788 LILIACEiE. (LILY FAMILY.) 



Var. vireiis, Boiss. Spatlie somewhat longer; flowers reddish- 

 green — Wadi-es-Sifsaf (Northern Lebanon). 



6. A. spliaeroceplialuui, L. If .6 to .8; bulb usually having 

 bulblets, and membranous tunics. Scape leafy to middle; spathe at 

 length lobed ; umbel globular the outer pedicels as long as flower, the 

 inner longer ; perigonium purple to pink, ovate-campanulate, divisions 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, smooth or roughish along keel ; the fertile cusp of 

 the inner three filaments as long as the sterile or longer — Summer - 

 Middle to subalpine mountain zones, 



Var. Tiriclo-albidiiin, Tineo. Flowers w^hitish. 



7. A. (1esceucleii§, Fl. Grsec. 2f .6 to. 8; bulbnot having bulb- 

 lets, tunics striate. Scape leafy to middle; spathe ovate, cuspidate, 

 shorter than umbel; umbel globular, at length hcmng the outer jjediceh 

 defiexed^ and leaving sterile floicers, the central at length elongated, erect ; 

 perigonium purple, narrow-campanulate, divisions connivent, oblong- 

 linear, obtuse, smooth, the outer keeled; filaments all exserted, the 

 fertile cusp of the inner three shorter than the sterile — Summer — 

 Vineyards and hillsides; coast to middle mountain zones. 



8. A. Makmeliauiiiii, Post. % (Plantoe Postiance, III., 18. j 

 . 1 to . 15 ; tunics of bulb membranous, the outer blackish. Scape terete, 

 leafy to above middle, shorter than leaves; spathe soon torn, ovate, 

 abruptly cuspidate, shorter than umbel; umbel globular, .015 to .025 

 across, pedicels unequal, shorter than flower, or about as long; peri 

 gonium umbilicate at base, ovate, somewhat coriaceous, divisions ovate, 

 v'hitish tcith a red midrib and scarious margin, minutely denticulate 

 long mucronate ; fertile cusp of inner filaments included, one-fifth as 

 long as filament, one-third as long as sterile cusps, the latter as long 

 as perigonium; anthers redTlish-brown ; ovary globular, style included 

 — July — Near snow-line, Rijal-el-'Asherah (Northern Lebanon) 2800 m. 



9. A. calyptratiim, Boiss. If .3 to. 5; tunics of bulb brownish, 

 produced into elongated, loose sheaths. Scape leafy to its lower third 

 or middle, longer than linear leaves; spathe membranous, red, hood- 

 shaped^ abruptly narroired into a cusp longer than itself^ at Jengt-h ct 

 around and torn, deciduous; spathels white, torn at the base of pedicels; 

 umbel loose, 10-15-flowered, pedicels unequal, once and a half as lonu 

 as flowers; \iengomum. v^hite, short-campanulate, divisions ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, with a greenish, somewhat roughish keel, ending in a macro; 

 filaments dilated, glabrous, the fertile cusp of the inner three some- 

 what exserted, the sterile thrice as long — Jime — Alpine regions of 

 Mt. Cassius. 



10. A. Ciliciciiiii, Boiss. 2f .2 to .4; bulb small, .01 long, 

 tunics produced along base. Scape slender, leafy to middle, leaves 

 narrowly linear, .003 broad; spathe -very short, soon splitting into linear 

 divisions ; umbel small, .01 to .035 in diameter, with slightly unequal 

 pedicels as long as flower or a little longer ; perigonium oblong-campan- 

 ulate, inirple, divisions keeled, the heels of the outer, oblong, acutish onen 

 waity; fertile cusp of the inner three filaments half as long as the 

 subexserted sterile ones — June — Jebel-ed-Diu'uz (Haurrmj ; middle 

 to subalpine and alj^ine zones of Antilelianon, Amanus, Aintab, and 

 Akher Dagh, and northward. 



