LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 787 



25 A. Libaui, 20 Erdelii, 27 subhirsutum, 38 trifoliatum, 29 liirsu- 

 tum, 30;papillare, Ol^Cassium,' 32 Zebedanense, 83 Carmeli, 34 Nea- 

 politannm. 



* '■'' Ovules 3-10, ill tioo rows in each cell. 



35 A. Schuberti, 36 nigrum, 37 stenopetalum,. 38 Orientale, 

 .39 Aschersonianum, 40 Piothii, 41 Nouanimi, 42 lachnopbyllum. 



1. A. §corodopra§iiiii, L. 2f Bulb ovate, bcarinrj smaller 

 bulbs, tunics membranous; scape tall, leafy to middle. Valves of 

 spathe ovate, abruptly acuminate, shorter than umbel; bulbs of umbel 

 violet, crowded; xmlicelsfeio, short ; peiigouium purple, divisions ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, with a roughened keel ; filaments shorter than peri- 

 gonium, the fertile cusp of the inner three one-third as long as filament, 

 the sterile twice as long — Summer. 



Var. cauclatimi, Bl. Spatlie long-caudate, longer than the 



umbel, \oMch is generally altogether luTbiferous — Cedars of Hadeth. 



2. A. {impcloprasum, L. If Bimd-eV Afrit. 1 or more; bulb 

 'ovate, tunics scarious; scape stout, leafy to middle. Umbel majiy- 

 Jioioered, pedicels onany times as long as flowers; perigonium pink to 

 purple, divisions ovate-oblong, oUuse; the back more or less scabrous; 

 filaments a little longer than perigonium, the fertile cusp of the inner 



■ three shorter than the sterile — May to July — Fields and dry places; 

 common to subalpine regions, and interior plains. 



3. A. rotuiicluiii, L. 21 .3 to .5; bulb generally bearing stipi- 

 tate bulblets ; tunics membranous. Scape leafy for one-third to one- 

 half its height; spathe ovate, mucronate, shorter than umbel, soon 

 deciduous; umbel gloiular, many-flowered, dense, with unequal 2)e(licels, 

 the lower very short, the iqjper half as long as flower to twice as long ; 

 perigonium pink, ovate-injramiclal, scabrous jrt back or only along keel, 

 divisions ovate-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate ; filaments included, the 

 fertile cusp of ^the inuer^three much shorter than the sterile ; capsule 

 shorter than perigonium — April to August — Fields; common to sub- 

 alpine regions. 



4. A. pliaiierauthcruiu, Boiss. etllaussk. 2f .Gto.8; tunics 

 of bulb membranous. Scape leafy to about its middle ; spathe soon 

 torn; umbel globular, .02 to .03 broad, with somewhat unequal pedi- 

 cels, twice to thrice as long as flower ; perigonium umbilicate at base. 

 ol)long-ful)ular, someiohat leathery, glossy, divisions .005 long, elongated- 

 oblong, obtuse, greenish-yellow, sometimes reddish at tip, keeled, 

 smooth;' filaments long-exserted, the fertile cusp of the inner thret; 

 shorter than filament,' the sterile longer; anthers yellow or reddish- 

 brown, linear-oblong, .002 long; ovary oblong; style red, long-ex- 

 serted — Summer - - Middle zone of Lebanon, near 'Aleili; Sof Dagh. 



5. A. viiicalc, L. 11 .5 to 1; bulb ovate, tunics membranous, 

 easily separated at base. Scape'Jeafy to or above middle ; spathe ovate, 

 abruptly narrowed, soon deciduous, longer than umbel; umbel bulb- 

 bearing, pedicels erect, four to five times as long as flower; perigonium 

 pale pink, divisions lanceolate, acutish, keeled, smooth; filaments 

 longer than perigonium, the fertile cusp of the inner three shorter than 

 its "filament; the sterile much longer — Summer — Fields — lla^run 

 (Lebanon). 



