45G MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENU'S DIANTHUS. 



*** Bracteae stramineae. 



212. D. cognobilis, Timb. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xi. (1864), 

 p. 143 ; Mem. Acad. Tout. ser. VI. vol. v. p. 241 ; Monogr. 

 Dianth. Pyr. p. 14, t. 13. 



Caespitosus, glaber, basi sufFrutesceus. Caules 15 centim., 

 biflori tenues. Folia linearia acuta carinata adpressa. Bracteae 

 obovato-lanceolatae mucronatae adpressae ad \ calycis. Calyx 

 coriaceus apice attenuato, dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis pur- 

 pureo-scariosis. Petala dentata non contigua ; lamiua obovato- 

 cuneata truucata rosea, = i unguis. 



b. vivariensis, Jord. (sp.) ex Nym. Consp. Fl. Eur op. p. 105. 

 Hab. Pyrenees. 



213. D. procumbens, Vent. Jard. Cels, t. 39; Vers. Syn. i. p. 491. 

 Glaucus, scaber. Caules 30 centim., tetragoni. Folia elongato- 



linearia plana stricta carinata; radicalia 25 mm. acuminata; 

 caulina 14 mm. acuta, vagina folii diam. bis longiore. Bractere 

 patentes ad calycis apices, exterioribus lanceolatis, interioribus 

 obovatis. Calyx purpureus, dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis. 

 Petala dentata non contigua; lamina obovata, = | unguis. 



Geogr. limits. — JV. Valley of the Euphrates, near Suwerek in 



prov. Diarbekir. 

 S. South of the ruins of Palmyra, in the Syrian 



Desert. 

 E. Mt. Elburz, in North Persia. 

 W. Anti-Lebanon, towards the city of Damascus. 



214. D. lel t coph:efs, Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Grceca, v. p. 3, t. 405 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 487. 



Caespitosus, glaucus, glaber. Caules 13 centim., tetragoni 

 uniflori parce foliati. Folia 20 mm. 3-nervia, lineari-lanceolata 

 acuta adpressa, vagina folii diam. aequante. Bracteae adpressae 

 ad ^ calycis, exterioribus lanceolatis, interioribus obovatis. Calyx 

 fuscus apice attenuato, dentibus lanceolatis acutis. Petala con- 

 tigua obtuse dentata; lamina obovato-oblonga alba, subtus 

 ferrugineo-fusca, = | unguis. Antherae albidae. 



b. macropetalon, Clem, in Tchihat. Asie Min. Bot. i. p. 220; 

 aitct. Enum. sp. varr. Dianthus, p. 20. 



Petala latiora ; lamina purpurea, subtus pallidiore, = uuguem. 



c. eretmopetalus, Staj)f (sp.), Beitr. Fl. Lycien. p. 5. 

 Lamina obovato-cuneata, = «| unguis. 



Hah. Anatolia. 



