DIANTHUS, in botany, a genus of the decandria digynia class. The calix is cylindrical, and consists of one leaf, with four scales at the base; the corolla consists of five clawed petals; and the capsule is cylindrical,
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and has but one cell. There are seventeen species, five of which are natives of Britain, viz. the armeria, or Deptford pink; the prolifer, or limewort; the deltoides, or maiden pinks; the glaucus, or mountain pink; and the arenarius, or stone pink.