LEITCOJUM. 19 



Suborenus Euleucojum. 



1. L. JESTivuM Linn. Sp. PL 414 ; Engl. Bot. t. 621 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1210; Eed. Lil. t. 185. Xirarid (estlralis Mocnch. — Bulb ovoid, 

 1-1^ in. diam. Leaves lorate, obtuse, green, 1-1^ ft. long, about 

 I" in. broad. Peduncle ancipitous, hollow, about a foot long. Umbel 

 4-8-flowered ; spathe lanceolate, 1-valved, 1-|— 2 in. long; pedicels 

 long, cernuous. Perianth-segments broad-oblong, |-f in. long, 

 white, tipped with green. Stamens half as long as the limb ; 

 anthers longer than the filaments. Style longer than the stamens, 

 green, and slightly strumose towards the tip. Capsule subglobose, 

 f in. diam. Seeds with a thick black shining crustaceous testa. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe from Britain and France to the Crimea 

 and Armeria. Flowers with us at the end of April and beginning of May.' 



2. L. PULCHELLUM Salisb. Parad. t. 74. L. Hernandezii Cambes. 

 — Differs from the last by its smaller flowers and capsule, and 

 narrower leaves, and flowers a fortnight' earlier. 



Hab. Sardinia and Balearic Isles. 



Subgenus Erixosma. 



3. L. vERNUiAi Linn. Sp. PI. 414 ; Bot. Mag. t. 46 ; Jacq. Austr. 

 t. 312. KflnoHma cenuDn Herb. — Bulb globose, |-1 in. diam. ; 

 outer tunics thin, pale green. Leaves 3-4, lorate, ^-^ in. broad, 

 finally 6-9 in. long. Peduncle 2-edged, hollow, ^-1 ft. long, 

 usually 1-flowered; spathe single, lanceolate; pedicel cernuous, 

 about as long as the ovary. Ovary turbinate ; perianth- segments 

 white, tipped with green, broad-oblong, f in. long. Stamens half 

 as long as the perianth-limb ; filament much shorter than the 

 anther. Style clavate below the apex. Capsule green, turbinate, 

 ^ in. diam. Seeds with a thin testa and small strophiole. E. 

 carpathicuni Herb. (Bot. Mag. t. 1993) is a form with the perianth- 

 segments tipped with yellow instead of green. Var. Va(jyieri Stapf. 

 is a tall robust form with two flowers. 



Hab. Throughout Central Europe from France to Bosnia and the Tyrol. 

 Flowers early in March. 



Subgenus Acis. 



4. L. TRicHOPHYLLUM Schousb. Marok. 154 ; Reich. Ic. Crit. 

 t. 703 ; Gawl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 544. L. autumnale Desf. in part. 

 Ads trichophylla Herb. A. Broteri Jord. et Four. Ic. t. 64, 

 fig. 105.— Bulb ovoid, ^-f in. diam. ; tunics pale brown. Leaves 

 about 3, filiform, as long as the stem, contemporary with the 

 flowers. Peduncle very slender, ^-1 ft. long ; flowers 2-4 ; spathe- 

 valves 2, lanceolate; pedicels long, cernuous. Perianth-limb white, 

 ■|-f in. long ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, laxly 7-nerved. 

 Stamens h in. long ; filaments very short. Capsule turbinate, 

 \ in. diam. 



Var. L. GiiANDnxoRUM DC. in Pied. Lil. t. 217. Ach (jrandijioya 

 Sweet. — Perianth-limb f-1 in. long. 



Hab. Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Algiers. Flowers in April. 



