34 CARYOPHYLLEjE. 



HAD. Fokien: Kosan, leg. S. NAGASAWA, Aprili. 1910, (No. 226). 



Near P. hongkongensis HEMSL. (Incl. Fl. Sin. I. p. 60, PI. II.), but differs 

 from it by the much narrower leaves and 2 distinctly lobed stigma ; also 

 near P. tenuifolia, but distinguishable from it in having broader leaves and 

 terminal racemes. 



Caryophylleae. 



Dianthus LINN. 



Dianthus pygmseus HAYATA sp. nov. Herba nana 6-7 cm. alta, rhi- 

 zomatibus gracilibus pauci-ramosis ; caulis simplex, erectus, rectus. Foh*a 

 radicalia ad basin caulis approximatim dense disposita, linearia 23 mm. longa 

 1J mm. lata, apice acuta, basi longe attenuata in basi dilatata caulem semi- 

 amplectantia, margine tenuissime marginata, et sub lente minute denticulata, 

 sessilia. Folia caulina radicali similia, clecussatim 3-seriatim remote sita, 

 superiori bus minoribus. Flores sub-sessiles erecti, basi bracteis oppositis 

 2-seriatis decussatis instructi, bracteis inferioribus ovatis apice longe cuspidatis 

 1 cm. longis 3|- mm. latis basi sequilatis margine hyalinis, superioribus oblongis 

 apice breviore cuspidatis basi obtusis 12 mm. longis 5 mm. latis margine 

 hyalinis. Calyx cyliiidricus, 18 mm. longus 3] mm. latus, multi-striatus, ore 

 5-labatus, lobis triangulari-ovatis 4 mm. longis 2J- mm. latis leviter patentibus 

 extus glabris intus pubescentibus margine breviter ciliolatis apice obtusis. 

 Petala 5, longe unguiculata cum ungue 3 cm. longa, unguibus linearibus 

 17 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, lamina rotundato-obovata 13 mm. longa 12 mm. 

 lata patento-reflexa a medio sursum alte fimbriata, (fimbriis ssepe simplici- 

 bus, nuiiquam f urcatis, 8 mm. longis basi % mm. latis omnino 10, racliatim 

 divergentibus), basi cuneata integra. Stamina 10 basi in tubum brevem 

 1 mm. longum connata, supra basin libera, filamentis altris 6 mm. longis 

 altris 4 mm. longis, antheris lineari-oblongis 1 mm. longis mm. latis apice 

 arete 2-lobatis basi sagittatis. Capsula (submatura) stipitata, stipite 1 mm. 

 loiigo cum tubo staminum sequilongo, cylindracea 8 mm. longa 2 \ mm. lata 

 supra medium latissima glabra apice obtusa, cum stylo articulata, styUs 

 2, distiuctis 9 mm. longis, linearibus intus hirtellis. Semina minuta. 



