390 MB. F. IS'. "WILLIAMS OX THE GENUS DIAIN'THUS. 



*** Involucri pliylla herbacea. Calyx rerruculosus. 



Petala barbulata. 



G3. D. bitlisiaisfs, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 4S3. 



Caules 13 eentim., ramosi tetragoni. Folia brevissima linearia 

 acuminata patentia. Bractese mucronata3 ad dimidium calycem. 

 Calyx dentibus ovatis mucronatis ciliolatis. Petala contigua; 

 lamina obovato-cuneata rosea subtus virente. 



Hab. Bitlis, in the province of Muscli ; Grornja Voda, in 

 Albania. 



Subgenus II. CAEYOPHYLLASTEUM. 



Caudex perennis, herbaceus, breves turiones steriles decum- 

 bentes, numerososque f oliososque, atque caules florif eros adseen- 

 dentes, emittens. Folia subfloralia vere bracteiformia nulla, 

 interdum 2 summis herbaceis abbreviatis nunquam subscariosis. 

 Flores in caule ramulisve solitarii, vel geminati vel rarius terni 

 longissime pedunculati. Calyx cylindrieus valde striatus. Petala 

 dentata integra vel fimbriata, rarissime retusa. Torus elongatus 

 iu gynophorum stipitiforme. 



Sectio 1. Pimbhiatum 



Bracterc 4-16. Petala fimbriata. 



Subsectio 1. Plumarioides. 

 Caules teretes. Calycis dentes mucronati. Petala barbulata, 



non contigua. 



, Linn. Sp. JPla?itarin?i, ed. I. p. 411 ; Willk 

 Hisi?. iii. r>. 687 : Reichb. 1c. FL Germ. Meh 



5030 



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Cjespitosus, glaber, glaucus, 30 eentim. Caules simplices v. 

 superne furcati 2-5-flori. Polia elongato-linearia acuta cariuata 

 patentia recurva uninervia crassiuscula ; radicalia 100 mm., caulina 

 4S mm., vagina folii diam. duplo longiore. Flores rosei odorati 

 speciosi dimorphici cyma laxa irregulari. Bractese 4, interiores 

 obovatre, exteriores obovato-lanceolatse, mucronatse ad 3-3 calycis 



I should have preferred to have cited the plate from 'English Botany'; 

 but, by an unworthy act on the part of the publishers, the plate is trans- 



ferred from its proper sequence to another part of the issue, as is the case with 

 plates of other species, apparently in order to discourage the purchase of sepa- 

 rate parts of an expensive work. 



