ME. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GEHTJS DIANTHITS. 399 



£ calycis. Calyx dentibus ciliolatis. Petala non contigua, 

 lamina barbulata obovata rosea vel alba. 

 Sab. Cape Colony. 



88. D. Hoeltzebi, Winkl. in Beg el, Gartenjlora, 1881, p. 1, 

 t. 1032 ; auct. JEnum. spp. varr. Dianthus, p. 13. 



Caespitosus. Folia stricta acuminata, radicalia subspathulata, 

 caulina lineari-lanceolata, vagina folii diam. sequante. Bracteas 

 2 obovato-lanceolatse mucronulatae adpressaead dimidium caljcem. 

 Petala non contigua ; lamina barbulata maculata rosea vel flaves- 

 cente, =unguem. 



b. ebarbata, Winkl loc. cit. r>. 1. 



Lamina vix barbulata, pallidissima. 



St 



89. D. sinaicfs, Boiss. Diagn. PI. Nov. Or. ser. I. i. p. 23 ; 

 Fl. Orient, i. p. 497. 



GMaucus, basi suffrutescens, 34 centim. Caules a basi divari- 

 catim et dicliotome ramosi. Folia minuta subulata stricta 



canaliculata, radicalia 18 mm. patentia, caulina 5 mm. adpressa, 

 vagina folii diam. sequante. Bracteae 10 obovatae mucronatae 

 stramineae arete adpressae ad ^ calycis. Petala non contigua, 

 lamina imberbi oblonga ad 4 laciniata. 



Sab. Peninsula of Sinai, in Arabia, 



Locally called "Sammah." 



90. D. poltlepis, Bien. PI. Persic. Fxsicc, ex Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, i. p. 497. 



Grlaucus, basi suffrutescens, 28 centim. Caules tenues virgati. 

 Folia minuta subulata rigida carinata, radicalia acuta patentia, 

 caulina acuminata adpressa, vagina folii diam. aequante. Bracteae 

 10 lanceolatae acuminatse pungentes arete adpressae ad dimidium 

 calycem. Petala non contigua, lamina imberbi obovata ad £ 

 laciniata. 



Geogr. limits. — W. Near Mesched in prov. Khorassan, 



Persia, 60°. 



A Afghan 



istan, 62°. 



jaiuii, \j~ • 



Differs from the preceding in its acuminate bracts, shorter 

 calyx, in the small lamina almost concealed by the calyx, and in 



its stricter habit. 



