366 :ur. r. y. Williams ox the genus dianthus. 



Subsectio 1. JSficrolepides. 



Caules teretes. Folia subfloralia scariosa. Bractess lanceo- 

 late. Calyx dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis v. acutis. 



* Bractese herbacese. Petala imberbia. 



21. D. trifasciculatus, Kit. in Scfiultes, Oesterreiclis Flora, 

 ed. II. i. p. 654; Schur, Fnum. PL Transsilvanica, p. 95 ; FeicJib. 

 Ic. Fl. Germ. Helv. 5021. 



Glaber. Caules 72 centim., foliosi simplices. Folia lineari- 

 oblonga stricta acuminata 7-9-nervia patentia, vagina folii diam. 

 duplo longiore, radicalia 118 mm., caulinia 90 mm., subfloralia 

 capitulum multum superantia. Inflorescentia conglobata fas- 

 ciculis trichotomis 6-8 florum. Bractese 4 acuminata ad calycis 

 apices v. superantes. Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus purpureis 

 ciliatis 9-nerviis. Petala contigua ; lamina obovato-cuneata 

 purpurea, =h unguis. Anthene cseruleie. 



b. pauciflorus, Brandza, Prod. FL Romane, p. 192; auct. 

 Pinks of Cent. Fur. p. 7. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Galicia, in Austria, 50°. 



8, Near Basgrad, in jN*. Bulgaria, 44°. 

 E. Kherson, in South Russia, 23°. 

 W. County of Karlstadt, in Croatia, 15°. 



## Braeteae scariosse. Petala imberbia. 



22. D. nardiformis, Janka, in est err. Bot. Zeitschr. 1873, 

 p. 195 ; Pane. El em. Fl. Princip. Bulgaria (1883). 



Caespitosus, 17 centim. Folia stricta patentia, vagina folii 

 diam. 3-plo longiore. Flores cymoso-fasciculati rosei. Bractese 

 4 obcordatae. Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus acutis. Lamina 



i 



unguis. 



o 



Geogr. limits. — F. Tultcha, in Dobrudscha, at the mouth of 



the Danube. 



1 



IF. Banialouka, in Bosnia, on the Verbas. 



23. D. libfrnicus, Bartl. in Wendl. Beitrag z. Botanik, ii- 

 p. 52; Gren. et Godr. Fl. de France, i. p. 231; Reichb. 1c. FL 

 Germ. If el v. 5015. 



Glaber. Caules 48 centim., simplices stricti, superne fere 

 quadranguli. Folia plana stricta acuminata, radicalia 75 mm., 

 5-nervia recurva linearia, caulinia 58 mm. 7-nervia adpressa 

 lineari-lanceolata, vagina folii diam. duplo longiore, subfloralia 2 

 adpressa coriacea. Inflorescentia capitulis simplicibus 4-6 



