DEFLERS. — PLANTES NOUVELLES DE L'ARABIE. 233 
in Paulitschke, Harrar Forschungreise, p. 451, Ic. fig. 8 
et 97 
Herba humilis, glaucescens, ad juniores partes inconspicue pa- 
pillari-puberula; bulbus luteus, globosus, fructus cerasi magni- 
tudine, fibris radicalibus, carnosulis, brevibus, tunica tenuiter 
membranacea in vaginam tubulosam, elongatam, superne fissam, 
caulem laxe vestientem producta; caulis erectus, simplex, parte 
hypogæa gracili, longissima, parte epigæa viridi, sulcata, usque 
ad medium nuda, superne crebre foliosa; folia sessilia semi-am- 
plexicaulia, linearia, longe attenuato-acuminata, acutissima, apice 
subuncinata, infima sæpius per 4 verticillata, superiora irregula- 
riter sparsa, conferta, sensim diminuta; flores 2-4, majusculi ad 
axillas summas pedunculati; pedunculi erecti crassiusculi folio 
breviores; perianthium campanulatum, segmentis omnino liberis, 
oblanceolatis, in unguem longe attenuatis, lamina plana, alba vel 
pallide violacea, ungue convoluto, basi breviter saccato; nectaria 
e plicis 2, callosis, flavidis per totam unguis longitudinem produc- 
tis constantia, linearia, papillosa, cum ungue convoluta, faciem 
intimam ejus arcte vestientia, marginibus liberis, pectinato-fim- 
briatis; stamina breviter exserta, filamentis persistentibus, filifor- 
mibus, violaceis, glabris; antheræ lineares medio dorso vel paulo 
infra affixæ, loculis rima laterali dehiscentibus; ovarium sessile, 
globosum, loculis 8-12 ovulatis; stylus tunc elongatus, stamina 
paululum superans, tunc dimidio brevior, filiformis, indivisus, 
apice stigmatibus recurvis minute 3-cuspidatus; capsula perian- 
thio marcescenti induviata, oblonga obtusa, subclavata, 3-dyma, 
loculicide dehiscens, loculis 4-6-spermis ; semina compressa, irre- 
gulariter orbiculata, testa fusco-lutea, glabra, sub lente minute 
punctulata. — %. 
Caulis pars hypog. 15-18 centimetr., pars epig. 10-15 cent.; 
fol. inf. 10-12 cent. long., 5-6 mill. lat.; peduncul. 1 1/2-3 cent. 
long.; styl. 1 1/2-3 cent.; capsul. 2 1/2cent. long., 10-12 mill. 
diam. lat.; semina 2 mill. diam. lat. 
Hab. in collibus arenosis regionis montanæ inferioris. — Legi 
ad littora orientalia peninsule Little-Aden dictæ, sub promon- 
torio gebel Ihsan, mense Aprili florentem; It. ann. 1889-90, Exs. 
n° 517. — In wadi 'Anterieh, circa Haifan (Bil. Hodjerya), mense 
Maio ineunte fructiferam ; It. eodem ann., Exs. n^ 541. 
