LILIACE-E. (lily FAMILY.) 791 



ucumiuatc, cue or both usuallj' mucli longer than umbel ; imibel many- 

 flowered, pedicels uueqmil, twice to four times as long as flower; peri- 

 gonium yelloinsli-green^ obconical-campanulatc, .005 to .003 long, 

 divisions oblong, obtuse; filaments lanceolate at base, subulate at tip, 

 adnatc at base to perigonium and about as long as its divisions; anthers 

 vellow, somewhat exserted; capsule ouite, tapering at base, vesicular- 

 ulerdcd — June — Upper zones of Cassius ; Kurd Dagh ; about Aintab. 



21. A. inoclestiisii, Boiss. If .12 to .2; bulb ovate Avitli mem- 

 branous tunics. Scape terete, leafy to near middle, leaves semiterete, 

 as long as scape or longer; valves of spathe 2, somewhat dilated at 

 base, linear, usually shorter than umbel ; umbel many-llowered, ])edicels 

 capillary, spreading or recurved, .02 to .025 long, thrice to four times as 

 long as flower; perigonium dirty loMtish-greeii with a reddiah tinge^ 

 cylindrical, .008 to .01 long, divisions oblong -linear, twpering at ti}-), 

 acutish or obtuse; filaments lanceolate, adnate to base of perigonium, 

 half its length; ovary oblong, style included — Spring — Borders of 

 ut-Tih near Gaza. 



22. A. llioiltaiium, Sibth. et Sm. 21 .15 to .2; bulb oblong, 

 outer tunics black, striate. Scape flexuous or ascending, leaves 1-2 

 below, somewhat terete-filiform, shorter than scape ; valves of spathe 2, 

 lanceolate-subulate, as long as umbel or longer ; pedicels unequal, 5-12, 

 the longest once and a half to twice as long as flower ; perigonium 

 idnhish'imrple, .003 to .004 long, campamdate, divisions oblong -spathu- 

 late, obtuse; filaments lanceolate-subulate, adnate to base of perigonium ; 

 ovary obovate, stigma somewhat exserted — September — Akher Dagh, 

 and northward. 



23. A. Siiicljareu^iC, Boiss. et Haussk. % .1 to .3; bulb ovate- 

 oblong, .01 to. 02 long, densely clothed with tawmy, ncHQdi Jihres. Scape 

 urect, stifi, leafy below; leaves filiform, semiterete, much shorter than 

 scape; si3athe membranous, valves 2, ovate-lanceolate, long-caudate, 

 reflexed, shorter than umbel; umbel spreading, pedicels purple, unequal, 

 <i-25, the longest 4-5 times as long as flower; perigonium deep purple, 

 campanulate, .004 long, divisions oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, rather 

 obtuse ; filaments three quarters as long as perigonium, dilated at base, 

 connate, tapering, the alternate ones narrower — May — Sowarat-el- 

 Ivebiri at the border of the Leja ; Palmyra, and eastward. 



24. A. clcscrtoruiu, Forsk. 2( .15 to .3; bulb oblong, .1 to .:> 

 long, the outer tunics thiclc, the inner netted- driate, at length divided 

 into fibres. Scape striate, nodding at tip before flowering, somewhat 

 flexuous, with three leaves or less at base; leaves slender, grooved, 

 striate, longer than scape; valves of spathe membranous, red-nerved, 

 oblong-ovate, suddenly contracted into a subulate cusp, longer than umbel ; 

 umbel 5-20-flowered, pedicels difliuse, unequal, once and a half to thrice 

 as long as flowers ; perigonium campanulate, .005 long, divisions ob- 

 long-lanceolate, white, glossy, red-lxeled, acutish, somewhat recurved at 

 tip ; filaments simple, three (piarters as long as perigonium, dilated at 

 base, subulate at tip ; anthers yellow; style included; stigma capitate 

 — May — Deserts bordering on Egypt. 



25. A. Libani, Boiss. % .1; bulb ovate, .015 to. 02 long, outer 

 tunics blackish-grey. Scape thickish, leafy at base or even to tip ; leaves 

 3-4, spreading, lanceolate, incurved, anfZ ^i<?7i ^cai-y, longer than scape; 



