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MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON TIIE GENUS DIANTHUS. 41 L 



Geogr. limits. — N. Tabreez, in prov. Aderbidjan, Persia, 38°. 



S. St. Catherine's Peak, ou Mt. Sinai, 28°. 



E. Ispahan, in prov. Irak-Adjemi, Persia, 52 



W. Mt. Lebanon, in Syria, 35°. 



111. J), supekbus, Linn. Amcen. Acad. iv. (1759), p. 272; Sp. 

 Plantarum, ed. II. p. 589; Willie, et Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp. iii. 

 p. 687 ; Meichb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. f. 5032 ; Curt. Hot. Mag. 

 t. 297. 



Glaber lsete virens. Caulis 35-50 centim., dichotome et 

 corymbose ramocsus, teres, gracilis. Folia 48 mm., lanceolato- 

 linearia basi obtusa superne acuta 3-5-nervia mollia plana, 

 vagina folii diam. aequante. Flores odoratissimi paniculis laxis 

 dichotomis. Bracteae 4 obovatse strain ineae menibranaceo-alatae 

 mucronatae adpressae ad | calycis longit., valde inaequales. Calyx 

 apice attenuato, dentibus lanceolatis purpureis 7-nerviis. Lamina 

 oblongo-cuneata pallide rosea fere ad basin usque pinnatim 

 multifida, = ^ unguis, area oblonga minuta. Anther® luteo- 

 albae, ellipticae. Capsula cylindrica. 



b. speciosus, lieichb. Fl. Germ. Fxc. p. 808 ; Schur, Fnum. Fl. 

 Transsilvanice, 99 (var. grandiflorus) ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 

 Helv. 5032 (3. 



Caulis 30 centim., parce ramosus, pauciflorus. Flores duplo 

 majores, brevius pedunculati, ssepe rubicundi. Calyx purpureus 

 crassior. 



c. caespitosus, Drejer, Fl. Excnrs. Hafniensis (1838) ; auct. 

 Pinks Cent. Fur. p. 35. 



Basi plus minus caespitosus. 



d. micro ue talus. Lanae. Haandb. Danish. Flora, p. 296 ; auct. 



4 ' • / ' 



Pinks Cent. Fur. p. 35. 



e. brevicalycina, Maxim, in Act. Hoy 



f. longicalyciua. Maxim, in Act. Hot 



Her 



Mosc 



Caules robusti. Bracteae ovato-subrotundae. Calyx purpureus. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Altenfiord, in Norway, 70°. 



S. Barcelona, 42°. 



E. Japan, 142°. 



W. Galicia, in Spain, 8°. 



As this plant was known to Arnoldus, who includes it in his 



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