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much branched, and each branch being tipped with a flower, the whole, at a little distance, has the appearance 
of a cluster ; though, when closely examined, the stems will be found too long to place the species in the section 
with clustered flowers. The calycine scales are remarkably long, and they rise so high round the flower, as to 
appear like a second calyx enveloping the real one. The species is a native of Greece, near Athens, and it was 
introduced in 1820. It is a biennial. 
9.— DIANTHUS ALPINUS, Lin. THE ALPINE PINK. 
Symontme. — D. glacialis, var. latifolia, Deo. I scales two, about equal in length to, or shorter than, the tube. Petals 
Engiutings. — Bot. Mag. t. 1205 ; and out Jig. 4 in Plate 21. crenated. Leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, green. (G. Don.) 
Specific Character. — Stem leafy, 1-flowered ; outer calycine | 
Description, &c. — This beautiful little pink is found only on the highest mountains of Austria and central 
Europe, and in a wild state it has rarely more than a single flower upon each stalk ; but in cultivation it acquires 
numerous flowers, and becomes a most ornamental tufted plant for rockwork. The flowers are large, and very 
handsome, though the plant is dwarf. It was introduced in 1759, and is quite hardy in British gardens, 
flowering in June. 
10.— DIANTHUS DISCOLOR, Sims. THE TWO-COLOURED PINK. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 1162. 
Synonyme. — D. montanus, Dec. 
Specific Character. — Flowers solitary, calycine scales ovate-acu- 
minate, spreading. Corolla unequally serrated, two-coloured. Leaves 
lanceolate, rough, longer than the internodes. 
Description, &c. — This flower can never be confused with any other, from the decided diflFerence of colour 
in the petals, which are pink on one side, and a yellowish green on the other. The leaves are longer and broader 
than usual, and not so glaucous, and the whole plant is very showy, but the flowers have no fragrance. The 
species is a native of Mount Caucasus, and quite hardy in British gardens. It flowers in July. It is propagated 
by seeds or layers like the common pink. 
11.— DIANTHUS ARENARIUS, Lin. THE SAND PINK. 
Engravings Bot. Mag. t. 2038; and our Jig. 6 in Plate 21. 
Specific Character. — Stem almost one-flowered, calycine scales ovate-obtuse. Corolla much cut. Leaves linear. 
Description, &c. — This plant is remarkable for its deeply cut petals, which look quite fringed, being 
minutely cut to below the middle. They are also each marked with a faint green spot, covered with short dark 
purple hairs. The stem divides near the root into several branches, which are woody at the base, terminated by 
tufts of leaves, from the centre of each of which springs a stem, seldom bearing more than two flowers. The 
species is a native of the north of Europe, and was introduced in 1804. It only requires a sandy soil, and is 
quite hardy ; but it is too slender and delicate to look well among stronger and more brilliant flowers. 
12.— DIANTHUS LIBANOTIS, Z,a6. THE MOUNT LEBANON PINK. 
Engravings.— Bot. Reg. t. 1548 ; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gaid. 2d ser. 
t. 231 ; and om fig, 5 in Plate 21. 
Specific Character, — Stem erect ; flowers twin. Calycine scales 
six, acuminate ; only half the length of the tube. Petals very much 
cut. Leaves linear-lanceolate. 
Description, &c. — This Dr. Lindley thinks the finest species of the genus, and it certainly is extremely 
