478 



Tr. I. DIANTHE.E. 

 VELEZIA (L. Gen. 447). 



Calyx anguste tubulosus acute 5 dentatus 5-15 costatus. Petala 5 

 ungue elongato, lamina parva, corona nulla vel pilis crispulis con- 

 stanti. Stamina 10 vel 5. Torus non elongatus. Capsula cylindrica 4 

 dentata oligosperma. Semina umbilico excentrico, radicula prominenti. 

 — Herbae annuse dichotomse rigidae, foliis anguste linearibus acumi- 

 natis. 



V. rigida (L. Sp. 474) glanduloso-hispidula, floribus alternis vel 

 geminatis pedicello crasso eis sextuplo breviori suffultis, calyce tenui- 

 ter rylindrico aequaliter 15 nervi subangulato dentibus subulatis, pe- 

 talorum lamina bifida basi pilis paucis obsita, capsula calyce subbre- 

 viore ©. Rchb. f. 5007. Fl. Gr. tab. 390. 



Hab. in collibus sterilibus Graecise! Macedonise (Griseb!), Asia? minoris 

 (Auch. exs. 659! Boiss ! Bal !), Syrise (Gaill!), Tauriae efc prov. Caucasi- 

 carura!, Persia? borealis ( Ky exs. 214! Bunge !) et australis (Ky exs. 

 457!), Affghanise (Griff!). Fl. Mai. Jun. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio mediterranea Europae et Africse borealis. 



V. fasciculata (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, p. 92) glanduloso- 

 hispida, floribus subsessilibus ad ramorum brevium apicem dense 

 fasciculatis, calyce cylindrico subaequaliler 45nervi dentibus breviter 

 subulatis, petalorum lamina minima retusa basi nuda, capsula calyce 

 paulo longiore ©. 



Hab. in montanis Syrise borealis ad septentrionem urbis Laodicese 

 (Boiss!), in Libano prope Broummana (Blanche!). Fl. Jun. 



Affinis prsecedenti differt inflore3centia petalisque minoribus imberbibus; 

 calyx fructifcr minus tenuis et paulo brevicr; semina latiora. 



V. quadridentata (Sibth. Fl. Grgec. IV, p. 81, tab. 391) parce 

 glanduloso-hirtula rarius glabra, floribus pedicello crasso calyce di- 

 midio vel triplo breviori suffultis solitariis vel germnis et ternis, ca- 

 lycis oblongo-cylindrici costis 5 validis contiguis carinato-subtriner- 

 viis dentibus ovatis apice subulatis, petalorum lamina breviter qua- 

 dridentata ad basin pilis obsita dentibus laleralibus minoribus ©. V. 

 clavata Urv. Enum. p. 28. 



Hab. in collibus aridis Grascia? ad radices Parnassi (Helir. Herb. Norm. 



