3S6 MR. F. X. WILLIAMS ON TIIE GENUS DIANTHUS. 



Inflorescentia eyinis regulariter tricbotomis ; floribus laxls in- 

 odoris. Bracteae mucronulate ad calycis apices. Calyx dentibus 

 lanceolatis acuminatis purpureis. Petala contigua ; lamina pur- 

 purea maculata, =i unguis, Anthera) violacese. Capsula 

 oblonga dentibus obtusis. 

 Hob. Central France. 



53. D. asperulus, Boiss. et Huet, in Boiss. Diagn. PL JS r ov. 

 Or. ser. II. v. p. 51 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 510. 



Minute pruinoso-asperulus, 25 centim. Caules simplices 

 tetragoni foliosi. Folia viridia flaccida carinata 3-nervia (nervis 

 lateralibus obscurioribus) liuearia, inferiora 36 mm. patent ia 

 obtusa, cetera 21 mm. adpressa acuta, vagina folii diam. duplo 

 longiore ; involucri phylla lineari-lanceolata, flores sequautia, 

 scariosa. Flores 4-6 in capitulum dense congesti. Bractese 

 mucronulate ad calycis apices straminea\ Calyx apice attenuato, 

 dentibus rubellis ovatis mucronulatis ciliolatis 11-nerviis. Petala 

 concoloria; lamina rubra oblonga, =± unguis. 

 Geo (jr. area. — Turkish Armenia. 



54. D. coLLixrs, Waldst. et Kit. PI. Bar. Hung. i. p. 36, 

 t. 38 ; JReichb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. p. 805 ; Ic. Bot. PI. Crit. n. 739. 



Grlaucus, minute lanatus. Caules 40 centim., teretes, interdum 

 superne subangulati. Folia 36 mm., linearia acuta 3-5-nervia 

 (nervis lateralibus obscurioribus) stricta plana, vagina folii diam. 

 sequante; involucri phylla subulata adpressa faaciculo breviora. 

 Inflorescentia fasciculis capitatis 3-5 florum. Braetese stra- 

 mineae acuminata ad dimidium calycem. Calyx apice attenuato, 

 dentibus rubris lanceolatis acuminatis. Petala obovato-cuneata ; 

 lamina purpurea, = | unguis. 



b. subpaniculatus, ScJiur, Enum. PI. Transsilvanice, p. 9^ ; 

 aact. Pinks Cent. Eur. p. 26. 



Hirtule scabcr. Flores lastigiato-paniculati, plurimis dissitis 

 et solitariis. Bractea) calycem subsequantes. 



This variety is founded on a specimen in Lerchenfeld's Tran- 

 sylvanian herbarium, dated 1780, 



c. sylvaticus, Hoppe (sp.) in Sturm, Beutsch. FL, Heft 28 ; 

 Gren. et Godr. FL de France, i. p. 233; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 

 Helv. f. 5023 (D. Seguieri). 



Caules subangulati. Folia lineari-lanceolata mollia viridia. 

 Flores ternato-f asciculati. Calyx f uscus, dentibus acutis. Petala 

 contigua ; lamina oblongo-cuneata. 



