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16. MoENCHiA. Sep. 4, erect. Pet. 4, etdire. Stam. 4. 
Caps, many-seeded, opening at the end with 8 or 10 teeth. 
Suborder I. Silenea. 
1. Dian'thits Linn. Pink. 
* Fl. clustered. 
1. D. prSlifer (L.) ; fl. in a dense cluster enveloped in mem- 
branous bracts, cal.-scalcs membranous pelhicid the 2 outer ones 
shorter mucronate, inner ones blunt about equalliu<r the calyx, 
St. glabrous, 1. all linear, seeds boatshaped with a longitudinal 
membrane in the hollow rough pointed at one end. — E. B. 956. 
R. \\. 247. — St. 1—1^ ft. high, erect, usually simple. Fl. ex- 
panding one at a time, small. Pet. ro.se-coloured, obcordate. 
Cluster quite inclosed by brown dry scales. — Sandy and gravelly 
places, very rare. A. VII. E. 
2. D. Armeria (L.) ; fl. close together, cal. -scales and bracts 
lanccolate-suhtdat-e herbaceous downy ribbed equalling the tube, 
St. and linear 1. downy, seeds nearly flfit one side slightly hol- 
lowed and with a longitudinal keel in its middle rough pointed 
at one end.— B. 317. R. vi. 249.— St. 1—2 feet high, erect, 
branched. Pet. rose-coloured, speckled with white dots, toothed. 
—Waste places, rare. A. VII. VIII. Deptford Pink. E. 
** Fl. solitary, one or more on the stem. 
*3. D. plumdrius (L.) ; st. 2 — 5-flowered, fl. solitary, cal.- 
scales roundish-ovate shortly mucronate 4 times shorter than the 
tube, /. rough at the margin linear-subulate, yje^. digitate midtifid 
as far as the middle with the centi'al entire part obovate dou'ny, 
barren st. procimibent rooting much branched, seeds Jlat orbicular 
with a pomt on one side. — R. vi. 257. — Flowering-stems 6 — 12 
in. high. Caljrx-teeth cUiate at the margin, slightly shorter 
than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, sometimes white, fragrant. — 
Old walls and ruins. P. VI. E. 
*4. D. Caryophyl'lus (L.); fl. solitary, cal. -scales broadly ob- 
ovate pointed 4 times shorter than the tube, I. with smooth mar- 
gim linear, jiet. crenate-dentate ovate glabrous, ban-en st. elon- 
gate procumbent branching, seeds pyriform nearly flat. — F. B. 
214. R. vi. 268.— Fl.-stems 12—18 in. high. Calyx-teeth not 
cUiate, longer than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, fragTant. — Old 
waUs, Kent. P. VH. VHI. Clove Pink. E. S. ? 
5. D. cce'sius (Sm.); st. mostly single-flowered, cal. -scales 
adpressed roundish shortly pointed 4 times shorter than the tube, 
I. with rough margins linear, pet. obovate crenately-cut bearded, 
barren stems long procumbent branching, seeds ovate pointed 
