214 XVIII. CARYOPHYLLEiE. (Edgewortli & Hook, f.) [Dmnthus. 



* Petals entire crenate or toothed, not fimbriate, 

 t Petals smooth, surfo/ce not bearded. 



1. D. Caryopliyllus, Linn.; leaves channelled, margin qiiite even, 

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

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



Pdnjab it Attok, Falconer; 1 Balti, alt. 7-8000 ft., TAomgOM.— Distrib. Westward 

 to mid-Enrope. 



Perennial, glabrous, glaucous ; stems 18-24 in., branched and leafy below, iraues 

 ■t-6 by I in. Flowers \-\\ in. diam., iragrant. Calyx 1-lJ in., teeth acute. ^ Petak 

 obovate, rosy, teeth ^ the length of the blade. Capsule ovoiJ. — Thomson's Balti 

 specimens are veiy old, and if properly referred here, belong to a form with moje 

 numerous bracts. 



2. D. Falconeri, Edgew. ; leaves channelled serrulate, flowers snb- 

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

 the calyx, petals finely toothed. 



Western Tibet ; Astor and Deotsu, Falconer, &c. 



Shrubby below ; stems 1-2 ft., stout, rigid, dichotomously branched. Leaves 3-6 by 

 I in., 1-3-nerved. Mowers smaller than in D. Caryophyllm. Calyx 2 in., strongly 

 striate ; bracts suddenly contracted into the long cusp. 



3. D. 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 



Kashmie, Falconer. 



Stems much branched from the base, more slender than D. Falconeri, erect. Leaves 

 I-I4 in., very narrow, midrib beneath stout. Bracts with either very slender points or 

 long leafy ones. CcUyx 1 in., teeth ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, margins scarious. 

 Petals large, obovate ; blade4-| by 1 in., margin toothed or almost entire. 



4. D. anatolicus, £oiss. Fl. Orient, i. 489 ; small, slender, leaves 

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

 cuspidate |— 5 shorter than the calyx. 



Westeen Tibet, Falconer; Dras, 8-10,000 ft., Thomson. — Disteib. Armenia. 



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

 strict, 1- or more-flowered. Leaves 4-i in., rigid, slender, with a very thick midrib and 

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

 rosy, blade small, broad, crenate-toothed. 



5. I>. Jacquemontii, Edgew. ; leaves narrow, radical serrulate, cauline 

 with thickened obscurely serrulate margins, bracts 4 very broad obtuse 

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



Westeen Himalaya, Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft., Jacquemont, &c. 



Stems 4-10 m., many from a tufted woody stock, rather slender. Leaves l-lj in., 

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

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

 J-1 in., teeth long, with rigid tips. Petals broad, rather deeply toothed. Near 2), 

 Liboschitsianns, Heringe, of the Caucasus, but difliers in the toothed petals. 



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

 bracts 2, calyx ^ in-., petals toothed. 



Westbkn Tibet ; Lance. — Disteib. (of Z). (feZtot<ies, 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 in 

 Lance's specimen are ^-| the length of the calyx, and coloured. 



