218 
as he gives with such precision the locality where he found the 
plant, a detail omitted entirely in the case of many of his specimens ; 
he says: —- in collibus infra Taffelberg latere orientali. 
Floret Majo, Juni 
There is sea of herbarium material of D. albens, Ait., 
from Table Mt. and vicinity, and no other species of Dianthus i is 
known to occur there. 
The type of D. albens was grown at Kew from seed collected 
by Masson somewhere in the Cape Province; Thunberg travelled 
with Masson on one, at least, of his journeys, and Masson’s 
seeds may have been collected at the same place as Thunberg’s 
type of D. incurvus. 
Aiton’s type of D. albens, in the British Museum herbarium, 
agrees sufficiently (allowing for slight variatiou due to growth 
under English conditions) with Table Mt. specimens (e.g., Wolley 
Dod 124) to show that they represent one and the same species. 
In describing D. holopetalus as distinct from D. albens, 
Turezaninow was clearly under a misconception as to the type 
of the latter species, for he cites as the true D. albens, Ait., a 
seghand we plant (Zeyher 79) unknown to Aiton and which is the 
f D. Zeyheri, Sond. Turczaninow cites as the types of his 
B holopetalus, Zeyher’s No. 78 and Ecklon & Zeyher’s No. 247 
(distributed by them as D. albens, Ait.); we may conclude 
therefore, that Turczaninow’s specimens of these two numbers 
represented one and the same species. Zeyher 78 is D. albens, 
Ait.; but the Kew specimen of Ecklon & Zeyher 247 does not 
match Zeyher 78 (and belongs to D. Bolusii), while Ecklon & Zeyher 
246 (labelled D. crenatus, Thunb.), compares well with Zeyher 78, 
and is referrable to D. albens (not to D. crenatus). It would appear, 
therefore, that the labels of these two Ecklon and Zeyher numbers 
were transposed, and I have acted on this assumption in assigning 
the localities to the two plants. 
9. D. Bolusii, Burtt Davy, sp. nov., D. basutico, Burtt Davy, 
affinis, sed pedunculis saepe multifioris, ‘petalis lacerato-fimbriatis 
differt ; a D. caespitoso, Thunb. caulibus foliosis, pedunculis 
multifloris et foliis latioribus differt. 
Basal leaves tufted at the crown of a somewhat woody or more 
or less slender underground stem, 10-17 cm. long, 1-5-3 mm. 
road; cauline leaves 1-5 mm. long. Stems slender, about 
3 cm. high, much branched above (rarely simple), usually 
4-8-flowered. Bracts 3-5 pairs, broad, acute, bristle-pointed, 
scarious-margined, chartaceous. Calyx 2-5 cm. long. Petals 
exserted 1 cm., lacerately fimbriate, dark purple. 
RANGE : George to Piquetberg. 
Care PROVINCE: bins 2 oan locality Ecklon ? in herb. 
Hook.!, Drége b. sub nom. D. micropetalus B sub-imbricatus, 
E.M.!; Swellendam Di. nile River Burchell 7497 !; 
between Buffeljagts River and Swellendam Burchell 7295!; 
Cannaland, Swellgndam or Gauritz River Ecklon & Zeyher 
