402 MR. F. S. WILLIAMS OX THE GENUS DIANTHUS. 



floras rosei aut albi, odorati. Bractese 4 obovatse adpressse ad 5 

 calycis partem, scarioso-alatae. Calyx apice attenuate), dentibus 

 lanceolatis 9-nerviis. Petala contigua ; lamina subrotunda ad 3 

 longit. laciniata, =^- unguis, area intermedia obovata. Antherse 

 oblongso. 



b. lusitanus, Sjogr., ex Nym. Consp. Fl. Eur. p. 104 ; auct. 

 Pinks West Eur. p. 20. 



Folia runda stricta ; vagina rubella. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Dept. of Finisterre, 48°. 



S. R. Douro, 41°. 

 E. Dept. of Oironde, 0°. 



W. Oporto, 9°. 

 First recorded on the west coast of France. Like _D. libur- 

 nicus, it is one of the few maritime species. First found in 

 Portugal by P. B. Webb, in 1838, in pine-woods on the west 

 coast. This botanist did not give it a distinct varietal name, but 

 it is the var. b mentioned above. 



97. D. macranthus, Boiss. Diagn. PI. Nov. Or. ser. I, i. p. 23 ; 

 Fl. Orient, i. p. 497. 



Basi suffrutescens, glaber. Caules 30 centim.,uniflori. Folia 

 18 mm., 3-nervia anguste linearia acuminata stricta adpressa, 

 vagina folii diam. sequante. Bractese 14-16 obovatse adpressse 

 ad \ calycis. Calyx 44 mm., dentibus lanceolatis 9-nerviis. 

 Petala non contigua pallide rosea vel alba; lamina oblongo- 

 cuneata ultra medium palmatim multifida, =J unguis. 



Hab. S. Persia, 



Differs from D. sinaicus in having simple stems, more 

 numerous bracts, and a thick and very long calyx. 



Haussk 



p. 77. 



w p m 



Basi suffrutescens, pruinoso-tomentellus, 25 centim. Folia 

 subulata acuta stricta, inferiora 14 mm., vagina folii diam. 

 sequante. Bractese 4 oblongse adpressse ad | calycis. Calyx 

 dentibus lanceolatis. Petala nou contigua, lamina oblongo- 

 spathulata alba ad medium multifida, area intermedia ovata. 



** Bracteae acuminata. Lamina imberbis. 



99. D. sESSTLiFLOuus, Boiss. Fl Orient. Supplem. p. 78. 

 Caespitosus, nanus, subacaulis. Folia 10 mm., omnia radicalia 

 consesta linearia acuta flexuosa carinata 3-nervia. Flores 111 



