LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 789 



11. A, Siiiaiticiim, Boiss. 21 Buttait. .1 to .2; bulb ovate- 

 conical, .02 long, tunics reticulate, slightly produced above base of 

 scape. Scape ascendingr, two-leaved at about middle, Iialf as lo7uj as 

 terete, tapering leaves; spathc membranous, ovate, many-nerved, 

 abruptly short-mucronate, about as long as pedicels, soon torn ; umljel 

 a-lO-^owered, pedicels ascending, tvrice to twice and a half as long as 

 flowers; perigonium campanulate, divisions oblong, rather obtuse, 

 white except the imle red Iceel^ scalriduloiis ; filaments dilated, ciliate 

 below, the cusps of the inner three half as long as their filament, the 

 fertile scarcely shorter than the sterile — IMarch — Deserts around the 

 Dead Sea, and southw^ard to Sinai. 



12. A. Hicrocliuiitiiiuiii, Boiss. 21 .2 to .5 ; bulb ovate-oblong, 

 .01 to .03 long, tunics somewhat reticulate. Scape ascending, leafy to 

 or below middle, leaves filiform, as long as scape or shorter, spathe 2- 

 leaved, much shorter than umbel, leaves ovate-triangular; umbel glob- 

 ular, .01 to .03 in diameter, the outer pedicels very short, the inner 

 somewhat longer than flower : perigonium Uue, cylindrical-campanulate, 

 divisions lanceolate, acute, the outer with a scabrous keel ; filaments 

 two-thirds as long as perigonium, glabrous, the fertile cusp of the inner 

 three very short, half as long as the sterile — Around Dead Sea to the level 

 of the Mediterranean; Haurun; Syrian Desert. 



13. A. ciirtiim, Boiss. et Gaill. 2i .07; bulb small, sj^heriml, 

 with bulblets, and membranous tunics. Scape thick, al)out d-leaved 

 helow, shorter than half-terete, .002 broad leaves; spathe membranous, 

 valves 2-3, ovate, deflexed, very short; umbel f/loh.dar-ovate, the lower 

 pedicels very short, the upper at length twice to thrice as long as 

 flowers; perigonium small, ovate, hemispherical-campanulatc, divisions 

 ovate, obtuse, smooth, greenish-red with white mai-g ins ; filaments some- 

 what exserted, the inner three lanceolate, ciliate, the fertile cusp thicker 

 than the sterile, and a little shorter — May — Sandy places; coast to 

 hill country of Palestine and Judean Wilderness. 



14. A. Karyeteiiii, Post. If 1; bulb oblong, .02 to .03 long, 

 the dense fibrous tunics somewhat reticulate, and prolonged .1 upward on 

 the scape. Scape terete, rather slender, leafy to middle; leaves =^ * ; 

 spathe membranous, valves 2-3, one-third to one-half as long as umbel: 

 umbel many-flowered, pedicels 'ye?*?/ slender ; flowers .002 long, one-half 

 to one-fourth as long as pedicels; perigonium campanulate, divisions 

 oblong, obtuse, reddish with white scarious margins, obtusely keeled, 

 smooth — July — Ravines of mountains south of Qaryctein, in the 

 Syrian Desert. 



15. A. Ccpa, L. Onion. BumI. 21 Bulb thick, globular, tunics 

 membrauous. Scape tall, hollow, inflated and leafy near base, leaves 

 in two rows, shorter than scape; umbel globular, many-tlowcred ; pedi- 

 cels 4-5 times as long as flowers; spathe composed of 2-3, rcflexed 

 valves; perigonium white, divisions ovate-oblong, acutish; filaments 

 longer than perigonium, connate with each other and the perigonium 

 at its base, and dilated, the outer toothless, the inner with a triangular, 

 obtuse tooth on either side at base — June — Cultivated everywhere. 



16. A. Ascaloiiiciiiil, L. Shallot. 21 Bulb ovate-oblong, tunics 

 membranous, entire. Scape hollow, longer than leaves ; spathe 

 membranous, bivalved, shorter than umbel; umbel globular, pedicels 



