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10, 5 opposite to, and 5 alternate with the petals : Jilaments
smooth, exserted, attached to the back of the anthers : pollen
bine. Ovarium long, smooth, nearly cylindrical, tapering
upwards, but blunt at the points. Styles 2, smooth,
spreading, rellexed or revolute at the points, tapering to a
slender point, stigmatose inwards nearly half their length,
where they are bright purple and papillose.
Our drawing of this beautiful Pink was taken from plants
at the Apothecaries’ Company’s Garden, at Chelsea, where
Mr. Anderson raised it from seed, in 1827, under the name
of D. glaucophyllus of Ilornemann ; we have adopted that of
Seringe, in Decandolle’s Prodromus, who named it after its
discoverer, Balbis. I t is a native of Genoa, is perfectly hardy,
and well adapted for rock-work, in which situation it thrives
well, and flowers abundantly at the Chelsea Garden, continuing
in bloom from July till the latter end of October, if not
stopped before by the cold weather setting in : it belongs to
the tribe which bear tlieir flowers in a close cluster, of which
there arc now several species described, the most of which
are pretty plants, and well adapted for rock-work; many of
the species of this pretty genus are also very proper for growing
on old walls, where they will thrive very well, if some seed
be sown in Autumn in the crevices, and covered with a little
ea rth ; the young plants will then come up, and establish
their roots in the old mortar and moss, before the dry weather
sets in the following Summer.
The present species strikes root freely, by young cuttings
being planted under a hand-glass, in a shady border, or it
may be raised from seeds; but the difl'erent species of P inks
are so liable to mule together in Botanic gardens, that the
seeds cannot always be depended upon, except the plants
are grown in a situation by themselves, which those always
should be, from which seeds are wanted to come true to their
species.
The generic name is derived from Stoc, divine, and avdog,
a flower; divine flower, or Jupiter’s flower, from its great
beauty and fragrance.
1. Calyx, suvroumlod by the four bractes at the base. 2. One of the Petals. 3. The
10 Stamens. 4. Ovarium, terminated by the 2 Styles, the points bearing the stigma on tlic
inside, which is purple and papillose.
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