DIA 
its ayaa efcaped fimilar or more inconvenient anoma- 
lies in fome = or other. See Dipynamra, and Dia- 
DELPHIA, 
ANE, in Geograph bys a lake of confiderable extent on 
the eaftern fide of thei ot Corfica, which, through a 
horn, and'tke ifland of E 
DIAN re in Baan See 
DIANENSIS, in Ancient aera an 7 enieopa fee 
£ Africa,. in ae fituated in the town of Diana, 
mentioned by Ant 
IANES, eaeane “SE Afia, in Galatia. Steph. Byz. 
DIANENTERIUM, a maritime place, 1co ftadia from 
Conftance. oo to Ortelius, it was a place in the 
iflard of 
DIANIUM, “Denta, atown in Hifpania os fitu- 
ated on an anes fo soph it aaa be obferve a dif- 
tance by navigat t was of the three towns on that 
coait, the fs fdeton of ohehe was afcribed to the Marfeil- 
lele, who ealled it Ariemifium, from the Greek vas > 
Diand. Ona promontory of the fame name it had a 
ple oF ‘Diana, which was much ieeeeue —Alfo, an ifland 
of the Mediterranean, in the Had of that of C orfica. 
was alfo called Ariemifia.—Alfo romontory of ieee in 
the Mediterranean, mer to ce ifles called Pityy 
D graphy, a town o Nap es, in the pro- 
vince of Prinipata Cir, 13 miles N.N.W. of Policaftro.— 
Alfo, a of Genoa, about two miles from the fea, and 
three Pon "One lia 
NTHERA, in Botany. See Justici 
DIANTHON, in Pharmacy, an aromatic sade, now 
i oo 
er 
difufed. 
DIANTHUS, in Botany, (from Als, dids, ove, and 
aiSo:, a flower, aname given by TL ianevetothe Pink and Car- 
nation genus, the Tunica ae Cas byllus of former authors, 
is allufion to the magnificence and fragrance of the flowers. 
i Schreb. Willd. 
uff. oes pleas t. 
- Ord. Caryophyllea. 
Perianth es lindrical Loa ftriated, per- 
e, and fur aihe d at 
ro) 
a 
order, Decandria Digynia 
Ch. Cal. 
ear, acute, ieselier 
bafe. 
lindrical, of o 
he {pec 
follows. 
cies i: ung ed in four feGions, charaCterized as 
1. Flowers aggregate, 2, Fl. folitary, feveral on 
. Both 
DIA 
the ia ftem. 3. ‘Sen fi ngle-flowered, herbaceous. 4. Stem 
fhru The number of fpecies in Wi 
of the Linn. Soc. to define the fpecies ,better than they had 
pr revioufly be en, and fome unknown to Linnzus are there for 
the firt a defcribed ; but feveral ftill remain obfcure. The 
genus is c y European and African, though one or two 
- fpecies are found j n China and Japan 
In the firit fe @jon. i wae remareables : D. barbatu 
Sweet William re ABRTeB ates in fepaat bundles. 
Scales of the oe sae. awl-fhap 3 long as the tube. 
Leaves lanceolate,” Cae m. mae 
ative of Germany ard Carniola. ‘A bey Seen her- 
baceous plant, frequentin gardens, where it varies with different 
hues of purple, red and white. In a wild ftate it is faid to 
red, either plain, or {potted with white. ne garden 
varieties ieee beit in a rather dry calcareous foil, but . 
It requires a dry 
jes a de D. Arm e De ord 
per ear bundled. ie of the a a ae 
the tube.’”—Engl. B a9 
gravelly ground in England a) other parts “ot Eure The 
petals are fomewhat lanceolate, toothed, rofe-coloured, ele« 
gantly {potted with white. b . 
t. 2 as mu weet William, but 
the leaves oh Aedes and a ee the pete fcales hinged, 
and fhorter than the tube. This has never eo troducc 
into our sm ae is known only nberg’s figure, - 
and the few dried {pecimens which he ha diftributed amongft 
his friends. ‘Dy prolifer, Engl. Bot Found in 
gravelly foils in fome few parts of ee is eafily kept as - 
a hardy annual in gardens, meee itfelf fpontaneoully. e* 
y flalks are each crowned by a head of fmall pink ye 
ee a yee ith numerous large broad fcariofe feales. Ofth 
{pecies D. dimi utus 0 nzus, referred by him to the ae 
fection, is a variety whofe flowers are . 
mole afluredly only a 
folitary ee overty 0 c il. 
e fecon 
efpecially D. Caryophyllus. rere as Hoes ae 
alyx -{cales hae purer very fhort. Petals crenate, 
beardlefs.”” 214. Curt, Mag. t. 39. Of this . 
fine and fragrant flower, a varieties of colour and luxuri- 
meérable. 
fection 
by an eye-like fpot, anda more hu growth, and are m 
affuredly a di fine ahs though ae fis have not ven- 
tured to define it, Eanes alm nok as many varieties as the 
Carnation. Mr. Hudfon told Dr. Smith that he intended 
this common or pheafant’s-eye pink by his D arenarius, it 
being fometimes found, feemingly wild, on old pec 
inds are propagated by feeds, layers, or cuttin 
See below. 7). deltoides. Maiden Pink. ‘ Flowers lary. 
Sra ovato-lanceolate, acute, two or four. eaves 
bluntith, fome what do 
Te > 
ke ept in 
ioaes a are red, with a dark ae oreye. D. glaucus of « 
Linngua - 
