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teoles lanceolate-subulate, downy, as long as the calyx ; calyx 1 — 2 

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

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



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

 high, smooth ; leaves roughish at the edge ; bradeoles brown, 

 membranous, pellucid ; flowers opening 

 one at a time, rose-colour. — Gravelly 

 pastures ; rare. — Fl. June — October. 

 Annual. 



**Flozvers not fascicled 



3. D. deltoides (Maiden Pink). — A 

 much-branched plant, with stems 6 — 

 12 in. high, roughish; leaves downy, 

 rough ; bradeoles 2, half as long as the 

 calyx ; flowers § in. 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. glaikus (Cheddar Pink). — Stems 

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

 with rough edges ; bradeoles 4, roundish, 

 shortly pointed, one-fourth as long as the 

 calyx ; flowers solitary, 1 in. across, rose- 

 coloured, scented ; petals much cut. — 

 Limestone rocks, Cheddar, Somerset. — 

 Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



5.* D. phtmdrius (Common Pink). — 

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

 leaves rough at the edge ; bradeoles round- 

 ish-ovate, mucronate, one-fourth as long 

 as the calyx ; flower 1 in. across, pale pink, 

 or white, fragrant; calyx-teeth ciliate, 

 shorter 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. Caryophyllus (Clove Pink, Carnation, or Clove Gilly- 

 flower). — Glabrous and glaucous, branched, 1 — 2 feet high ; leaves 

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

 calyx-teeth not ciliate, longer than the capsule; petals glabrous, 

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

 Carnations. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



diXnthus armaria 

 (Deptford Pink). 



