458 MR. F. K". WILLIAMS OS THE GENUS DIANTIIIIS. 



non contigua ; lamina obovato-cuneata purpurea, subtus palli- 

 diore. Antherse elliptico-oblongse, cserulescentes. 



b. longistylus, Coste, in Bull. Soc. Bob. France, xxxviii. (1892) 

 p. 58. 



Habitu tenuior. Flores multum minores. Styli longe 

 exserti. 



Geogr. limits. — N. Gironde, 45°. JEJ. Gard, 5° E. 



S. Pyrenees, 43°. W. Gironde, 0°. 



This species has been joined by some French botanists with 

 D. hirtus, but it affects a very different soil, occurring in fissures 

 of rocks and sandy ledges of granitic formation, whereas the 

 latter occurs on limestone cliffs in the zone of Olea europcect. 



m 



Monoqr. Dianth 



ubulatus) 



Csespitosus, glaucus, glaber, basi suffrutescens. Caules 20 

 centim., 1-2-flori, 4-angulares. Folia anguste linearia subpun- 

 gentia 3-nervia stricta, vagina folii diam. triplo longiore ; radicalia 

 24 mm., reliqua 30 mm. Plores ssepe geminati. Bractese lan- 

 ceolate acuminato-cuspidatse patentes ad dimidium calycem, 

 s&quales. Calyx rubellus apice attenuato, dentibus lanceolatis 

 acuminatis membranaceis. Petala dentata non contigua ; lamina 

 obovato-cuneata, rosea. Antherae ellipticse. 



Sab. French Pvrpnpps tLtiA Swiaa Alna 



219. D. acuminattts, rnihi, Fnum. spp. varr. Dianthus, p. 21. 

 Caespitosus, glaber. Caules 35 centim., teretes basi lignes- 



centes. Folia anguste linearia acuminata 5-nervia, inferiora 45 

 mm. recurva, superiora 18 mm. incurva, vagina folii diam. 

 sequante. Bractese lanceolatse ad dimidium calycem. Calyx 

 dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis scarioso-marginatis 9-nerviis. 

 (Herb. Mus. Brit. Aucher-Eloy, no. 526). 



Hab. Elwend, in Syria. 



A plant with this name is mentioned in De Candolle's Prodr. 

 vol. i., but cannot be identified with any known species. I have 

 revived the name for this Syrian plant. 



220. D. sphacioticus, Bom*, et Heldr. Diagn. PL Xov. Or. 

 ser. I. viii. p. 70 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 488; RauUn, Crit. 

 Oretic. t. 7. 



