il2 



IRIDEiE. (IRIS FAMILY.) 



tcliite at inner ; throat glabrous, yellow; filament yellow, shorter than 

 white anther; stigmas pale orange-colored, dissected into thicMsh \ohes, 

 shorter tlicui angers — December and January — ■ Coast to middle 

 mountain zones, and interior plains. 



6. C. liyeinali§, Boiss. et Bl. % Corm ovate-conical; tunics 

 somewhat coriaceous, at length splitting into linear strips below. 

 Leaves appearing with flowers, erect or erect-spreading, at length 

 longer than flowers. Flowers 2-3, from a bivalved spathe; tube of 

 perigonium once and a half to twice as long as limb; divisions .015 to 

 .03 long, lenticular-oblong, acute, whitish within, the outer lilac - 

 banded, and sometimes also spotted without; throat orange-colored, 

 glabrous; filament half as long as brownish antJier; stigmas orange- 

 colored, dissected into slender lobes, a little longer than anther — "Dq- 

 cember to April —Coast and lower mountain zones; Aintab. 



Var. Foxii, INlaw. Anthers deep black — Near Jericho. 

 § Flotcers orange-yellow. 



7, C. vitelliiiiis, 



Wahl. If Tunics of corm 

 splitting into narrow, linear, 

 flat bands. Leaves appear- 

 ing with flowers, . 003 broad, 

 often at length .3 long, 

 with broad sheaths at base. 

 Spathe 2-leaved, shorter 

 than tube, limb orange-co- 

 lored, .025 long, one-third 

 as long as tube, divisions 



Fig. 358. 



(a) Petal of Crocus vitellinus. 

 stigmata. 



(b) Style aiul 



oblong-lenticular ; throat glabrous ; filaments hirsute at base ; stigma as 

 long as stamens, much dissected — December to February — Syrian. 

 coast to middle mountain zones, and interior plains. 



Var. vittatii§, Post. Divisions of limb feathered with bronze and 

 blackish stripes — More common in northern Syria. Said by Boissier 

 to have the odor of Sambucus, and treated as a species under the name 

 of C. graveoIeii§, Boiss. et Rent. 



X I Floicers appearing in autumn. 



8. C. Hcriiioiieiis, Ky. If Corm pear-shaped; tunics thiJi, 

 membranous, with parallel, fibrous, obsoletely reticulate bands, produced 

 at tip into cusps. Leaves appearing after flowers, glabrous, elongated 

 in the fruiting plant ; tube of perigonium thrice as long as white limb ; 

 divisions oblong-elliptical, acutish; filaments one-fourth as long as 

 anthers, dissected into few, capillary lobes ; capsule elongated-oblong 

 — October — Top of Mount Hermon. 



3. ROMUL.EA, Maratti. Romulea. 

 Perigonium regular, corolla-like, funnel-shaped, with short tube, 

 and six-parted, spreading limb. Stamens 3, free, erect, anthers fixed 

 at base, dehiscent outwardly. Ovary inferior, triquetrous, 3-celled, 

 with numerous ovules implanted at the central angle. Style filiform, 

 with three, short-lobed, bifid, or bipartite stigmas. Capsule membran- 

 ous, triquetrous. Seeds nearly globular or angled — Caulescent, bulbous 

 herbs, with flowers solitary in a two-leaved spathe, or few, corymbose. 



