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round _ _apgesteor aes and extends as far east as Turkestan and 
Afghanist 
VELEZIA. 
a Plant. 332 (1753); Gen. Plant. ed. v. 155, n. 408 
(1 ni Dy enth. & Hook. Gen. Plant. i. 144 (1862); Boiss. Fl. 
‘err he «8 (1867) ; Engl. é Prantl, Natiirl. Paanzent iii. abtg. 
1D 4 (ee stl Williams, Pinks Centr. Eur. 2 
nguste tubulosus, cylindricus, sla 5- dele 5- vel 
15- PS basi nudu us. Petala 5; ungue elongato plano non 
4 dehiscens, oligosperma. Semina cite. hilo f faciali excentrico, 
angusta, margine scabra. Flores breviter pedicellati, in axillis 
solitarii vel sd apices ramulorum approximati. Petala inconspicua 
rosea. 
Genus a Diantho imprimis calyce ebracteato, staminibus uni- 
seriatis, pee haud elongato, seminis hilo excentrico, distinguendum. 
1. V. nieipa Linn. Sp. hes 832; Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. 478 ; 
isons Pinks of Centr. Eur. 3 
conogr. Lamk. ar Encycl. Meth. t. 186; Gartn. Fruct. 
Sem. Plant. Carp. i. t. 24; Nees, Gen. Plant. Ger Cl, 
rae & Smith, FL. Greca, iv. 80, t. 390 : Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 
Helv. 5007. 
Glanduloss: puberula, 10-20 centim. et ultra. Radix fusiformis 
va Khe 
exserto 3-4-plo brevior supra faucem saturatius maculata, fauce 
pilis paucis (5-7) erectis albis obsita. Anthere purpures ovales; 
polline albo. Ovarium elliptico-cylindricum, translucens. Capsula 
inclusa, calyce paullo brevior. Semina primum fusca oblongo- 
ellipsoidea plana, postea ee marginibus involutis angustiora in 
— prope ambitum umbilicata. 
typica Williams. 
Canis superne calycesque puberulo-hirsutiusculi. Flores dis- 
en A noo pedicelli calyce plerumque 5-6-plo breviores. 
ata.—Caulis a basi ad apicem calycesque glabri; 
folia beactencds margine denkioulatl: Te 
