear, opposite and connate, slighlly pubt 

 cen , upper ones acute. Limb of the petals rose-coloured will. whS 



scentS "' ""'"" " ""• ""■ ^ ^'''' '''''''' ^^ *^^ ™-S'"- ^ioJl] 



.o^{ ^■fl^^'f'''}^- iproliferous P.) ; flowers clustered capItatP, 

 scales of the calyx ovate membranous about the len<Tth of the 



edge. °f .'J5.T956!*' '"''"" *"""' ^^"''*' ^'^"^"^ "'"^^ '* ^'^^ 



Gravelly pastures in England, rare; Dover; Selsey island, Sussex; 

 near Hampton-court; near Norwich ; Hanby Castle, Worcestershire 

 n fi m "f^'g'f ^^Haybng and Portsea islands, Hants; Jersey, 

 nf ■ ^7^ T '^^^ distmguished by its small, deep-coloured>«,m, 

 of which only one in a head expands at a time, and by the large, dry, 

 brown, and membranous scales which envelope the calyces of several 

 flowers. Ltmh of the petals obcordate, notched 



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3. D. 



** Flowers solitary, one or more on the stem. 



"" Caryophjllus L. (Clove P., Carnation, or Clove Gilly- 

 stem branched, flowers mostly solitary, scales of the 

 calyx obovate submucronate much shorter than "the tube, petals 

 broad dentato-crenate glabrous, leaves linear subulate grooved 

 glaucous smooth on the margin. E. B. t. 214. 



On ruined walls in Kent, as on the castles of Deal, Sandown, Ilo- 

 cnester, ice. i;. 7.— Few persons, seeing this plant as it grows 

 on old walls, would suppose it was the origin of one of the "Ikirest 

 flowers o' the season," 



" The curious choice Clove July -flower,'' 

 or Carnation of our gardens, with its endless diversity of colour and 

 lorm ; yet such it is always considered to be. 



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