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DIANTHUS Arbuscula. 
Shrubby Chinese Pink. 
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CARYOPHYLLER. 
DIANTHUS. L. 
D. Arbuscula ; floribus paniculatis solitariis, foliis lanceolatis cauleque suffru- 
ticoso glabris; bracteis 4 laté ovatis foliaceis erectis, petalis dentatis. 
Caulis suffruticosus, decumbens, 14-2-pedalis, glaber, ramulis purpureo- 
viridibus. Folia atro-viridia, lanceolata, enervia, glabra, nunc subtis pu- 
bescentia. Flores panzculis terminalibus solitarii. Bractec 4, late ovate, nunc 
cuspidate, calyce ter breviores; sepits foliacee, erecta, calycis longitudine. 
Calyx glaucus, ovatus, dentibus tomento marginatis. Petala multiplicia, _ 
late cuneata, dentata, letissime purpurea; interioribus basi limbi maculatis. 
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A half-hardy suffrutescent species of Pink, native of 
China, whence it was introduced for the Horticultural 
Society, by Mr. J. D. Parks, in 1824. It flowers freely, 
from July to October, and is propagated readily by cut- 
tings. This is far more deserving of cultivation than the 
D. arboreus, on account of its numerous, very handsome 
double flowers. It has not been discovered in a single 
state. 
Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in 
July 1826. 
The form of the bractee is subject to some variation ; 
occasionally, they are much shorter than the calyx, with a 
small cuspidate point; or they have a foliaceous termina- 
tion, which equals the calyx in length: the latter form 
is that which we have taken as the natural state of the 
species; the former being, in all probability, attributable 
to an unnatural state of depauperation of the bractez, 
induced by the excessive development of the corolla. 
