784 LlILiace^. (lily family.) 



bracts triangular, mucronate, one-half to one-tliird as long as pedicel; 

 jjedicels jointed near hase; flowers white, divisions .005 to .006 long, 

 with a jDurple stripe; capsule .002 to .003 in diameter— Spring -- 

 Deserts of Sinai and efc-Tih. 



3. ASPHODEL.1IVE, Hchb. Asphodeline. 



Perigonium spreading, with six, 1 -nerved divisions, connate into a 

 short, urn-shaped base, tlie lowest a little distant from the others, 

 narrower, and more tapering at base. Filaments dilated at base, con- 

 cave, surrounding the ovary, then filiform, declined-ascending, tiie 

 outer usually much shorter. Anthers of inner stamens larger, linear- 

 elliptical, fastened by the middle of their back ; anthers of outer 

 stamens ovate, minute, (sterile ?). Ovary o-celled, with 2 ovules in each 

 cell; style filiform; stigma somewhat capitate. Capsule coriaceous. 

 Seeds acutely triquetrous, transversely grooved at back — Herbs, with 

 clustered, cylindrical root-fibres, the stem more or less leafy, ending in 

 a raceme or panicle, the pedicels jointed. 



* Perigonium yellow. Perennials. 



1. A. lutea, L. 2f 1 or more; root-fibres long; i,ttm. stout, leafy 

 along its whole length, ending in a simple, dense, s'pil^ed -racerae, .1 to .15 

 long in flower, .3 to .5 in Iruit. Leaves stifE, subulate, triquetrous, 

 sheathing at base, the upper much shorter. Bracts large, ovate, cuspi- 

 date, longer than pedicels; divisions of perigonium .02 long, midrib 

 green; capsule oblong-globular, .014 long — Summer — Rocky places; 

 middle to subalpine and alpine mountain zones, and interior plains. 



2. A. brcvicaiilif*, Bert. % .4 to .5: root-fibres cylindrical, 

 .008 to .000 thick; stem slender, ascending, leafy for half to two-thirds 

 of its height. Leaves linear-subulate, triquetrous, scabrous-margined. 

 Racemes rather loose, rarely simple, usually loosely ^:/a7iic-Zef?. ; bracts , 

 small, deltoid-cuspidate; pedicels solitary or twin, stifl", jointed below 

 middle; divisions of perigonium .015 to .02 long, midrib green; cap- 

 sule globular, .015 in diameter — April to June — Shady places and 

 hillsides ; middle mountain zones, and interior plains. 



* =i- Perigonium ichiie. Biennials. 

 t Stem leafy for its ichole length. 



3. A. Taurica, Pall. @ ^at-'df. Abu-'amir. .Otol; root-stock 

 short, often oblique, with slender, cylindrical fibres; stem stout, end- 

 ing in a spike-like raceme, .1 to .2 long. Leaves stiff, linear-tapering, 

 scabridulous at margin, sheathing at base. Bracts silvery white, longer 

 than flowers, ovate to oblong, acute to cuspidate; pedicels stiff, short, 

 jointed at middle, 2-3 together below ; divisions of j^erigonium linear- 

 spathulate, brown-striped; capsule ovoid, .008 long — Summer — Sub- 

 alpine to alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon; mountains of Moab; Hems. 



i t Lotrer third of stem leafy. Dixiaions of ■perigonium .02 long. 



4. A. globifera, J. Gay. (2) .5 to 1; root-stock short, with 

 cylindrical fibres; stem stout, ending in a single, dense raceme, .1 to .2 

 long. Leaves linear-subulate, triquetrous, somewhat rough, erect, 

 crowded. Bracts scarious, as long as pedicels or longer, the midrib 



