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XVIII. CARYOPHYLLEJE. (Edg*eworth & Hook, f.) [Dianthis. 



* Petals entire crenate or tootlied, not fimbriate, 

 t Petals STYioothy surface not bearded, 



1. I>. Caryophyllus, Linn.; leaves channelled, margin quite even, 

 cymes loosely panicled, bracts 4 broadly obovate mucronate3-4 times snorter 

 than the calyx, petals toothed and crenate. (Carnation or Clove Pink.) 



Punjab at Attok, Falconer; ? Balti, alt. 7-8000 ft., Thomson.— Bis'rmB. Westward 

 to mid-Europe. 



Perennial, glabrous, glaucous ; stems 18-24 in., branched and leafy below. Leavet 

 4-6 by 1 in. Flowers I-I4 in. diani., fragrant. Cali/x l-lj in., teeth acute. ^ letau 

 obovate, rosy, teeth ^-J the length of the blade. Capsule ovoiJ.— Thomson s liain 

 specimens are -very old, and if properly referred here, belong to a form \fita mo 

 numerous bracts. 



2. D. Falconerl, Edgew. ; leaves channelled serrulate, flowers sub- 

 solitarv, bracts 4 rarely 6 broad-ovate long-cuspidate 3-4 times shorter tnaa 

 the calyx, petals finely toothed. 



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4 



Leaves 3-6 by 



strongly 



Western Tibet; Astor and Deotsu, Falconer j &c. 



Shrubby below; stems 1-2 ft., stout, rigid, dichotomously branched. 

 I in., 1-3-nerved. Flowers smaller than in Z>. Caryoplujllas. Calyx 2 \r\ 

 striate ; bracts suddenly contracted into the Jong cusp. 



3. D. Cachemiricus, Edgew. ; leaves channelled, margin thickened 

 serrulate, flowers solitary or few, bracts 4 lanceolate with a long eiisii 

 often foliaceous point sometimes equalling the calyx. 



Kashmir, Falconer. ^ featit 



Stems much branched from the base, more slender than D. Falconen, erect. J^^ ^^ 

 I-I4 in., very narrow, midrib beneath stout. Bracts with either very slender P^^ . ^^ 

 long leafy ones. Calyx 1 in., teeth ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, margnis sea 

 Petals large, obovate; blade 4-| by 1 in., margin toothed or almost entire. 



4. ». anatolicus, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 489 ; small, slender, leavj 

 very^ narrow margin much thickened serrulate, bracts 6 (4-8) very t> 

 cuspidate \-\ shorter than the calyx. 



Western Tibet, Falconer; Dras, 8-10,000 ft., Thomson,— Distrib. '*''"°°^°^g{^jjjer, 



strict, 1- or more-flowered. Leaves {-% in., rigid, slender, with a ^^^^ ^^^^^^^'^''^^^p^aU 

 margin »^ • • • ■- - ' '^^^ 



rosy, blade small, broad, crenate-toothed. 



5. I>. Jacquemontii, £'t/(ym. ; leaves narrow, radical serrulate, cau^J^^ 

 ith thickened obscurely serrulate margins, bracts 4 very broaa 



with 



acute or cuspidate \ the length of the calyx, calyx-teeth pungent. 



Western Himalaya, Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft., Jacquemont, &c 1-15 i^-i 



Sttms 4-10 m., many from a tufted woody stock, rathor slender.^ ^^^^%ract'^ ^^^' 

 riaceous, green when dry, flat above, acute. Elouers usually sulitary. ^ '^^j^ 



1-1 J in 



denly contracted into a ponit which is 'sometimes thickened and quite ^^I^^^^^^Tg^r ■^• 

 f-1 in., teeth lung, with rigid tips. Petals broad, rather deeply toothed. * 

 Liboscliitzianusj JSeringe, of the Caucasus, but differs in the toothed petals. 



6 1 Z>. deltoldes 



bracts 2, calyx ^ in., petals toothed. 



f Z. ; glabrous, leaves linear acute obscurely ser 



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Western Tibet; Lance. — Distrib 



Specimens very imperfect, but apparently 



B. (of D, deltoides, AVestem Europe). . _.' ^hich 

 arently identical with the European W^l-v jo 



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varies from glabious to pubescent, and very much in the length of the bracts. 

 Lance's specimen are ^-| the length of the calyx, and coloured. 



which 



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