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118. D. zoxatus, Fenzl, Pugill. riant. Syr. no. 35; Foiss. Fl. 

 Orient, i. p. 501. 



Caespitosus, scaber, basi suffrutescens. Caules 30 centim., 

 4-augulares ramosi. Folia stricta ; radicalia elongato-linearia 

 acuminata 5-nervia, caulina linearia acuta 7-nervia, vagina folii 

 diam. bis longiore. Bracteae 4 obovatie mucronataB membranaceo- 



marginatse. Calyx dentibus lanceolatis mucronatis purpureo- 

 zonatis. Lamina purpurea basi atro-purpureo-zonata subtus 

 flavida obovato-subrotunda ampla, =\ unguis. 



Mi 



Walp. Ann. vii. p. 264. 

 Glaucus. Bracteae 8. Lamina oblongo-cuneata. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Ouchak, in Anatolia. 



S. Gulek Boghaz, in Cilicia. 



IS. Marasch, in the Anti-Taurus. 



W. Boz-dagh, near Smyrna, in Anatolia. 



119. D. microchelus, mihi ( = D. brachyanthus, Schur, Enum. 

 Fl. Transsilvanice, p. 96) ; Finks Cent. Eur. p. 37. 



Glaber. Caules 7 centim., tetragoni tenues. Folia oblongo- 

 linearia patentia, radicalia 60 mm. acuminata, caulina 50 mm. 

 acuta angustissima, vagina folii diam. bis longiore. Bracteae 



4 obovatae mucronatae fuscae. Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus 

 lanceohtis acuminatis fuscis. Petala non contigua ; lamina 

 purpurea suborbiculata, =unguem. 



Hal. Kronstadt, in Transvlvania. 



So named from the petals having short claws. Schur's name 

 (1866) is pre-occupied by Boissier's D. brachyanthus (1839). 

 Blocki thought the plant might be a hybrid between D. Carthu- 

 sianorum and _D. alpinus, but the latter species is not known in 

 Transylvania. 



120. D. maris, Willd. ex Jlort. Beg. Kew. ; auct. Finks Cent. 

 Eur. p. 38. 



Caespitosus, glaucus, glaber, 30 centim. Caules teretes pani- 

 culatim ramosi. Folia anguste linearia acuminata uninervia 

 patentia, vagina folii diam. aequante. Flores cymis laxis. 

 Bracteae 4 obovato-rotundatae mucronulatae. Lamina pallide 

 rosea subrhomboidea, = unguem. 



Hab. The Alps. 



This is described from a specimen in flower in the Herbaceous 



