214 XVITI. CARYOPHYLLE2E. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Dianthus. 



* Petals entire crenate or toothed, not fimbriate. 

 t PetaU smooth, surface not bearded. 



I. I>. Caryophyllus, Linn. ; leaves channelled, margin quite even, 

 cymes loosely, panicled, bracts 4 broadly obovate nmcronate 3-4 times shorter 

 than the calyx, petals toothed and crenate. (Carnation or Clove Pink.) 



PUNJAB at Attok, falconer; ? Balti, alt 7-8000 ft., Thomson. DISTKIB. Westward 

 to mid-Europe. 



Perennial, glabrous, glaucous ; stems 1&-24 in., branched and leafy below. Leaves 

 4-6 by hi. flow-erg 1-1 in. diara., fragrant, ^flfc/* !-!$ in., teeth acute. Petals 

 obovace, rosy, teeth ^- the length of the blade. Capsule ovoid. Thomson'* Balti 

 specimens are very old, and if pmperly referred here, belong to a form with more 

 numerous bracts. 



D. Falconer!, Ed(j$w. ; leaves channelled serrulate, flowers snb- 

 , bracts 4 rarely 6 broad-ovate long-cuspidate 3-4 times shorter than 

 the calyx, petals finely toothed. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Astor and Deotau, Falconer, &c. 



Shrubby below ; steins l-*5 ft., stout, ri^id, dichotomonsly branched. Leave* 3-6 by 

 in., 1-3-nerved. Flowers smaller than in D. Caryophyllus. Calyx 2 in., etrongly 

 etriate ; bracts suddenly contracted into the long cusp. 



3. ]>. Cachemiricus, Edgew. ; .leaves channelled, margin thickened 

 serrulate, flowers solitary or few, bracts 4 lanceolate with a long ensiform 

 often foliaceous point sometimes equalling the calyx. 



KASHMIR, Falconer. 



ffcenut much "branched from the base, more slender than />. Falconer i, erect. Ls-avc* 

 l-i4 in.,, very narrow, midrib beneath stout. Bracts with either very slender points or 

 long leafy ones. Calyx 1 in , teeth ovate- lanceolate, acuminate, margins scurious. 

 Petals large, obovate ; blade - by 1 in., margin toothed or almost entire. 



4. Z>. anatolicus, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i 489 ; small, slender, leaves 

 very narrow margin much thickened serrulate, bracts 6 (4-8) very broad 

 cuspidate -f shorter than the calyx. 



WESTERN TIBET, Falconer; Dras, 8-10,000 ft., Thomson. DISTRIB. Armenia. 



Densely tufted ; stock woody, short, much branched; stems 6-10 in., very slender, 

 strict, 1- or more-flowered. Lear-en $-J in., rigid, slender, with a very thick midrib and 

 margin. Bracts with sometimes foliaceous points. Calyx in., teeth embacuie. Petals 

 rosy, blade small, broad, crenate-toothed. 



5. D. Jacquemontil, Edgew. ; leaves narrow, radical serrulate, cauline 

 with thickened obscurely serrulate margins, bracts 4 very broaa obtuse 

 acute or cuspidate \ the length of the calyx, calyx-teeth pungent. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft., Jacquemon.t, &c. 



Stems 4-10 in., many from a tufted woody stock, rather slender. Leaves 1-1 i ^ n/ 

 coriaceous, green when dry, flat above, acute. FUncers usually solitary. Bracts sud- 

 denly contracted into a point which is sometimes thickened and quite obtuse. Calyx 

 5-1 in., teeth long, with rigid tips. Petals broad, rather deeply toothed. Near ). 

 Liboschitzianus, tSeringe, of the Caucasus, but differs in the toothed petals. 



6 ? D. rteltoides, L. ; glabrous, leaves linear acute obscurely serrulate, 

 bracts 2, calyx | in., petals toothed. 



WESTERN TIBET; Lance. DISTRIB. (of D. deltoides, Western Europe). 



Specimens very imperfect, but apparently identical with the European plant, which 

 varies from glabrous to pubescent, and very much in the length of the bracts, which m 

 dance's specimen are $-| the length of the calyx, and coloured. 



