42 14. CARYOPHYLLACE. 
branous pellucid the 2 outer ones shorter mucronate, mner ones 
obtuse about equalling the calyx, st. glabrous, 1. all linear, seeds 
boatshaped with a longitudinal membrane in the hollow rough 
pointed at one end.—#. B. 956. R. vi. 247.—St. 1—1¥ ft. high, 
erect, usually simple. Fl. expanding one at a time, small. Pet. 
rose-coloured, obcordate. Head quite inclosed by brown dry 
scales.—Sandy and gravelly places, rare. A. VII 
2. D. Armeria(L.); fi. aggregate tufted, cal.-scales and bracts 
lanceolate-subulate downy herbaceous ribbed equalling the tube, 
st. downy, 1. lear downy, seeds nearly flat one side slightly hol- 
lowed and with a longitudinal keel in its middle rough poimted 
at one end.—E. B. 317. R. vi. 249.—St. 1—2 feet high, erect, 
branched. Pet. rose-coloured, speckled with white dots, crenate. 
—wWaste places, rare. A. VII. VIII. Deptford Pink. E. 
** Fl. solitary or panicled. 
+3. D. plumarius (L.); st. 2—5-flowered, fl. solitary, cal.- 
scales roundish-ovate shortly mucronate 4 times shorter than the 
tube, 1. rough at the margin lmear-subulate, pet. digitate multifid 
as far as the middle with the central entire part obovate downy, 
barren st. procumbent rooting much branched, seeds flat orbicular 
with a pomt on one side.—R. vi. 257.—F lowering stems 6—12 
in. high. Calyx teeth ciliated at the margin, slightly shorter 
than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, sometimes white, fragrant.— 
Old walls and rus. P. VI. 
+4. D. Caryophyllus (L.); fl. solitary, cal.-scales broadly ob- 
ovate pointed 4 times shorter than the tube, J. with smooth mar- 
gins linear, pet. crenate-dentate ovate glabrous, barren st. elon- 
gated procumbent branching, seeds pyriform nearly flat—J. B. 
214. R. vi. 268.—Fl. stems 12—18 im. high. Calyx teeth not 
ciliated, longer than the capsule. FI. pale pmk, fragrant. Seeds 
half the size of those of the preceding —Old walls, Kent, Nor- 
wich (?). P. WII. VIII. Clove Pink. E. 8. 
5. D. cesius (Sm.); st. mostly single-flowered, cal.-scales ad- 
pressed ovate obtuse shortly poimted 4 times shorter than the 
tube, 1. with rough margins linear, pet. obovate crenately-cut 
bearded, barren stems elongated procumbent branching, seeds 
ovate pomted at one end.—Z#. B. 62. R. vi. 265.—Flowering 
stem 6—8 in. high. Fl. pale rose-colour, fragrant.—On lime- 
stone cliffs at Cheddar, Som. P.VI. VII. Cheddar Pink.  E. 
6. D. deltoides (L.); fl. solitary, cal.-scales usually 2 ovate 
aristate 3 the length of the tube, \. linear-lanceolate the lower 
ones obtuse rough at the edges and keel, stem-I. acute and as well 
as the st. pubescent-scabrous, pet. obovate dentate, barren st. 
short procumbent simple (?), seeds obovate flat reticulate-rugose. 
—E. B. 61. R. vi. 263.—Flowering-stems 6—12 in. high, 
