This elegant little pink is an old inhabitant of the gardens,
having been first introduced in 1759, but it is still
rare,’ being met with only in a few curious collections,
althouo-h few plants are better suited to ornament rockwork.
It is pMpagated sparingly by slips, and the plant is liable to
perish from the effects of damp during the winter months,
circumstances which readily accounts for the rare occurrence
of the species in our gardens. • , , i .
The leaves vary in breadth, and also in being either blunt
or acute, as already noticed by the late learned President of
the Linnean Society, in the work above-mentioned.
The D . gladalis of Wulfen is very nearly related to this,
and may possibly prove to be nothing more than a variety,
being chiefly distinguished by its much smteei" flowers, and
the comparative shortness of the lamina of its petals.
For the opportunity of giving a figure of this ^ g a n t
alpine, we are indebted to our worthy friend Mr. tenson,
whose garden at Stoke Newington is distinguished for the
successful cultivation of many rare and curious plants seldom
met with in other collections. . , »-.oi
The generic name will be found explained at tot. 16 1.
^ D . Don.
1. Portion of the flower, with the reproductive organs.