AMAKYLLIDE^. (AMxUlYLLlS I'AMILY.) 775 



I. f^iTERXBERGIA, W. K. Sternbekgia. 



Peiigouiiim enclosed in a 1-floweredspathc, funnel-shaped, the tube 

 straight, gradually expanding, the limb regular, G-parted. Filaments 

 G, inserted at the top of the tube, filiform, ■) of them long and 3 short. 

 Style 8-angled, stigma 3-iobed. Ovary 3-cellcd, the seeds numerous, 

 in two rows in each cell. Capsule somewhat lieshy, 3-celled, indehis- 

 cent. Seeds nearly globular — Herbs with bulbs covered with membra- 

 nous coatings, scapes bearing j^ellow flowers. 



1. S. pillcliclla, Boiss. et Bl. U .05 to .1; bulb .02 long, .01 

 in diameter. Leaves 3-4, appearing icith the jloicem, narrowly linear, 

 scabrous-margined, obtuse or acutish, spreading-recurved. Flowers 

 .015 long; tube about as long as spathe, divisions oUong -linear, about 

 as long as tube ; stamens two -thirds as long as limb — Autumn — Dry 

 hillsides; lower zones of Lebanon and Amanus, and eastward. 



2. S. Fiseltcriana, Herb. Amar. % .3 to .5; bulb .04 to .05 

 long, .025 in diameter. Leaves appearing witli thefoicers, strap-shaped, 

 .006 to .01 broad, about as long as scape or shorter, Spathe ovate- 

 lanceolate, tubular at base, two-thirds as long as perigonium; flowers 

 .04 long; tube .02 long, thick, abruptly dilated into a funnel-shaped 

 limb; divisions oblong -elli2')tical, obtuse, sometimes mucronulate, twice 

 to thrice as long as tube above ovary; ovary oblong-ellipsoidal, taper- 

 ing at both ends, stipitate — Spring — Cassius to Akher Dagh, and 

 northward . 



3. S, €lu§iaiia, Gawl. 11 .3 to .4; bulb large. Leaves appear- 

 ing after flowers, strap-shaped, .006 to .01 broad, somewhat twisted, 

 glaucescent, .2 to .3 long; much longer than scape. Scape .04 to .07 

 long, covered with prolongation of tunics of bulb; spathe linear, tubu- 

 lar below, sometimes split at apex, somewhat longer than tube of 

 perigonium; tube .04 to .00 long; limb spreading; divisions olovate- 

 ellipticol, .06 long, .02 to .03 broad, obtuse, sometimes sliort-ajncidate ; 

 longer filaments once and a half as long as limb; ovary elliptical, some- 

 what stipitate within the spathe — November and December — Middle 

 to subalpine mountain regions; Mount Hor. 



2. CJALAMTHUS, L. Snowdhop. 



Spatte 1-flowered, perigonium superior, limb 6-parted, the outer 

 three divisions longer, spreading, the inner shorter, erect, connivcnt. 

 Stamens six, inserted at throat of perigonium, included ; filaments very 

 short; anthers erect, tapering and dehiscent at tip, often produced into a 

 subulate point. Ovary 3-celled, cells many ovuled. Capsule fleshy, at 

 length 3-valved, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds nearly globular — 

 Scape-bearing herbs, the bulbs coated with brown tunics, the flowers 

 white, usually green-spotted. 



Cr. nivalis, L. 1^ .2 to .3, the radical sheath truncate, short-cleft. 

 Leaves 2, strap-shaped, appearing with the flowers, .006 to .01 broad, 

 obtuse, somewhat grooved. Scape l-flov\'ered, a little longer than 

 leaves; flower nodding ; the outer divisions white, oblong-elliptical, 

 obtuse, narrowed at base, the inner half as long, obovate-cuneatc, ob- 

 cordate, white, irAth a semicircular, green, whitc-bordcrcd spot, the lobes 

 quite obtuse ; stamens about half as long as inner divisions ; filaments 



