380 ME. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS DIANTIITJS. 



forked stems, broader leaves which are 5-7-nerved, and patent 

 bracts reflexed at the apex. This may possibly be the same plant 

 as D. croattcus, Borb. 



39. D. slayonicus, milii ( = D. atrorubens, Kit. in Linncea, 

 1863, p. 259 ; and. Pinks Cent. Fur. p. 20). 



Glaber, viridis. Caulis 44 centim., erectus tetragonus simpli- 

 cissimus. Folia linearia acuta 5-nervia plana patentia, vagina 

 folii diam. 4-plo longiore, radicalia 72 mm. interdum 7-nervia 

 (nervis 2 marginalibus obsoletis), caulina 60 mm., subfloralia 

 4 ovata cuspidata capitulo longiora. Capitulum multiflorum, 

 floribus atrorubentibus 8-14. Bracteae 4, oblongse planse, basi 

 subherbacese tunc rubello-scariosse, mucronat^e ad dimidium 

 calycem. Calyx dentibus acuminatis. Petala contigua ; lamina 



\ unguis. 



Sab. Slavonia. 



This species was referred by Kitaibel to that limbo of critical 

 forms, D. atrorubens, AIL; but it certainly appears to differ 

 essentially from the classical descriptions of the plant. Found at 

 Essek on the banks of the Drave, in Slavonia. 



40. D. PELviFOfiMis, Seuff. in Flora, 1853, p. 625. 



Glaber. Caules 55 centim., 4-angulares simplices. Folia 

 52 mm., elongato-linearia acuminata 3-5-nervia plana, vagina 

 folii diam. 3-plo longiore. Inflorescentia capitulis densis 24-26 

 florum. Bractese 6 obovato-rotundatse mucronatse adpresssa ad 

 dimidium calycem. Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus acumiuatis 

 purpureis 7-nerviis. Lamina purpurea, = | unguis. 



Sab. Servia. 



41. D. critentus, Griseb. Spicil. Fl. Bumel. Bithyn. i. p. 186 ; 

 auct. Pinks Cent. Fur. p. 20. 



Csespitosus, glaucus, glaber. Caules 50 centim., furcati 

 teretes. Folia acuminata plana; radicalia 100 mm. lineari- 

 lanceolata patentia 7-nervia infra rubella, caulina linearia ad- 

 pressa 5-nervia, vagina folii diam. 4-plo longiore; subfloralia 

 mucronata calycem excedentia. Inflorescentia subglobosa dense 

 capitata circiter 20 florum inodororum. Bractese 6, obovatse mu- 

 cronatse ad dimidium calycem patentes. Calyx rubellus apice 

 attenuato, dentibus acuminatis margine scabridis. Petala rubella 

 non contigua; lamina =\ unguis. Antherae caeruleae. Capsula 

 cylindrico-oblonga. 



