396 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON" THE GENUS DIANTnUS. 



78. D. Zeyheri, Harv. et Sond. FL Capensis, i. p. 124 ; Walp. 



Ann. vii. p. 267. 



Glaucus, 50 centim. Caules stricti ramis angularibus. Folia 

 7-nervia canalieulata, inferiora oblongo-laneeolata, intermedia 

 lanceolata 44 mm., superiora subulata abbreviata ; vagina folii 

 diam. aequante. Bracteae ovatae acuminatae adpressae ad \ calycis 

 partem. Calyx purpureus, dentibus lanceolato-linearibus. Petala 

 non contigua ; lamina late obovata alba barbulata. 



Hah. Macallisberg, in Cape Colony. 



##### Caules teretes. Folia 9-11-nervia acuminata. 



Bracteae 2-6, adpressae. 



79. D. purpttreus, mihi, in Joum. of Botany, 1885, p. 343 ; 

 Enum. spp. varr. Dianthus, p. 13. 



Caules tenues ramis angularibus. Folia elongato-linearia 

 adpressa, vagina caulis diam. aequante purpurea. Bracteae 4, 

 ovatae acuminatae ad dimidium caiycem, stramineao. Calyx pur- 

 pureus, dentibus lanceolatis 7-9-nerviis. Lamina purpurea. 



Hah. Mt. Hermon, in Palestine (Herh. Kew.). 



Specimens of this plant were received at Kew in 1879. Of the 

 species in the ' Fl. Orientals,' it seems nearest to D. tabrisianits. 

 The same specific name has been previously used by Poiret for a 

 plant which cannot now be identified. 



80. D. meoistocaltx, mihi^in Joum. of Botany, 1889, p. 199. 



Glaucus, 45-4S centim. Caules a medio divaricatim et dicho- 

 tome ramosi. Folia elongato-linearia ; radicalia 66-68 mm., 

 patentia 7-nervia, vagina folii diam. duplo longiore, cetera 25 mm. 

 adpressa, vagina folii diam. aequante. Flores solitariialbi. Bracteae 

 4-6 obovatae, 2 inflmis obovato-lanceolatis, mucronatse ad \ calycis. 

 Calyx 36 mm., dentibus lanceolato-linearibus 9-nerviis margine 

 scabris. Capsula ovoidea. 



Hah. A pies River, in the Pretoria district of the Transvaal 



(Herh. Kew.). 



81. D. moviensis, tnihi, in Jo urn. of Botany, 1889, p. 199. 



Glaucus, 25 centim. Caules superne stricte et dichotome 

 ramosi. Folia 15 mm. linearia adpressa, vagina folii diam. duplo 

 longiore. Flores solitarii laxe cymosi albi. Bracteae 6 obovatae, 

 2 infimis obovato-lanceolatis, inucronatae ad 3 calycis. Calyx 



