in botany, a genus of the decandria digynia clasps. The calyx 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, and 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, of maiden pinks; the glaucous, or mountain pink; and the arenarius, or stone pink.