cultivation. D. plumarius, which is the original state of the
common garden Pink, is more frequently found in England
than D. Caryophyllus, from which we derive the Carnation.
It was first recorded separately from the Carnation by Doody,
in Ray’s Synopsis, under Caryophyllus simplex, &c., as “ spe-
ciem illam hirsutam, quae in Cantio frequenter occurrit, et
alibi etiam observatur, a vulgari distinctam esse haud dubito.”
Hudson distinguished it, under a wrong name, in the second
edition of his Flora. It afterwards disappeared from our
books, until Mr. Leighton detected and described it under
its true name, and Mr. G. E. Smith erroneously called it D.
Caryophyllus.
D. plumarius is known at a glance from D. Caryophyllus, by
its deeply fimbriate petals, which are downy at the base of
the limb. The denticulate edges of the leaves (we give an
enlarged sketch of this structure) may also be contrasted with
the quite entire and smooth edges of those of its ally. It
rarely exceeds one foot in height, and has a more dense caes-
pitose habit.
The flowers, which appear chiefly in June, are of a pale
pink colour.
The distribution of these two beautiful plants in England
has not been satisfactorily determined; but apparently the
present is the more common of them.
Our plate represents specimens from Weston Hanger, near
Sandown, Kent, kindly sent by the Rev. G. E. Smith as the
D. Caryophyllus of his “ Plants of South Kent.” They were
gathered on June 24, 1831.
The Irish locality mentioned by Mackay is probably a
mistake: no modern botanists have succeeded in finding this
plant or D. Caryophyllus in the county of Cork.—C. C. B.