DIANTHTJS CAESIUS. 



Radix lignofa. Caules plures, fpithamei, erecti, fnn- 

 plices, glabri, quadranguli, conjugationibus foliorum dua- 

 bus vel tribus, uniflori, vix unquam biflori. Folia linea- 

 ri-lanceolata, obtufiufcula, glauca, margine fcabra. Ca- 

 lycis fquamae tubo triplo breviores , ovato-fubrotundae, 

 obtufe mucronatae, ftriatae. Petala carnea, obtufe dupli- 

 cato - crenata, bafi lineata atque barbata. smith 1. c. 



