DIANTHUS. 467 
Flores solitari in axillis et subsessiles, axill. altera ramul. 
gignent. 
Calyx basi induratus textura omnino coriaceus cylindraceus 
3 uncialis ratione plantz longiss. dentibus 5 longis acutissi- 
mis, venoso-striatus. 
Pet. 5 cum sepalis altern. ungue longissimo longitudine 
calycis, lamina minima bifida, patens, post anthesin erect, 
marginibus arcte involutis rubro-carnea, basi pilis paucis 
erectis, coronze rudiment. gerent. secus centrum coloris ruber 
saturatior. genitalia inclusa. Pet. imo basi inter se coheren- 
tia, stamen basi altius cohzerent. 
. Stam. imo basi in annul. concret. inzequalia, Filamentis 
capillaribus, petalis paullo brevior. Anth. bilocul. membra- 
. Ovar. oblongum parietibus tenuibus ad apicem  ovarii 
incrassatis, uniloculare. Placenta linearis flexuosa, ovula 
pauca anatropa, pendula et ascendentia, 2 summa semper ? 
pendula, Tegment. cum nucleo accretum, apex second in 
globos. projectum. 
Stylo 2, capillacei long. Stigma decurrens, e papillis secus 
Suleam centrali dispositis, papillis apice majus congestis. 
. Albumen transverse curvat. - 
, Habitus quodammodo Pladerze certe Silenaceus, et forsan 
autho propinque. 
- Affghanistan. Barren rocky mountains Otipore : April, 
Itinerary Notes, p. 354, no, 132. 
Oss. The relative proportion of the calyx to the corolla 
etc., during their earlier stages is enormous, the former being 
ely perfectly formed when the latter are very minute. 
ae whorls of the floral series are remote, the corolla and 
stamen arising from above the base of the calyx, and the 
Ovarium being stipitate. — . 
ihe stamina and styles are iulii thie Metals h have 3 
veins, all of which are prolonged into the the lamina. Can the 
two gibbers on the base of each lamina from which the hairs 
se and which are evidently distinct from each other and 
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