124 CARYOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) [ Dianthus. 
the petals § lines long, 3 lines wide, very shortly toothed. It varies with a sub- 
simple stem. 
6. D. Kamisbergensis (Sond.) ; stems slender, erect, branched at 
top, terete, glabrous ; radical leaves linear-setaceous, with revolute mar- 
gins, scabrid, cauline gradually shorter ; bracts 4, broadly ovate, mucro- 
nate, membrane-edged, thrice as short as the (half-inch long) tube ; 
petals small, obovate, entire or denticulate. DD. micropetalus, H. & Z. ! 
244., non. 
Has. Mountain sides. Kamisberge, Cannaland, in sandy places, Z. § Z./ (Herb. 
T.C.D., Sond.) 
1~1} feet high, very slender, having at the summit a few longish, one-flowered 
branches. Rad. leaves 2-3 inches long, } line wide ; upper cauline 3-2 lines long. 
Calyx 4-6 lines long, the teeth 1 line long. Claws of the petals not longer than the 
calyx, lamina 1}-2 lines long. 
*** Stems branched. Petals deeply digitate or pinnatifid. (Sp. 7-9). 
7. D. Zeyheri (Sond.) ; glabrous, glaucous ; stem straight, terete, 
branched, branches angular, leaves rigid, 7-9-nerved, scabrid-edged, the 
lower cauline oblongo-lanceolate, intermediate lanceolate-acuminate, and 
uppermost shorter and narrower; bracts 4-6, ovate, awned, 4 times 
shorter than the (14 inch long) tube ; pea broadly obovate, fimbri- 
ated. D. albens, Turcz., non Ait. 
Has. Macallisberg, Nov. Dec. Burke and Zey., 79. (Herb. Hook., T.C.D., Sond.) 
14-2 feet high. Lower leaves 14-2 inches long, 2~3 lines wide, very acute ; in- 
termediate equalling the internodes ; upper 1 line wide. Branches one-flowered. 
Calyx pale, with acuminate teeth. Claws of the petals longer than the calyx, the 
lamina white, 6 lines long and 5-6 lines wide, the fringe 2 lines long. Known from 
the following by the straighter habit, glaucous colour, more leathery leaves, larger 
petals and longer fringe, 
8. D. prostratus (Jacq. Schoenb. 3. t. 271.) ; green, glabrous ; sterile 
stems prostrate, the flowering erect, paniculate ; lower leaves lanceolate, 
or sublinear, three-nerved, with a smooth margin, scabrid at the point, 
upper scalelike ; bracts 4-6, ovato-lanceolate, 3-4 times shorter than 
the (14 inch long) tube ; petals obovate, fimbriated. DC. l. c. p. 364. 
D. erenatus, Bot. Reg. t. 256. D. prostratus, H. M.! in Hb. Drege, ex 
parte. D, inequalis, FE. M. b. 
3 poetanbs 0 Moy. Heck Dro); samo te 
glabrous ; rad. leaves linear, elongate, ene -edged, wppermost 2 
scalelike ; bracts 4-6, lanceolate, cuspidate-acuminate, thrice as short 
BE. & Z.! 246. (a var. with broader 
247. (with narrower leaves). 
