30 AUT. BOT. 



patulis, pedunc. 4gonis fol. brevior, capitulis 

 paucifl. — Carol. Florida, this and all the North 

 Araer. sp. ofthis G. belong to my subg. Eupo- 

 danthes fl. T. 977, so natural as to have been 

 made a single sp. by some. This has long nar- 

 row leaves obt. triuncial. smali heads and 

 flowers. 



244, Dianth. longifolia Raf. caule herb. cos- 

 tato rigido, fol. sess. lanceol. acutis longissimis, 

 basi cuneatis integris patuHs, pedunc. brevis sul- 

 catis, capitulis depressis — found in R. Susque- 

 hannah, akin to last, but robust with large broad 

 leaves^ 4 to 6 inches long, perhaps a remarka- 

 ble deviation. 



245, Dianths repanda Raf caule rigido cos- 

 tato, fol. adpressis sessil. oblongis repandis,apice 

 obtusis callosis, pedunc. longissimis 4suic. sul>4fl, 

 — very distinct sp. from Arkanzas, smalier,with 

 short ieaves biunciai, iarger flowers &c. t 



246, Dianth. ensiformis Raf Just. do Wait. 

 pedunc. Mx. &c, repens, cauiib. iierb, 4gonis 

 acutanguiis €rectis,foi« sess. iin. lanc. acutis sub> 

 repandis, pedunc. 4gonis foi. subeq. capit. spica- 

 tis — such is tJie most common kind from New 

 Engiand to Caroima and Missouri. 



247, Dianth. humiUs Raf .Tust. do O. — ^re- 

 pens, cauiib. adscendens, costatis, foi. sess. obi. 

 vei. cuneatis obtusis subintegris, pedunc. fol. 

 longior anguiatis, fl, spicatis — Aiabama to Lou- 

 isiana, 2 sp. have also been biended in J. humi- 

 iis, thisis smail, semipedal or iess. 



248, Dianth. heterophyla liaf. cauie recto 

 acutang. fol. subsess. eliipt. vei ovatis vei. obov. 

 vcl. obi. integris vei repandis, sepe obtusis, ped. 

 fol, subeq. spicatis — Carol. to Fiorida, pedai, 

 leaves iarge quite variable, not at ail humble, 

 spike often of 5 remote flowers. 



