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teoles lanceolate-subulate, downy, as long as the calyx ; calyx i — 2 

 in. long ; petals rose^olour dotted with white, toothed. — Hedge- 

 rows on dry soil ; rare. — Fl. July, August. Annual or biennial. 



2. D. prblifcr (Proliferous Pink). — Stems few, erect, about a foot 

 high, smooth ; leaves roughish at tlie edge ; bracteoles brown, 

 membranous, pellucid; flowera opening 

 one at a time, rose-colour. — Gravelly 

 pastures; rare. — Fl. June — October. 

 Annual. 



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*'^' Floivers not fascicled 

 D. dcltoides (Maiden Pink).- 



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much-branched plant, with sieuis 6 — 

 12 in. high, roughish; leaves downy, 

 rough ; bracteoles 2, half as long as the 

 calyx ; floivers \ m. across, rose-coloured, 

 with white spots and a dark ring in 

 the centre, scentless ; petals toothed. — 

 Gravelly banks; not common. — Fl. 

 June — September. Perennial. 



4. D. glai'icus (Cheddar Pink). — Steins 

 many, 4 — 10 in. high; leaves glaucous, 

 with rough edges ; bracteoles 4, roundish, 

 shortly pointed, one-fourth as long as the 

 cs.\y\ ; Jloicers solitary, i in. across, rose- 

 coloured, scented ; petals much cut. — 

 Limestone rocks, Cheddar, Somerset. — 

 Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



5.* D. pluiiiiiritis (Common Pink). — 

 Stem about a foot high, 2 — 5-flowered ; 

 leaves rough at the edge ; bracteoles round- 

 ish-ovate, mucronate, one-fourth as long 

 as the calyx ; flower i in. across, pale pink, 

 or white, fragrant ; calyx-teeth ciliate, 

 shoiter than the capsule ; petals downy, 

 cut as far as the middle of the blade. — 

 Naturalised on old walls. — The origin of 

 the garden Pinks. — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



6..* D. Caryophylliis (Clove Pink, Carnation, or Clove Gilly- 

 flower). — Glabrous and glaucous, branched, i — 2 feet high ; leaves 

 with smooth edges ; floicers i\ in. across, rose-pink, fragrant ; 

 calyx-teeth not ciliate, longer than the capsule ; /t'/i^/i' glabrous, 

 notched. — Naturalised on old walls. — The origin of the garden 

 Carnations. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



DIAXTHUS ARMARIA 



(Dept/ard Pink). 



