LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 795 



42. A. lacliiiopliylluin, Paiue. 21 Scape 1 to 1,4; naked; 

 leaves 3, narrow-lanceolate, .3 to .G long, tapering, obtuse, hispidu- 

 loiis at nerves. Spatlie 3-4-parted, valves ovate-deltoid, as long as 

 capitate umbel, suddenly tapering into filiform cusps ; pedicels many 

 times as long as flowers, .15 to .4 long; perigonium .OOG long, pale 

 pink, divisions oblong, obtuse ; filaments as long as perigonium ; style 

 long — Spring — Ziza in the Balqil. 



6. DIPCADI, Med. (Uropetalum, Gawl.). Dipcadi. 

 Perigonium tubular-funnel-shaped, parted to or beyond middle 

 into six divisions, the inner valve-like, approximated, the outer falcate, 

 of gibbous beneath tip. Filaments filiform, adnate to tube, anthers 

 linear, versatile. Ovary 3-celled, cells many-ovuled, style straight, 

 stigma somewhat 3-angled. Capsule membranous, 3-lobed and -grooved, 

 and 3-valved at tip. Seeds in one row, flattened or flattencd-angled — 

 Bulbous herbs, with linear, fleshy leaves, and flowers in a one-sided 

 raceme. 



D. erytUraiHiii, Webb. 1i Bureiyit. DhilghiJi. Zit'eitemdn. 

 .1 to .25; bulb ovate-conical, .02 to .04 long, tunics white. Leaves 

 3-4, as long as scape or longer. Raceme 6-12-flowered ; pedicels very 

 short, nodding, becoming erect in flower; bracts scarious, deltoid- 

 lanceolate, tapering, twice to thrice as long as pedicels; perigonium 

 greenish-yellow, .013 long, the outer divisions hooded, ending in a 

 recurved cusp ; capsule sessile, .012 long, ovoid — IMarch — Et-Tih and 

 southward to Sinai and Egypt. 



T. UROIMEA, Steinh. Squill. 'Unsul. 



Divisions of perigonium six, spreading, destitute of a nectary. 

 Filaments six, perigynous, adnate to base of divisions, anthers versatile. 

 Ovary 3-celled, ovules numerous in each cell. Style filiform, arising 

 from tip of ovary, stigma capitate, 3-grooved. Capsule parchment-like, 

 globular or oblong, 3-grooved. Seeds numerous in each cell, flattened, 

 winged, arranged one above the other — Bulbous herbs with racemed 

 flowers. 



1. U. iiiidulata, Desf. If .2; bulb .03 in diameter. All the leaves 

 radical, appearing after the flowers, spread over the ground, linear, 

 grooved, ivavy- sinuate, .08 to .1 long. Scape slender, erect, much 

 longer than leaves; raceme loose, .1 long; pedicels ascending, as long 

 as perigonium, with a linear, somewhat spurred bract, half their length ; 

 perigonium pale pink, divisions ligulate, obtuse, adnate at base, .01 

 long; filaments as long as perigonium; capsule ovate, triquetrous, .000 

 long ; cells 3-4-sceded '■ — August and September — Wadi-'Arabah. Bir- 

 es-Sab'. 



2. U. inaritiiua, L. 21 Squill. [Unsul. Bulb .05 to .1 or more in 

 diameter, tunics red. All the leaves radical, appearing in winter 

 after the flowers, erect, long-lanceolate, often .4 to .0 long and .03 to 

 .08 broad. Scape 1 or more high, glaucous, stout,; raceme long, 

 dense; pedicels twice as long as flowers, twice to thrice as long as 

 linear-lanceolate bract; perigonium white, divisions ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, green-nerved; filaments a little shorter than perigonium; cap- 

 sule obovate, 3-angled, the cells 3-4-seeded — Summer — Sandy places 

 "near coast, and hillsides of lower to middle mountain zones of coast 



