CARYOPHYLLEAE. SUPPLEMENTUM I. 771 



Subordo IV. SMIjM^JVUAE UC. 



Tribus I. DIANTHEAE Kth. 



5244. DIA\TIILS L. (Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. L 266.) 

 Sectio L ARMERIASTRUM. 



1. D. MACROLEPIS Boiss. Diagn. pl. nov. oriental. L p. 18. — Annuus giaberrimus 

 glauccscens tener: caule ereclo diebolorae ramoso; ramis striclis; foll. planis 11- 

 nearib. acutiusculis, basi atlenualls, margine serrulalis, vagina lalitudine foliorum 

 breviore; (lorib. terminalib. solitariis; squamis caljcinis quaternis, dorso slriato- 

 nervosis angusle marginatis ovatis in aristam viridem longam altenuatis, exle- 

 riorib. calyce longiorib. subpatulis; calyce ovalo, ore subconstriclo pallido, tubo 

 sub lenle granuloso enervi, dentib. subulalis nervosis; corollae unguib. non cx- 

 sertis, lamina parva oblonga, apice breviter 5-6-denlala inleiise rosea; seminib. 

 laevibus. — Crescil prope Bagdad. 



2. D. STENOCEPHALUS Boiss. 1. c. 19. — Basi suffruticosus mullicaulis: caulib. 

 ereclis elongatis strictis simplicissimis tcrelib. subscabridis nodosis; foll. planis 

 aculis serrulalis scabridis nervosis, inlernodia subaequantib. striclis, vagina folii 

 laliludinem quater superanle; florib. terminalib. 1-3 in capitulum basi attenuatum 

 arcle approximalis, basi involucratis; involucri squamis oblongis acuminatis, 

 squamis calycinis 8-9 arcte imbricatis ovatis in arislam calycem aequantem at- 

 lenuatis, omnib. tenuiter nervosis scabridis albidis anguste scarioso-marginatis ; 

 calycis valde elongati tola longitudine nervoso-striati scabridi dentib. aculis; 

 petalorum unguib. non exsertis, lamina obovata obtuse creuala e sicco llaves- 

 cenle. — Crescit in Persia. 



.3. D. OLYMPICUS Boiss. I. c. — Percnnis multicaulis: caulib. elongatis ereclis le- 



retib., superne pubcrulo-subvlscidis; foll. radicalib ?, caullnis planis angusle 



lincarib. aculis, sublus trinerviis pubescentib., internodia subaequantib.; Ilorum 

 fasciculis 2-3-noris in capitulum terminalc aggregatis; squamis involucri e basi 

 oblonga acuminatis subenerviis; squamis calycinis quatuor ovalis oblusis, calyce 

 dimidio breviorib. cnerviis albidis, arista tubum calycinum aequante terminatis 

 puberulo-glandulosis; calyce puberulo-glanduloso obsolete strialo, parte supe- 

 riori rubello, in dentcs elongatos sctaceos scabcrriraos profunde fisso; pelalorum 

 lamina inlense rosea oblongo-lanceolata acule dentata barbata. — In Uumelia. 



4. D. LYDUS Boiss. I. c. 20. — Rhizomate prostrato sublignoso; caulib. erectis 

 elongatis simplicib. obtuse quadrangularib. scabridis; foll. setaceo-complicatis 

 subincurvis rigidis, snrculorura elongatis angusliorib., caulinis internodia subac- 

 quantib., vaginis folii latitudinem sextuplo superantib.; capilulis terminaiib. 4-8- 

 floris; involucri squamis latissimis rubellis teuuissime strialis glaberrimis, exti- 

 mis ovatis, caeteris obcordalis, omnib. in arislam rubram eis paullo brevlorem 

 calyces subaequantem abeuntib.; squamis calycinis subsenis tenuib. membrana- 

 ceis albidis ovalis aut emarginatis, in aristam rubram eas subaequantem calyce 

 breviorem abeuntib.; calycis elongati inferne albidi, superne rubri nervoso-striati 

 glabri dentib. acutis; petalorum unguib. non exsertis, lamina inlense rosea acute 

 dentata obovata, parce barbata. — Crescit in Lydia. 



5. D. COUS Boiss. 1. c. — Basi fruticosus, vesligiis foliorum vetustorum vestilus: 

 foll. inferiorib. fasciculatis planis elong,Ttis cariciformib. aculis, supra enerviis, 

 subtus carinato-nervosis, margine inlegris, caulinis internodla subuequantib., va- 

 ginis latitudinem folii aequantib.; caulib. subsimplicib. erectls quadrangularib. ; 

 llorib. aggregato-corymbosis; squamis calycinis 8 arcte imbricatis, inferiorib. 

 minorib. carinatis lanceolalis acutis, superiorib. ovatis acutiusculis, calyce triplo 

 breviorib. ; calyce elongato cylindrico striato-nervoso, dentib. acutis; petalorum 

 unguib. vix exsertis, limbo pallide roseo oblongo demato, dentib. obtusis. — In 

 rupibus insulae Cos. 



6. D. ERINACEUS Boiss. I. c 21. — Basi suffrulicosus densissimc cacspitosus: cau- 

 diculis ramosii-, foliorum siccorum vestigiis vestitis; foll. surculorum triangulari- 



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