430 MR. F. K. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS DTANTHTTS. 



Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1861, iv. p. 524 ; Ilemsl. in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. 

 xxiii. (1886), p. 63; mihi, Pinks West. Fur. p. 29; Boi. Mag. 

 t. 25, et t. 5536 ; Fl. des Serves, t. 1150, t. 1288, t. 1289, t. 1380, 

 et t. 1381 ; etiam vide Tournef. in Act. Par. 1705, p. 348, t. 5. 

 (D. chinensis, auctt. citt. plurim.) 



Caespitosus, glaber. Caudex repens. Caules dichotome ra- 

 mosi tetragoni praesertim basi. Folia lineari-lanceolata acuminata 

 basi contorta stricta patentia canaliculata trinervia vel 5-nervia 

 (lateralibus obscurioribus), vagina folii diam. aequante, radicalia 

 64 mm., reliqua 40 mm. Flores solitarii in paniculis v. cymis 

 laxe dispositi, vix odorati. Bracteae 4, pnribus inaequalibus, 

 ovali-lanceolatae acuminatae. Calyx dentibus triangularibus 

 7-nerviis. Petala contigua ; lamina in forma variabili, saepius 

 rosea, purpurascente, interdum alba, maculata, margine incurva. 

 Antherae caeruleae v. purpurascentes. Capsula ovoidea subsessilis. 

 Semma granulata. 



b. asper, Koch (= D. Seguieri, auct. Furop.), Syn. PL Germ. 

 Helv. (ed. I.), p. 96; Chaix, in Fill. Hist. PL Dauph. i. p. 330 

 (in parte, etiam vide D. collinus); Maxim. Fl. Asice Or.Fragm. 

 p. 6; Beichb. Ic. FL Germ. Helv. f. 5024; [Seg. PL Ver. (1745- 

 1754), 18, t. 2 (non bona),] uti D. Cartbusianorum, var. longi- 

 folius ; Timb. JMonogr. Dianth. Pyr. Fr. p. 9, t. 7. 



Flores in paniculis dispositi. Bracteae squarroso-patulae. 



c. sylvaticus, Koch, Syn. PL Germ. Helv. ed. I. p. 96; Bohrb. 

 in Linn&a, xxxvi. (1870), p. 671. 



Flores in paniculis dispositi, aut caulis uni- vel pauciflorus. 

 Bracteae foliaceje subadpressae. 



subvar. a. macrolepis, Bohrb. — Folia saepe glaucescentia, 

 lineari- vel plus minusve late lanceolata. Flores magni. Bracteae 

 calycem superantes. 



subvar. /3. brachylepis, Bohrb. — Flores minores, interdum albi. 

 Bracteae subulato-acuminatae ad basin calycis dentium, late ovatae. 



Lamina obovato-cuneata, = unguem 



d. geminiflorus, Koch, Syn. FL Germ. Helv. ed. I. p. 96; 

 Lois. FL Gall. i. p. 305 (1806); Timb. Monogr. Dianth. Pyr. 

 Fr. p. 10, t. 8. 



Flores geminati. Bracteae valde striatae attingentes ad basin 

 calycis dentium. Lamina rosea subrhomboidea, = unguem. 



e. macrosepalus, Franch. PL David, p. 45 ; Lessing, tn 

 Linncea, ix. p. 153 (D. dentosus) ; Fisch. ex Beichb. Ic. PL Crtt. 

 nn. 743, 744 (D. dentosus). 



