Alpine Dianthii s-Gruppe. l 103 



1"2 — ■[•Diiini lata, caulina in squamas mutata. Squa- 

 mae 4 — 6, membranaceae, basi plus minus late connatae, 

 superiores carinato-ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, ex- 

 cavatae, ad caulem incurvae, non cuspidatae vel in dentem 

 viridem minutissimum productae, saepius- trinerviae» 

 purpureae vel nervo mediane viridi marginibus late membrana- 

 ceis pallidae, summae binae calyci plerumque non 

 accumbentes sed internodio 1 — 14 mm longo ab eo 

 remotae (cal3''X quasi stipitatus), rarius ei adpressae, tubi 

 dimidio breviores, circa 4 m«^ longae, 3 mm latsie, in- 

 fimae (in basi caulis) interdum inter squamarum et foliorum 

 formam medium tenentes, ad 10 mm longae, erectae^ cauli 

 accumbentes. Calyx anguste obconico-campanulatus, in 

 basinsensim angustatus, 9— 1 • 5 mm 1 o n gu s, 3—3 • 6 mm 

 latus, purpureus vel rarius pallidus, manifeste et aequa- 

 liter 35 striatus, rigidiusculus, dentibus triangulari-lanceo- 

 latis, obtusis, non multum vel non cuspidatis. Petalorum 

 lamina calycis tubo brevior, circa 6 — 7 mm. longa, 5 mm 

 lata, in margine exteriore irregulariter crenulato-dentata, pur- 

 purea, interdum alba. Capsula glabra, calyce excedens. 



Geographische Verbreitung. 



Balkangebirge in Bulgarien und Serbien.^ Rhodope-Gebirge 

 in Macedonien und Rumelien. — Alpine Region. 



S t a n d o r t s V e r z e i c h n i s s. 



Bulgarien: In graminosis excelsioribus montis Vitos 

 (Velenovsky, 1887, hb. D., hb. H. — 1889, hb. H.); in saxosis 

 ad cacumen »Mara Gidik« montis Balkan supra Kalofer 

 (J. Wagner, 1893, hb. D., hb. M., hb. K.); Rilo Dagh (Pancic, 

 1882, hb. B., hb. K.; Friedrichsthal [als D. Rhodopaeus Fried r.] 

 hb. M. — hb. B.); Kalofer (Janka, hb. H.); Balkan (Friwaldsky, 

 als D. ptimilus Vahl. hb. D.)^ In alpinis m. Rhodope (Stribrny 

 1890, hb. U.). 



1 Aus Serbien, wo Williams die Nordgrenze des D. microlepis angibt, 

 sah ich keine Belege. 



- Als D. puiniltis Vahl. ex coli. Friw. auch in hb. K. 



