412 MB. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS DIANTHtTS. 



" Tunica herba," it may not be out of place here to give a few of 

 the pre-Linnean names by which it was known : 



Caryophyllus minor II. (Dodoncdus, 1583). 



Caryophyllus sylvestris VI. (Clusius, 1598). 



Superba major flore albo (G. Pelletier, 1610). 



Tunica montana altissima (Hupp, 1718). 



Caryophyllus flore tenuissimo dissecto (Seguier, Plantso Vero- 



nenses, 1745-1754). 

 Caryophyllus plumarius (KraschenniJcoio, 1750). 

 Caryophyllus floribus solitariis, petalis multifidis basi canali- 

 culars {J. G. Gmelin, 1751). 

 Tunica plumaria (Scopoli, 1760). 

 And the following post-Linnean : 



(M< 



W 



1854, p. 75 ; et in Flora, 1856, p. 127. 



Caulis 35 centim., teres. Folia 48 mm., 3-5-nervia, mollia 

 linearia acuta plana, vagina folii diam. sequante. Flores odorati 

 paniculis laxis dichotomis. Bractese 4 obovatae adpressse mem- 

 branaceo-alatse mucronatse ad 5 calycis, straminese purpura- 

 scentes. Calyx rubellus, dentibus lanceolatis 7-nerviis. Lamina 

 obovato-euneata purpurea fere ad basin usque pinnatim multifida. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Sweden. E. Transylvania. 



S. Hungary. W. Switzerland. 



Sectio ii. Barbulatum. 



Flores solitarii vel in ramulis laxe cymosi. Petala dentata, 

 barbulata, rosea purpureave. 



Subsectio 1. Lepidacribia. 



Bractese scariosae, attingentes 5-3 calycis longitudinem, 

 adpressae. 



* Bractese 4-8. Calyx non verruculosus. 



113. D. LusiTANicus, Brot. Fl. Lusit. ii. p. 137; Phytogr. 

 Lusit. t. 70 ; Willk. Icon. Descr. PI. Crit. Hisp. i. p. 8, t. 2. 

 Suffrutescens, csespitosus, glaucus, glaber. Caules 30 centim., 



teretes furcati 2-4-flori. Folia anguste linearia acuta 3-nervia 

 radicalia 19 mm. carinata patentia recurva sulcata, caulina 

 10 mm. canaliculata stricta adpressa, apicem versus cucullato- 

 convoluta, vagina folii diam. sequante. Flores longe pedunculati 



