88 
Polvgalacese. Silenacese. 
— Racemes 5—10-fld, short. Herb not bitter. Pis small, 
with many stems, spreading; the axis of each rosette 
bearing a barren branch.—High Alp., rare; Lavirum- 
pass, Bernina, Zwiscbbergen, Zermatt, Lenzer Alp., 
St. Bernard, Alp. of Bex, Col de Balme, above Fully, 
Bellalui. 6 .... alpina Perr. and Song. 302. 
12 . Silenaceae. 
89. Dianthus. Pink. X, 17. 
1. Limb of the pets cut down to the middle or deeper 2 
— Limb of the pets only toothed .... 3 
2. Scales of the cal., together with their awns, V *— l /a 
the length of the cal.-tube. Stem bearing several or 
many fls.—b. grctndiflorus Tausch. (D. speciosus Rchb.) 
Stem bearing few or only 1 fl., fls larger, cal. brown- 
red, thicker, pets less deeply laciniate.—Damp meadows, 
wood clearings; distrib. 7, 8 . superbus L. 808. 
— Cal.-scales with their awns half as long as the cal.-tube. 
Stem 1- or few-fld. Pets less deeply divided than in the 
last—about to the middle with almost simple lobes.— 
b. controversies Gaud. Pets less deeply div. (not spotted), 
glabr. SeeN. Beitr. Ill,44.—Thickets; Tess. (above Melano, 
S. Giorgio), Reculet and Colombier in the Jura. 7 
monspessulanus L. 804. 
8. Fls shortly pedicelled or almost sessile, agglomerated 
in a cluster or head ...... dL 
— Fls with more or less long pedicels, solitary at the end 
of the stem, or in a loose corymb ... 8 
4. Ls broad, lanceolate, contracted at the base into a short 
petiole.—Yeltlin, southern Tyrol; only subspontaneous 
in Switz. 6 ..... f barbatus L. 305. 
— Ls linear, or narrow linear-lanceolate, sessile . 5 
5. Floral ls and cal.-scales pubescent. Ann. or bienn. pis. 
Fls small.—Wood sides; fairly distrib. (wanting in G.) 6 
Armeria L. 306. 
— Fl.-Js and cal.-scales glabr. Perenn. pis . . 6 
6. Ls shortly united at the base. Length of the sheath equal 
to the width of the ls. Fls in a loose fascicle, fl.-ls 
resembling the upper caul., herbaceous. D. collinus 
Gaud.—Slopes of transalpine Switz. 6 Seguieri Chaix. 307. 
— Ls united for some length at the base, the sheath about 
4 times as long as-the width of the ls. Fls in a dense 
head. Floral ls as also the cal.-scales entirely leathery- 
scarious, yellowish brown. Type of D. Carthusianorum 7 
7. Fls in clusters of 2—6. Stem indistinctly angular. Ls 
of a rather bluish green.—Hills, slopes; distrib. (want¬ 
ing in U.). 6 . . . . Carthusianorum L. 308. 
