50 14. CAETOPHYLLACE^. 



Suborder I. Silenece. 



1. DiAif'iHus Linn. Pink. 



* Fl, clustered. 



1. -D. prdlifer (L.) ; ^. in a dense cluster enveloped in mem- 

 branous bracts, cal.-scales memhranous peUudd tbe two outer ones 

 shorter mucronate, inner ones blunt about equalling tbe calyx, 

 st. glabrous, 1. all linear, seeds boatsbaped witb a longitudinal 

 membrane in the hollow rough pointed at one end. — E. JB. 956. 

 R. vi. 247. — St. 1 — IJ ft. high, erect, usually simple. Fl. ex- 

 panding one at a time, small. Pet. rose-coloured, obcordate. 

 Cluster quite inclose'd by brown dry scales. — Sandy and gravelly 

 places, very rare. A. VII. E. 



2. D. Armaria (L.) ; fl. close together, cal.-scales- and bracts 

 lanceolate-subulate herbaceous downy ribbed equalling the tube, 

 St. and linear 1. downy, seeds nearly flat on one side slightly hol- 

 lowed and with a longitudinal keel in its middle rough pointed 

 at one end.— ^. B. 317. -ffi. vi. 249.— St. 1—2 feet high, erect, 

 branched. Pet. rose-coloured, speckled with white dots, toothed. 

 — Waste places, rare. A. VII. VIII. Deptford Pink. E. 



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



*3. D.plumdrius(L.); st. 2 — 5-flowered,_^. soZiVarj/, cal.-scales 

 roundish-ovate shortly mucronate 4-fold shorter than the tube, 

 I. rough at the edge linear-subulate, ^ei. digitate multifidas far as 

 the middle with the central entire part obovate doiuny, barren 

 St. procumbent rooting much brancned, seeds fiat orbicular with 

 a point on one side. — iJ. vi. 257. E. B. iS. 2979. — Flowering- 

 stems 6 — 12 in. high. Calyx-teeth ciliate at the margin, 

 slightly shorter than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, sometimes 

 white, fragrant.— Old walls. P. VI. Common Pinh. E. 



*4. D. Caryophyl'lus (L.) ; fl. solitary, cal.-scales broadly ob- 

 ovate pointed three fourths shorter than the tube, I, with smooth 

 edges knear, pet. crenate-dentate ovate glabrous, barren st. elon- 

 gate procumbent branching, seeds pyriform nearly flat. — E. B. 

 214. M. vi. 268.— Fl.-stems 12—18 in. high. Calyx-teeth not 

 ciliate, longer than the capsule. Fl. pink, fragrant. — Old walls, 

 Kent. P.VII. Vni. Clove Pink. E.g.? 



6. D. cce'eius (Sm.) ; st. mostly single-flowered, cal.-scales 

 adpressed roundish shortly pointed three fourths shorter than 

 the tube, I. teith rough edges linear, pet. obovate crenately-cut 

 bearded, barren stems long procumbent branching, seeds ovate 



