34 CARYOPHYLLEiE. 



H.\i3. Fokien : Kosan, leg. S. Nagasawa, Aprili. 1910, (No. 226). 



Near P. Jionglvngensls Hemsl. (Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 60, Pl. II.), but differs 

 from it by the mucli uaiTower leaves and 2 distinctly loljed stigraa ; also 

 near P. teauifdia, but distinguishable from it in having broader leaves and 

 terminal racemes. 



Caryophylleae. 



Diantlius Lixn. 



Dianthus pygmaeus Hayata sp. nov. Herba naua 6-7 cm. alta, rhi- 

 zomatibus giacihbus pauci-ramosis ; caulis simples, erectus, rectus. Folia 

 radicalia ad basiu cauUs approximatim dense disposita, liuearia 23 mm. longa 

 1 } mm. lata, apice acuta, basi longe attenuata in basi dibxtata caulem semi- 

 amplectautia, margine teniiissime marginata, et sub lente minute denticulata, 

 sessilia. Foha cauliua radicali similia, decussatim 3-seriatim remote sita, 

 suijerioribus minoribus. Flores sub-sessiles erecti, basi bracteis oppositis 

 2-seriatis decussatis instructi, bracteis inferioribus ovatis apice louge cusjiidatis 

 1 cm. longis 3i- mm. latis basi iBquilatis margLue hyalinis, superioril jus oblongis 

 apice breviore cuspidatis basi obtusis 12 mm. longis 5 mm. latis margine 

 hyalinis. Calyx cylindricus, 18 mm. lougus 3 J mm. latus, multi-striatus, ore 

 5-labatus, lobis triaugulari-ovatis 4 mm. lougis 2^ mm. latis leviter patentibus 

 extus glabris iutus pubescentibus margine breviter ciHoIatis apice obtusis. 

 Petala 5, louge uuguiculata cum uugue 3 cm. longa, unguibus hnearibus 

 17 mm. lougis 1 mm. latis, lamina rotuudato-obovatii 13 mra. louga 12 rara. 

 lata xmteuto-reflexa a niedio sursum alte firabriata, (fimbriis ssepe sim2)]ici- 

 bus, nunquam fiucatis, 8 mm. lougis Ijasi ^ mm. latis omuiuo 10, radiatim 

 divergeutibus), basi cuneata iutegra. Stamina 10 basi in tubum bi-evem 

 1 nim. longura connata, supra basin libera, filameutis altris 6 mm. longis 

 altris 4 ram. lougis, antheris lineari-oblougis 1 mm. longis 4- mra. latis apice 

 arcte 2-Iobatis basi sagittatis. Capsula (submatm-a) stipitata, stipite 1 ram. 

 longo cum tubo starainum aequilongo, cylindracea 8 mm. louga 2| mm. lata 

 supra medlum latissima glabra apice obtusa, cum stylo articulata, stylis 

 2, distinctis 9 mm. longis, linearibus iutus liirtellis. Semina minuta. 



