MR. F. N. WILLIAMS OX THE GENUS DIAKTHTTS. 417 



in caespite subsessiles. Bracteae ovato-lanceolatae albidae apice 

 virentes acuminata. Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus triangu- 

 lares acutis rubris ciliolatis 7-nerviis. Lamina obovato-oblouga 

 rosea obtuse dentata, = 3 unguis. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Servia. P. Bulgaria. 



8. Rumelia. W. Albania. 



### Bracteae 4. Calyx verruculosus. 



125. D. polycladfs, Boiss. Diagn. PI. Nov. Or. ser. 1, i. p. 65 ; 

 PL Orient, i. p. 483. 



Glabriusculus vel inferne tomentellus. Caules 60 centim., 

 tenues teretes dicbotome et stricte ramosi. Folia patentia stricta 

 3-nervia, radicalia linearia acuta, caulina anguste linearia 

 acuminata, vagina folii diam. bis longiore. Bracteae obovatae 

 mucronatae. Calyx stramineus apice attenuato, dentibus lanceo- 

 latis acutis 7-nerviis scarioso-alatis. Lamina pallide carnea 

 parva oblongo-linearis obtuse dentata. 



b. breviberbis, Boiss. MS. 

 Omnino glaber. Folia recurva. 

 Hob. North Syria. 



126. D. mtjltipfnctatus, Ser. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 362 ; Boiss. 

 PI. Orient, p. 482. 



Pubescens, 25 centim. Caules uniflori teretes. Folia anguste 

 linearia acuminata patentia 3-nervia, vagina folii diam. aequante. 

 Bracteae obovatae mucronatae. Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus 

 lanceolato-ovatis acutis 9-nerviis scarioso-alatis. Lamina 

 unguem, obovato-cuneata rosea. 



b. micrauthus, Boiss. herb. ; auct. Enum. spp. varr. Dianthus, 

 p. 15. 



Velutinus. Flores parvi. 



Boissier says of the species, " flores multum variant magni- 



tudine, laminis plus minus amplis." 



c. glabriusculus, tnihi. 



d. pruinosus, Post, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. (1888) p. 422, 

 Both the above forms occur in Palestine, and are found on the 



road between Jerusalem and Jericho ; whereas the specimens 

 from Mt. Lebanon are more velutinous than in the type and of a 

 brighter green. I have thought it worth while therefore to refer 

 them to the next variety. 



