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on the Genus Dianthus. 299 
- broader and obtufe leaves, but differing in no other refpe& 
from that of Bauhin. They are both very noble and orna- 
mental plants, and it is pity they are loft to our gardens. 
The prefent remarks, imperfect as they are, would be ftill more 
fo if I did not attempt to defcribe fuch new fpecies of this genus 
as are certainly known to me, as well as to reform the fpecific 
characters of the others, fome of which are at prefent quite infuffi- 
cient, and e¥en erroneous. 
Thofe whofe characters need no ‘alteration I fhall merely enu- 
merate by the Linnzan names. 
= ee gg ee a eee ee 
zpr 
I. D. barbatus. 
2. D. carthufianorum, floribus fubaggregatis, fquamis calycinis ova- 
tis ariftatis tubo brevioribus, folus linearibus trinervus. 
. D. ferrugineus, 
. D. japonicus. Thunb, Fl. "Yap. 183. t. 23. 
3 
4 D. -Armeria, 
5 
6. D. prolifer. 
xl Flores folitarit, plures in eodem caule. 
7. D. diminutus, anne varietas praecedentis ? 
8. D. Caryopbyllus, floribus folitariis, {quamis pipi. fubrhom- 
beis breviflimis, petalis crenatis imberbibus. 
Qq 2 9. D. pome- 
