THE GENUS DIANTHUS. 393 



Mo den 



Habitu robustissimus. 



e. acuminatus, Tausch (sp.), in SylL Eatisb. ii. p. 242; Walp. 

 Eepert. iv. p. 264. 



f. compacta, Krasan, in Oesterr. Bot. Zeifschr. 1889, p. 402; 

 auct. Pinks Cent. Eur. p. 30. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Hungary, 47°. E. Caucasus, 48°. 



S. Calabria, 40°. W. Corunna, in Spain, 



8° W. 



Linnseus elsewhere calls this species " rnonspeliacus" which, as 

 Koch says, is doubtless a slip of the pen; though Grouan takes 

 up this name afterwards. 



68. D. maesictjs, Tenore, SylL FL Neap. p. 20S ; Fl. Nap, t. 228. 

 31 centim. Folia linearia acuminata canaliculata adpressa 



stricta 3-nervia, radicalia 58 mm., caulina 48 mm., vagina folii 



diam. sequante. Bracteae 4 ovatae ad dimidium calycem. Calyx 



dentibus purpureas 7-nerviis. Petala non contigua barbulata, 



lamina obovato-cuneata rosea rarius alba. Anther® lineari- 



oblongse caeruleae. 



Geogr. limits. — E. Central Italy. W. South of France. 



69. D. sqtjahrosus, Bieb. FL Taur.-Cauc. i. p. 331 ; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Rossica, i. p. 284 ; Bieb. Cent. FL Far. Eossic. t. 33. 



Csespitosus, 56 centim. Caules tenues squarrosi pauciflori. 

 Folia 18 mm., linearia acuta recurva canaliculata, vagina folii 

 diam. duplo longiore. Bracteae 4, ovatae ad \ calycis, coriaceae. 

 Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus 7-nerviis. Petala barbulata non 

 contigua, lamina piunati-multipartita oblonga rosea. 



Hab. S. Kussia and S.W. Siberia. 



** Caules tetragoni. Folia 3-5-nervia. Bracteae mucronatae 



adpressa. Calycis dentes lauceolati. 



70. D. controversijs, Gaud. FL Helvetica, iii. p. 157; auct. 

 Finks Cent. Eur. p. 30; Eeichb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 5031. 



Parum caespitosus, 22 centim. Caules remote foliati. Folia 

 24 mm., linearia acuta canaliculata 3-nervia stricta patentia, 



vagina folii diam. sequante. 



:i 



Calyx purpureus apice attenuato, dentibus 7-nerviis. Petala non 

 contigua ; lamina rosea obovato-cuneata, = unguem. 

 Hab. Switzerland. 



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