CARYOPHYLLACE^I. 



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Annuals. Flowers small, clustered together, the scales as 

 long as the calyx. 

 Plant glabrous. Scales broad, dry, and scarious ... 1. Proliferous P. 

 . Plant slightly downy. Scales narrow, herbaceous, with 



long points 2. Deptford P. 



Perennials. Flowers few on each stem, distinct, the scales 

 much shorter than the calyx. 

 Lower leaves not half an inch long, green, and loosely 

 tufted. Calyx-teeth and scales pointed. Flowers 



scentless 3. Maiden P. 



Lower leaves near an inch, stiff, and glaucous. Calyx- 

 teeth and scales broad, obtuse, or with minute 

 points. Flowers scented 4. Cheddar P. 



Among the exotic species cultivated in gardens, are the Siveet- William 

 (D. barbatus), the Carnation and Clove JPinlc (varieties of D. Caryo- 

 phyllus), the Pheasant' s-eye Pink (D. plumarius), all from central or 

 southern Europe, and the two last said to establish themselves occa- 

 sionally half wild on old walls, the Indian Pink (D. sinensis), etc. 



1. Proliferous Pink. Dianthus prolifer, Linn. (Fig. 126.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 956.) 



A stiff, erect, wiry, glabrous annual, 

 simple, or with, a few erect branches, 6 

 inches to a foot high or rather more. 

 Leaves few, narrow, erect, and mostly 

 pointed. Elow r ers small, in compact, 

 oblong or ovoid, terminal heads, the 

 calyx quite concealed by broad, dry, 

 shining, almost scarious, imbricated 

 scales, from the top of which appear the 

 small, spreading, pink petals. 



On dry, hilly pastures, roadsides, etc., 

 in central and southern Europe, from 

 southern Sweden to the Caucasus. In 

 Britain, confined to a few spots in south- 

 ern and eastern England. Fl. summer 

 and autumn. Fig. 126. 



2. Deptford Pink. Dianthus Armeria, Linn. (Fig. 127.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 317.) 



An erect annual, rather more than a foot high, slightly branched, 

 and more or less downy with very short hairs. Leaves more herbaceous 



