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Described from specimens received from Prof. H. K. Hauss- 

 knecht, and dated 187G. 



### Folia adpressa acuta. Calyx verruculosus. 



137. D. gaditanus, Poiss. Diagn. PI. Nov. Or. ser. II. i. 

 p. G7 ; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 261. 



Caules ramosi teretes foliosi. Folia linearia plana, vagina 

 folii diam. aequante. Flores irregulariter corymbosi. Bracteae 

 4-6, ovato-oblongsB xnucronatsB adpressae scariosae. Calyx apice 

 attenuate), dentibus lanceolatis mucronulatis. Lamina obovato- 

 cuneata, =^ unguis. 



a. hispanicus, mihi. 



Glaber. Folia 5-nervia. Calycis denies 9-nervii. Lamina 

 rosea. 



This is the typical form, as first described by Boissier, and 

 occurs in the woods of Chiclana, near Cadiz. 



b. maroccanus, mihi. 



Glaber. Folia latiora 7-nervia. Calycis dentes 11-nervii. 



Lamina pallide rosea. 



The identity of this form may best be inferred from its syno- 

 nyms. They are : 



Kew., non Ser. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 362 ; D. glaucus, Schousb. 

 herb. ; D. Schousbaei, Coss. ex Ball, et D. gaditanus, Pall, Spic. 

 Fl. Marocc., in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. (1877), p. 355. 



c. rumelicus, mihi. 

 Caespitosus, pubescens, 30 centim. Folia 5-nervia. Lamina 



supra rosea, subtus lutea. 



Syn. D. roseo-luteus, Velen. in Oesterr. Pot. Zeitschr. 1S87 

 (vide Nym. Consp.Fl. Pur. Suppl. ii. p. 58); ut var. mihi, Enum. 

 spp. varr. Dianthus, p. 16. 



This form is found near Aitos, in E. Rumelia. 



Geoqr. limits. — JST. Puerto de S. Maria. . 



W. Cadiz. * S ^ m - 



Re 



lan. 1 



r. of Tangier. J 



P. Tetua«. . - r 



- „ ™ . r Morocco. 



S. Frov 



#**# p ]i a patentia acuta. Bracteae mucronatae. 



138. D. pubescens, Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Graca, iv. p. 86, t. 397 ; 

 Poiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 507; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 27. 



