418 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS OS THE GENUS DIAOTHTIS. 



e. "holosericeus, mild, Enum. spp. varr. DiantJius, p. 15. 



/. striatellus, Fenzl (sp.), Pugill. Plant. Syr. no. 33 ; Boiss. Fl. 



Orient, i. p. 483 (par. gracilior). 



Caules graciiiores. Folia carinata. Lamina purpurea subtus 



tiavo-viridula. 



g. subenervis, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 483. 



Found on Mt. Lebanon, at a height of 1800 metres. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Near Tarsus, in Cilicia. 



S. Judaea. 

 E. Mesopotamia. 

 W. Island of Crete. 



*##* Bractese 10-14. 



127. D. axilliflorus, Fenzl, Pugill. Plant. Syr. no. 32 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, i. p. 483, et Supplem. p. 77. 



Caespitosus, scaber. Caules 25 centim., simplices v. superne 

 brevi?sime et stricte ramosi strieti angulati sulcati. Folia 

 anguste linearia acuminata 3-5-nervia, radicalia flexuosa, caulina 

 adpressa, vagina folii diam. aequante. Flores frequentes speciosi. 

 Bracteae ovato-ellipticae inembranaceo-marginatae cuspidato- 

 mucronatae purpureo-lineatae arete imbricate, valde inaequales. 

 Calyx apiee attenuate, dentibus lanceolatis mucronatis scarioso- 

 alatis 9-nerviis. Petala non eontigua, lamina purpurea obovnta. 



b. heptaneurue, mihi ( = D. Wawr®, Freyn) in Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 Supplem. p. 79. 

 Folia 7-nervia. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Cilicia, 37°. 



8. Mt. Lebanon, 34°. 



E. Mt. Lebanon, 30°. 



W. Gulf of Kara-gatch, in Anatolia, 27°. 



Subsectio 2. Hemisyrhix. 

 Bracteae 2-10, attingentes | ealyeis longitudinem. 



Folia patentia, vagina folii diam. aequaute, radicalia obtusa- 



128. 1). deltoides, Linn. Sp. Plant, ed. I. p. 411; Gren. et 

 Godr. Fl. de France, i. p. 23G ; Engl. Bot. ed. III. ii. p. 43, t. 192. 



Caespitosus, scabro-puberulus. Caules 25 centim., teretes 

 teuues furcati. Folia 12 mm., plana flaccid a 3-nervia, nervis 

 lateralibus obscuris, radicalia oblanceolata, caulina lineari- 



