794 LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 



leaves lanceolate, .02 to .04 broad, acute, flat; spathe ovate, short, 

 at length 2-4-lobed ; umbel nearly sphericaU dense, many-flowered, pedicels 

 neaily equal, twice to thrice as long as flower, naked at base; peri- 

 gonium white or pale pink, spreading, .015 broad, divisions oblong, 

 obtuse, free, at length flaccid ; filaments half as long as peiigoniutn, 

 lanceolate, connate at base, tapering — Spring — Fields; common. 



37. A, steiiopetalum, Boiss. et Ky. 11 A to .5; bulb ovate, 

 .03 to .03 long. Scape terete, leafy below; leaves half as long as scape, 

 lorate-lanceolate to lorate-linear, .01 to .014 broad, flat, tapering, 

 denticulate-scabrous at margin ; spathe 3-4-lobed, shorter than umbel; 

 umbel many-flowered, nearly globular, dense; pedicels capillary, 

 thrice as long as flower; perigouium red, divisions narroidy linear, at 

 length reflexed ; filaments three-fourths as long as perigonium, flat, 

 connate a little above dilated base, tapering-subulate at tip, the inner 

 somewhat broader; anthers tawny — June — El-Jebel-el-Ahmar 

 (Amanus). 



38. A. Orieiitale, Boiss. If .3 to. 5; bulb ovate-globular, with 

 white, membranous tunics. Scape thickish, terete, 2-0-leaved at base; 

 leaves oblong-linear to linear, flexuous, usually wavy, long-tapering; 

 spathe shorter than umbel, at length reflexed, 3-4-lobed; umbel many- 

 flowered, hemispherical, pedicels twice to thrice as long as flowers; 

 perigonium white or reddish, divisions ollong-cllipjtical, obtuse, at length 

 flaccid or somewhat reflexed ; filaments three-fourths as long as peri- 

 gonium, connate at base, tapering, yellowi&h — Spring — Grassy places ; 

 common. 



39. A. Aselicrsoiiiaiiiiin, W. Barbey. If .3 to. 5; bulb ovate 

 with white, membranous, fringed tunics. Scape thick, leafy below, 

 leaves lorate-lanceolate, tapering, usually wavy, denticulate-scabrous at 

 margin, shorter than scape; spathe 2-3-lobed, shorter than umbel; 

 umbel spherical, dense, pedicels twice to four times as long as flower; 

 perigonium ^>i?iA\ divisions oblong -linear, obtuse, at length reflexed; 

 filaments white, united at base, long-tapering toward tip, somewhat 

 longer than perigonium — Spring — Fields; common. Too near 

 the last. 



40. A. Rotliii, Zucc. % .1 to .2; bulb ovate, .03 to .05 long, 

 tunics fringed. Scape thick, leafy below; leaves spread out on the sur- 

 face of the ground, as long as scape or longer, lorate-lanceolate, wavy- 

 contorted, margins smooth ; umbel hemispherical, very dense, pedicels 

 twice to twice and a half as long as flower; divisions of perigonium 

 UacMsh-pwple, whitish toward tip, oblong, obtuse; filaments J/rtcX^'cs-A- 

 purple, broad-triangular at base, tapering toward tip, as long as peri- 

 gonium — Spring — Borders of southern Palestine and et-Tih; Syrian 

 Desert. 



41. A. i^^ocaiiuiii, Rent. If .3; bulb ovate, medium-sizeil. 

 Scape leafy below, with membranous sheaths; leaves broad-lmear, .01 

 to .014 broad, wdth papillose-scabrous margins, usually aslong as scape; 

 spathe l-valved, much shorter than umbel; umbel hemispherical, dense, 

 in fruit .1 to .2 broad, the pedicels nnany times as long as floicers, 

 nearly equal; perigonium pink or white, divisions united at base, broad 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse, at length flaccid; filaments half as long as 

 perigonium, red, connate, and triangular- ovate at base, abruptly taper- 

 ing — Spring — Fields ; Aleppo, 



