450 MR. E. K. WILLIAMS Otf THE GENUS DIANTHTTS. 



_D. Jiispanicus differs from this species chiefly in the glaucous 

 leaves and smooth seeds. 



* # Calyx verruculosus. Petala contigua. 



197. D. triptjnctatits, Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Grceca, iv. p. 86, 

 t. 398 ; Tanfani, in Pari. Fl. Italiana, ix. p. 275. 



Grlaber. Caules 37 centim., teretes ramis patulis. Folia 

 radicalia 35 mm. linearia acuta patentia plana 5-nervia, reliqua 

 25 mm. elongato-linearia acuminata canaliculata 3-nervia, vaginis 



pallidis. Bractese late membranacese acuminato-cuspidatse, 

 exteriores ovato-lanceolatae, interiores ovatse. Calyx apice 

 attenuato, dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis purpureis scarioso- 

 marginatis 9-11-nerviis. Lamina dentata oblongo-cuneata rosea 

 basi saturatius trilineata, = unguem. Antherse cseruleseentes. 

 Semina granulata. 



b. Barati, Duv. (sp.) in Bull. Soc. JBot. France, 1855, p. 351 ; 

 auct. Fnum. spp. varr. Dianth. p. 19. 



Geogr. limits. — N~. Trezene, in the Morea. 



S. and W. Algeria. 

 JE. Cyprus. 



Subsectio 2. Stetabenses. 



Caules ramosi. Folii vagina diain. ejusdem sequante. Bractese 

 atting. ^-| calycis tubum. 



* Bractese mucronatae adpressse. 

 sbergensis. Son d. in Harv. et So 



Wt 



Glaber. Caules 37 centim., paniculati teretes. Folia stricta ; 

 radicalia 40 mm. linearia acuta, caulina angustius linearia 

 acuminata. Bractese obovatse scarioso-alatse. Petala integra 

 v. dentata contigua, lamina obovato-cuneata rosea. 



Sab. Kamisberge, Cape Colony. 



199. D. Andersonii, mihi, in Journ. of Botany, 1885, p. 346 

 (char, emend.). 



Pubescens. Caules 15-27 centim., furcati teretes. Folia 10 

 mm. 5-nervia, linearia acuta adpressa, vaginis pallidis. Flores 

 parvi. Bractese obovatse scariosae. Calyx dentibus lanceolatis 



