DIANTHUS ARMERIA. DEPTFORD PINK.
DIANTIIUS Armcria ; floribus aggregatis fasciculatis, squämis calycinis lanceolatis pubescehtibus
tubum eequantibus.
DIANTHUS Armeria. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 586. Huds. Angl. p. 183. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. vol. 2 .
p. 401. (Ed. Fl. Dan. t. 230. Hofftn. Germ. ed. 2. vol. 1. P . L p. 198. Willd.
Sp. P l. vol. 2. p. 673. Decand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 7 4 1-. Fl. Gall. Syn.p. 38?.
Smith Fl. Brit. p. 460. Engl. Bot. t. 317. Pers. Syn. P l. vol. 1. p. 493. Aiton
Hort. Kezo. ed. 2. vol. 3. p . 79. Hook. Fl. Scot. P . I. p . 134. Sturm Deutsch.
Flora, fase. 23.
TUNICA floribus umbellatis squamis calycinis hirsutis mueronatis tubum asquantibus. Hall. Helv.
n. 900.
OARYOPHYLLUS latifolius barbatus minor annuus, flore minore. Deptford Pink. Raii Syn. p . 337.
Dan. Pilde Nelliker. Dut. Wilde Anjelier. Fr. EOeillet velu. Germ. Die wilde Nelke. Swed. Sa-
rons-blomster. Welsh. Pennigany porfcydd.
Class a n d Ord e r . DECANDRIA DIGYNIA.
[Natural O rder. CARYOPHYLLEvE, J uss., Decand., Hook.]
Gen. Ciiar. Calyx monophyllus, tubulosus, quinquedentatus, basi squamis subquaternis, imbricatis, oppositis.
Petala quinque, unguiculata. Capsula cylindracea, unilocularis.
Gen. Chau. Calyx monophyllous, tubular, five-toothed» with about four imbricated opposite scales a t its base.
Petals five, clawed. Capsule cylindrical, one-celled.
Radix subfusiformis, flexuosa, parce fibrosa, annua.
Caulis pedalis ad sesquipedalem, erectiis, teres, geni-
culatus, ramosus, glaber, ramis subpilosis.
Folia lineari-lanceolata, inferiora majora, magis obtusa;
superiora acuminata ; omnia opposita, integer-
rima, erecto-patentia, connata, basin versus pu-
bescentia, glauco-viridia.
Flores terininales, numerosi, aggregati, fasciculati, pur-
pureo-rosei.
Squamae calycin2E calycem asquantes, lanceolato-
subulaUe, pubescentes. •
Calyx tubuipsus, cyiindraceus, striatus, pubescens,
quinquedentatus, dentibus subsetaceis.
Petala quinque, longe .unguiculata, lamina patente,
ovata, pulcherrime purpureo-rosea, apice crenata,
maculis pr&cipue versus basin oblongis albis,
pilis longisquc ins true la.
Stamina decern: Filamenta longa: Anther® purpureas,
oblong®.
Pistillum : Germen oblongo-cylindraceum: Styli duo,
filiforines, pubescentes.
Fig. 1. Calyx, with two of the calycine scales. Fig. 2. \
men cut open transversely to show the ovules at
Root somewhat fusiform, flexuose, sparingly fibrous, annual.
Stem a foot or a foot and a half high, erect, rounded, ge-
niculated, branched, glabrous, with the branches
slightly hairy.
L eaves linear-lanceolate, the lower ones largest and
more obtuse, the superior ones acuminated; all
of them opposite, entire, erecto-patent, connate,
pubescent towards the base, of a glaucous-green
colour.
F lowers terminal, numerous, clustered, fasciculated,
of a purplish-rose colour.
Ca ly cin e Scales as long as the calyx, lanceolato-
subulate, pubescent.
Calyx tubular, cylindrical, striated, pubescent, fivetoothed,
with the teeth subsetaceous.
P etals five, with long claws, the border patent, ovate,
of a beautiful purplish rose-colour, crenateat the
extremity, having, principally a t the base, oblong
white spots and a few long hairs.
Stamens ten: Filaments long: Anthers purplish, oblong.
P ist il : Germen oblongo-cylindrical: Styles two, filiform,
pubescent.
’etal. Fig. 3. Stamens. Fig. 4. Pistil. Fig. 5. Gerached
to the central receptacle.—all magnified.
The Pinks arc universal favourites, and claim the attention of the poet and horticulturist as well as the botanist;
nor will the present species, the only one at all common among those which are natives of Britain, be
round, upon minute examination, to yield in real beauty to those which are more immediately in request as the
ornaments of our gardens. Its petals are of a most delicate rose colour, and sprinkled with oblong spots of the
purest white. 6 . .
It is an annual plant, loving a dry and gravelly soil, in hedge-banks and the sides of pits; in which situations it
'f H l|° means uncom,non in the county of .Suffolk, where our specimens were gathered by Meadow’s White, Esq.
. “ alesw°rth. In the northern parts of Britain, however, the Deptford Pink is rare; and it has been found but
m one spot in Scotland.
It flowers in June and July.