774 AMAEYLLIDE^. (AMARYLLIS FAMILE.) 



filament; stigmas linear to middle, suddenly dilated into a roundish 

 ojja^d lamina; capsule obovate, triquetrous — Spring — Fields among 

 grain; common. 



Var. Ai)atoIicu§, Boiss. The divisions of the upper lip shorter, 

 the lower of them narrower. Filaments scarcely longer than anthers. 



3. O. imbricatws, L, If .6 to .1; stem slender, about 2-leaved, 

 the lower leaf often obtuse. Spike dense, one-sided; leaves of spathe 

 lanceolate, nearly equal; lamina of divisions o&(^^'«i6, someiohat connivent \ 

 anthers shorter than filament; stigmas obi anceolate, gradually tapering 

 from lase ; capsule obovate, obtusely triquetrous — Spring. 



Var. liibaiioticus, Boiss. Valves of spathe short, with promi- 

 nent nerves; spike few-flowered — Antilebanon above Zebedani. 



* * JVerves of narroiohj linear leaves parallel. Flowers darlc-purple 



or violet. 



4. €r. ati'oviolaceus, Boiss. 11 .6 to 1; spike short, one-sided, 

 densely 5-7-flowered; valves of spathe unequal; lamina of divisions 

 oblong-spathulate ; anthers as long as filament or longer; stigmas linear 

 to middle, then dilated into a spathulate lamina ; capsule oblong, refuse, 

 trisulcate, torulose — Spring — Grain fields and stony places ; common, 

 especially northward. 



Tristram says that CJ. Byzanti]iii§ is found in the Galilean hills. 



Order CVIII. AMARlXLIDEiE, R. Br. (Amaryllis Family). 



Bulbous herls^ not scurfy or 'woolly^ with linear, flat 

 leaves, and regidar (or nearly regular) ferfect, 'o-androus 

 floivers, included in sjpathaceous bracts, the tube of the corol- 

 line ijericioniuni coherent with the nearly or quite Z-celled 

 ovary ; the lobes iiiihricated in the bicd — Limb of perigonium 

 G-parted, or tubiilar-funBel-sliaped. Stamens implanted on 

 epigynous disk, or inserted on the tube of the perigonium or 

 at its throat, opposite to its lobes. Anthers introrse. Style 

 simple, stigma entire or 3-lobed. Capsule locnlicidal, the 

 valves bearing septa along their middle. Seeds horizontal oi: 

 pendulous, globular, compressed, or angled, the testa thin, 

 membranous, often winged, sometimes thickened and fleshy. 

 Embryo in axis of albumen, usually much shorter — Scape 

 bearing or caulescent plants. 



* Bulbous, scape bearing herbs. 

 t Throat of perigonium destitute of a crown. 

 1. STERNBEKGIA. Flowers erect, yellow, with striate divisions of perigonium. 

 3. GALANTHUS. Flowers nodding, white usually green-spotted. 



t t Throat of perigonium furnished with a cup-shaped or bell-shaped crown. 

 9. NARCISSUS. Limb of white perigonium salver-shaped. Crown cup-shaped, obtusely lobed. 

 4 PAXCEATIUM. Limb of white perigonium funnel-shaped. Crown canipanulate, toothed. 



* * Bulbous, caulescent herbs, Perigonium destitute of a crown. 

 5. IXIOLIRION. Perigonium light-blue, divided nearly to ovary. 



