MR. 1\ ^T. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS DIAtfTIIUS. 451 



aeuminatis purpureis scarioso-alatis 9-nerviis Lamina obovato- 

 cuneata rosea, = unguem. — (Kotschy, it. 1855, Herb. Mus. Brit.). 

 Hob. Syria. 



200. D. s^tabensis, Bouy, in Ball. Soc. Bot. France, 1882, 

 p. 44 ; tmet. Pinks West. Eur. p. 39. 



Caespitosus. Caules 40 centim., dichotome ramosi teretes. 

 Folia linearia plana 3-nervia flaccida ; radicalia obtusa, caulina 

 acuta, vaginis pallidis. Bractea? ovali-lanceolatae late scariosa*. 

 Calyx apice attenuate, dentibus lanceolatis aeuminatis. Lamina 

 obovato-cuneata rosea, = ^ unguis. Seinina laeviuscula. 



b. minor, Bouy. 



c. media, Bouy. 



llab. Prov. Valencia, in Spain. 



There are good specimens of this plant in Herb. Mus. Brit., 

 from which, with the assistance of the original description, this 

 species has been described and its position in the genus deter- 

 mined. Though very similar in habit to D. hispanicus, it appears 



to be sufficiently distinct from the other species of the east of 

 Spain. 



## Bractese acuminata patentes. 



201. D. Planell2e, Willie. Ic. et Descr. PI. Nov. Bar. Ilisp. i. 

 p. 79, t. 53 ; Willh. et Lange, Prodr. Fl. ffisp. iii. p. 681. 



Caespitosus, glaber, glaucus. Caudex crassus. Caules 44 

 centim., tenues teretes divaricati internodiis longis. Folia 



elongato-linearia acuminata 3-nervia plana, radicalia 72 mm. 

 falcata, caulina 50 mm. Flores solitarii v. geminati parvi rosei 

 cymis laxis. Braetese ovales scarioso-alata?. Calyx apice attenu- 

 ate, dentibus lanceolatis aeuminatis. Petala non contigua, 

 lamina oblonoro-cuneata truncata dentata. Antherae lutese. 

 Hob. North and south of E. Minho, in Spam and Portugal. 



202. D. AURAiviTicirs, Post, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. (1888), 

 p. 422 ; auct. Fnum. spp. varr. Dianthus, p. 20. 



Glaber, glaucus, 30 centim. Caules parce ramosi angulariter 

 compressi. Folia 40-45 mm., linearia acuta canaliculata. 

 Bracte® oblongo-lanceolata? scarioso-alatse. Calyx dentibus 

 triangularibus mucronatis. Lamina obovato-spathulata dentata. 



Hab. Between Irbid and Bozrah in the plain of Hauran, 

 Palestine. 



