The BRITISH HERBAL. 
3, Common wild Pink. 
Cmyophyllus fylvcjiris va/^aris. 
The root is of an irregular fhape and firm fub- 
flance; long, divided, brown, and wrinkled on 
the furlace. " 
The ihoots rife in great numbers, and have a 
multitude of leaves on them: thefe are very long 
and narrow, of a greyifh green, and of a firm 
fubftance. 
The ftalks are numerous, greyilh green, and 
round : they are jointed at fmall diftances, and 
branched toward the tops. 
The leaves on thofe arc fliort, narrow, and 
lharp-pointed ; they ftand in pairs, as in all the 
other fpecies, and are broad at the bafe, and 
fmaller ail the way Co the end. 
The flowers are of a pale red, and jagged at 
the edges. 
The fced-vcliel is oblong, and the feeds are 
large. 
It is wild on the barren rocks in our northern 
counties v and frequency on walls ; but there it 
feems to have owed its origin to fcattered feeds 
from fome garden plants : in the other places it 
is evidently a native. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllus fimpkx flore 
minorc pallide ruhente. Many of oiw gardai pinks 
arc varieties from this flock. 
. 4. Deptford Pink. 
Caryophyllus larbatus. 
The root is long, fiender, divided, and hung 
about with fibres. 
The firft fhoots are numerous, upright, and 
furniflied with feveral pairs of leaves. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and of a 
deep green : it is a fooc and half high, and jointed 
at confiderable diftances. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a deep 
green. 
The flowers fland at the tops of the fl:alks, 
and of numerous young flioots rifing from the 
bofoms of the leaves ; and they are cluftercd to- 
gether in a kind of bearded hufks : they are 
fmall, and of a beautiful red. 
The feed-veficl is long, and the feeds are lar^e, 
rough, and brown. 
It is common by way fides in many parts of 
England ; and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cmyophyllm barhatus fyl- 
vejiris. Others, Armeria fylvejlris. 
5. Proliferous Pink. 
Caryophyllus prolifer. 
The root is long, white, woody, divided, and 
furnifhed with many fibres. 
The ftalk is round, upright, fiender, ten inches 
high, and very much branched. 
The leaves are very narrow, long, and Urarp- 
pointed ; and they are of a pale green. 
The flowers arc fmall, and of a bright red. 
They grov at the tops of the ftalks in 3 
cluftercd manner ; and the fcales at the bottom 
of the cup exceed the body of it in length. 
The feed-veffel is longifli, and fiender; and 
the feeds are rough and black. 
It is wild in fome of our wcfl:ern counties, but 
not common. It flowers in July. 
G. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllus fyhejiris pru- 
lifer ; and mofl: others follow him. 
DIVISION 11. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
I. Clove Julyflower. 
Caryophyllus fiore magna. 
The root is long, divided into feveral parts, 
and hung with many fibres. 
The flioots are numerous, and have many long, 
narrow leaves on them, of a pale green colour, 
and fmooth furface. 
The ftalk is round, upright, firm, fmooth, 
and frequently jointed ; it rifes to two feet in 
height, and is branched toward the top. 
The leaves on it fl:and in pairs, as in the 
others : they ate like thofe from the root, but 
broader and fliorter. 
The flowers are large, and of a deep purple : 
the petals are broad, and jagged at the edges ; 
and they have a fragrant fcent, not unlike that 
of the clove fpice. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. 
The varieties that have been raifed from this 
are endlefs and innumerable. This fingle flower 
is the fource from which che ingenuity of gardeners 
has raifed that vafl: and beautiful variety of car- 
nations, which they are ftiU encreafing by the 
fame means. 
In its wild ftate it varies the colour, from the 
full and rich purple of which we fee ic in gar- 
dens, through all the changes of red down to 
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abfolute white ; and from this variation in nature 
the hint has probably been taken for all thofe 
elegant kinds raifed by care and culcure. 
2. Jagged Pink. 
Caryophyllus fort diJfeHo. 
The root is long, white, divided, and fur- 
niflicd with many fibres. 
The firfl: Ihoots are very numerous, and cluf- 
tercd thick with leaves : thefe arc long, narrow, 
of a greyifli white, and fliarp -pointed. 
The ftalks are many, round, upright, jointed, 
divided into feveral branches, and a foot and half 
high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are oblong, nar- 
row, and pointed. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches, and are large, and beautifully jagged 
all the way on the edges. 
The feed-vefl(;l is long and rounded : the feeds 
are large and brown. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. 
The flowers are commonly white, fometimes 
red. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caryophyllus fiore temijfme 
diffello. 
3. Broad- 
