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SUPPLEMENTUM ENUMERATIONI DIANTHI. 
Avctorz F. N. Wiiutams. 
Vide Journ. Bot. 1885, pp. 840—849. 
. eptcctrat og diutinus = 57. *D. idee ] 
compactus var. Preluciana mihi.—Calyx viridis. Petala 
eae Prope Preluci in ay los a, 1885. 
55. D. collinus var. iggeiety Rupr.—Glaber. Inflorescentia 
florum parvorum fasciculis. mer aA 
117. D. multipunctatus var. Akasa mihi. Anatolia. 
119a. D. brachyanthus Schur. — With difficulty distinguished 
from D. cesius; but is found in the same locality with the latter, 
near Kronstadt in eee beat and appears sufficiently distinct. 
Not gi be confounded with Boissier’s homonym. 
130. D. alpinus, var. Semenovii Reg. et Herd. Enum. pl. 
Semenov. ii. 5.—Dense cespitosus. Bracte 6. Prope Alatan. 
142. D. ruthenicus.—On rey eon not satisfactorily ay 
copied into various Russian floras and most probably = 
versicolor] 
(172. D. Levieri = D. liburnicus x D. sylvestris genuinus Wulf.]. 
190a. D. angolensis, Hiern ms., sp. nov. —Glaber. Caules 
centim., teretes, ramosi, Pysrs Folia lanceolato-linearia, 
adpressa ; radicalia 60-65 m 5-nervia, caulinia 50-55 mm., 
8-nervia ; vaginis quibus ‘npetaiie ltitadinem sequante. Flores 
racemis laxis nee sepius subsolitarii. Bractee 6-8 ovate, ad }$ 
calycis longitudinem acuminate, adpresse. Calyx dentibus lanceo- 
latis acutis. ee obovata, dentata. Prope Caconda sub. lat. 
14° mer. au ul., 
aD. holopetalus, specie capensi, caulibus semper glabris 
téritbusqae. floribus plerumque racemis laxis, a interdum 8, 
calyce dentibus brevibus, petalis dentalis longioribu 
. D. leucopheus var. macropetalon Clem —Tehiathef, Asie 
Min. i. 220. Petala laticha:, supra purpurea, infra palli 
ON THE FLORA OF CEYLON, ESPECIALLY AS 
AFFECTED BY CLIMATE.* 
By Henry Truoven, M.B., F.L.S. 
giving a brief account of the flora of the tropical island of 
( hi Pores 
ordinary traveller, “Ceylon” means but a : ton of "ihe island, 
that portion which occupies the south-west, and forms considerably 
* Read at the Meeting of the British Association, Section D, on Sept. 4th, 1886. 
