iv? 
DIANTHUS POMERIDIANUS. 
Afternoon Dianthus. 
_ ORDO NATURALIS. 
_Caryophylleze. Juss. Gen. p. 204. 
Speen comacncgeten cna oe a aN Sa 
Sect. V. Calyx tubulosus. Stamina 10, alternis interdum epipetalis. Styli 2, 3, 5. 
Calyx fere cylindricus, bracteis 4-8 squamaceis basi imbricatus. Petala : Unguis longus, 
disco intus in qu spe ene membrana 2-plici alatus: Limbus obcuneatus. Fr ilamenta alterna 
nunc epipetala. Styli 2, sepius revoluti. Pericarpium membranaceum, fere cylindricum, 
1-loculare, apice 4-fariam dehiscens. Semina compressa, plus minus alata. Herbe suffruti- 
cesve cespitost. Folia in plerisque glace, lineari-attenuata. Flores a aut paniculati, 
# Flores rare paniculati. 
* * Filamenta alterna epipetala. 
D. bracteis 4, brevissimis, obtuse acuminulatis: calyce versus apicem striato: petalis emargina- 
tis, parum dentatis, lateribus revolutis 
D. pomeridianus. Smith *n Linn. Trans. v. 2. p. 300. D. pomeridianus. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 
p- 1673. worse ire ” pg et saxatilis, flore magno lacteo subtus ad spadiceum ver- 
gente. Tournef. Cor. p 
Sponte nascentem juxta Constantinople, legit F. Hasselquist. 
Floret apud nos Augusto, Septembri. : 
A rare species never before figured, which I regret that I had not time to describe in August 
1805, pa it flowered at Isaac Swainson’s, Esq'. for I fearthe plant is no longer in our —- 
The branch sent to me had only a single flower, which being put into water ex 
Successive days, beginning to unfold its petals about two p. m. and n ot closiiig them till midnight. 
Linné says the flower opens at half past twelve and shuts at noon, which it possibly may in the 
open air. ‘The perfume it exhales is delightful, and there is an uncommon elegance in its figure, 
so if the plant evercomes into my possession, I shall endeavour to make itcommon. A specimen 
' ithas beensent to Mr. Lambert by Pallas, with the name of /% 
