793 LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 



spathe as long as pedicels, 2-o-lobed; umbel dense^ hemispherical; 

 pedicels as long as flower to once and a half as long; perigonium 

 campanulate, .006 to .008 long, whitish-straw-colored, divisions con- 

 nate below, lanceolate, acute ; filaments half as long as perigonium, 

 connate below, broad triangular-lanceolate, acute ; style longer than 

 stamens, slightly thickened at tip — April— Middle mountain regions 

 from southern Palestine at ed-Doheriyeh to alpine summits of Lebanon 

 and Antilebanon. 



26. A. Erilclii, Zucc. If .2 to .5; bulb ovate-oblong, .01 to .015 

 long, the outer tunics leathery. Scape terete, leafy only at base ; leaves 

 ImQM, folded^ subulate-tapering, usually ciliate at margin; spathe taper- 

 ing, at length ;j-4-lobed, somewhat shorter than pedicels; umbel dense, 

 hemispherical; pedicels as long as flower to once and a half as long, at 

 length elongated; perigonium campanulate, .008 to .01 long, straw- 

 colored, glossy, divisions connate near base, oblong-lanceolate, acute ; 

 filaments as long as perigonium, connate and dilated at base, tapering- 

 subulate; style longer than stamens, somewhat capitate at base — April 

 to June — Coast near Gaza; Hebron; Moab, Gilead and Hauran; el- 

 Jebel-el-Ahmar (Amanus). 



ay. A. §ul>liirsiitum, L. 2^ .2 to .5; bulb globular, with white 

 tunics. Scape slender, the lower part leafy ; leaves linear, flat, tapering, 

 more or less ciliate-liairy or glabrescent, usually shorter than scape; 

 spathe ovate-tapering, 2-3-valved, half as long as pedicels ; umbel 

 spreading, many-flowered, pedicels once and a half to four times as 

 long as flower; perigonium .008 long, 'oMte, divisions spreading, oblong,' 

 6btuse\ filaments^two-thirds as long as perigonium, triangular-lanceolate 

 at base, abruptly subulate-tapering, connate; style somewhat longer 

 than stamens, filiform — Spring — Coast of Palestine and southern 

 Syria to middle mountain zone ; Meksi (border of Ccelesyria) ; Khan 

 Murad (Lebanon). 



28. A. trifoliatiiiM, Cyr. % .2 to .4; bulb globular. Scape 

 leafy below; leaves flaccid, linear, acute, usually longer than scape, 

 sparingly hairy at face or glabrescent; spathe bifid, shorter than umbel; 

 umbel many-flowered, pedicels 2-3 times as long as flowers ; perigonium 

 .008 long, divisions white icith 2)inMsh ^eel, or pi?ih throughout; filaments 

 half as long as perigonium, lanceolate at base, tapering-subulate ; style 

 longer than stamens — Spring — Hills and fields of maritime plain to 

 middle mountain zones ; Hauran, 



29. A. liirsiitiim, Zucc. 21 .3 to .4; bulb ovate to globular. 

 Scape leafy below; leaves 3-5, linear, fiat, as long as scape, the sheaths 

 and blades densely leset with rctrorse hairs ; spathe shorter than pedicels, 

 bifid into ovate-lanceolate lobes ; umbel many-flowered, loose, pedicels 

 3-4 times as long as flowers; perigonium .008 long, white, divisions 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute ; filaments half as long as perigonium, lanceo- 

 late, connate at base, tapering; style longer than stamens — Spring — 

 Rocky places ; coast and hill country of southern Palestine ; Marash. 



30. A. papillare, Boiss. % .2 to .3; bulb ovate, with rusty- 

 colored tunics. Scape thickish, ascending, the lower part leafy ; leaves 

 scarcely shorter than scape, narrowly linear, folded, subulate-tapering, 

 beset especially at sheaths with appressed, reti'orse, club-shaped papillce ; 

 spathe with ovate, cuspidate lobes, as long as pedicels; umbel hemi- 

 spherical, pedicels twice as long as flowers; perigonium white, .006 



