422 MB. F. N. WILLIAMS ON" THE GENUS DIANTHUS. 



Caespitosus, glaber. [Radix multicopy. Caules 11 centim. 

 simplices v. apice parce et stricte ramosi teretes nitidi. Folia 

 24 mm., obtusa uninervia canaliculata nitida, radicalia lineari- 

 lanceolata recurva, caulina linearia incurva. Flores speciosi 

 odorati. Bracteae 4, herbaceae rubellae ovato-lanceolatae acumi- 

 nata adpressse. Calyx brevis membranaceus purpureus v. 

 nigricans, dentibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis. Petala non con- 

 tigua; lamina obovata rosea maculata, = ■§ unguis. Antherae 

 purpureas. 



b. obtusus, mihiy in Journ. of Botany, 1885, p. 345 ; Enum. 

 spp. varr. Dianth. p. 17. 



Caules apice stricte ramosi. Folia omnia latiora obtusiora 

 lineari-lanceolata. Bracteae ovato-ellipticae. — Syria, 1879 {Herb. 

 Keiv.) . 



c. sursumscaber, Borb. in Termesz. Fiiz. xii. (1889), p. 41. 



Geocjr. limits. — N. KW. Carpathians, in the county of Liptau, 



in Hungary. 

 S. Jebel Muneitsi, in Syria. 



E. Ibid. 



W. Bocks on the summit of the Visocica, in 



Croatia. 



135. I). Seideitzti, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 506. 



Caespitosus, glaber, 8 centim. Caules uniflori. Folia 12 mm., 

 uninervia linearia obtusa flaccida carinata. Bracteae 4, virenti- 

 rubellae oblongo-lanceolatae mucronatae adpressa). Calyx ruber 

 valde nervosus apice attenuato, dentibus oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acutis. Lamina obovata, =| unguis. 



Sab. Prov. of Aderbidian. Persia. 



** Folia adpressa obtusa, vagina folii diam. aequante. 



136. D. MULTIBQTJAMATTJS, mihi, in Journ. of Botany, 1885, 

 p. 344 ; Enum. spp. varr. Dianth. p. 16. 



Glaber, 52 centim. Caules tenues stricte ramosi teretes. 

 Folia 32 mm., linearia plana stricta 3-nervia basi obscure 

 5-nervia. Bracteje 10, obovatee mucronatse adpressae arete im- 

 brieatae purpureas valde inaequales. Calyx apice attenuato, 

 dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis scarioso-alatis 7-nerviis purpu- 

 reis. Lamina oblonga. 



liab. Kurdistan {Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



