^98 LTLIACE^. (lily FAMILY.) 



§. MUSCARI, Toiiru. Muscari. 

 Perigonium ovate or cylindrical, more or less constricted below 

 mouth, urceolate, Tvith small, ovate-triangular, some^'hatreflexed teeth. 

 FilamcDts inserted at the middle of the tube, nearly as long as the 

 versatile anther. Cells of ovary o, 2-ovuled, style filiform, stigma 

 capitate. Capsule sessile, triangular, chartaceous — l>ulbous herbs 

 wi^i racemcd or spiked flowers. 



"^'Perigonium cyJimlrical-urn-sliapcd ; filaments in two roics, distinct, 



somewhat distant. Ovary ovate. 



t Perigoniiun 3-4 times as Jong as hroad. 



1. -]?I. Piiiardi, Boiss. 2f Leaves linear, channeled, shorter than 

 scape. Kaceme looscy cylindrical^ pedicels horizontal, as long as peri- 

 gonium or shorter; abortive flowers tubular, one-third to one-half as 

 long as pedicels, forming a long, loose tassel ; fertile perigonium tubu- 

 lar-club-shaped, .008 to .01 long — Spring — Lower slopes of Lebanon ; 

 Rasheiya; Moab; Marash. 



2. M. long;ipe§, Boiss. 11 Leaves l>road-iinear, .01 to .02 broad, 

 channeled, flexuous, wavy and scabrous-denticulate at margin, shorter 

 than scape. Raceme rather dense, cylindrico-conical, pedicels horizontal, 

 twice to six times as long as perigonium; sterile flowers crowded into 

 a conical form, about as long as or longer than pedicels; fertile flowers 

 truncate at base, .008 long - Spring — Fields; hill country and coast 

 of Judca; Palmyrene Desert; Hauran (?). 



1 1 Perigonium twice to ticice and a half as long as hroad, 

 + Sterile Jloicers long-2'>edicelled. 



3. jfl. eomosiim. Mill. % .3 to .G; leaves linear to loratc- 

 lanceolate, channeled, .00(5 to .02 broad, as long as scape or longer. 

 Raceme cylindrico-conical, at length elongated, loose; pedicels hori- 

 zontal; fertile perigonium &?'(3?r;?, as long as pedicel or shorter; tassel 

 of sterile flowci-s short, corymlose, pedicels 3-0 times as long as minute,' 

 violet-Jlmcers — April to June — Fields ; common. 



X X Sterile flowers short-x>cdicelled or sessile. 



4. M. albicaiilc. Post. 2]! (Plantse Postianse I. 13.) Leaves 

 glabrous, narrow-linear, flaccid, longer than white scape. Raceme 

 oblong-lanceolate, loose, pedicels ichite, those of fertile flowers thrice 

 to four times as long as flowers: sterile flowers crowded, oblong-tubu- 

 lar, longer than pedicels; bracts minute — April — Between 'Ain-cl- 

 Beida and el- Jebah (Palmyrene Desert) 



5. M, inaritiinum, Desf. % .2 to .3; leaves linear, tapering, 

 flaccid, as long as scape or longer; raceme conical, loose; pedicels of 

 fertile flowers shorter than flowers; sterile flowers few, ajwut as long as 

 2Jedicels; bracts minute — Spring — Sands of coast. Rocky divide 

 between Issus and Othmaniyeh. 



** Perigonium ol)Ovate to globular-urn-shaped; filaments in 1 row, or 



obscurely 2-rowed ; ovary triquetrous. 



t Perigonium oblong to oblong-cylindrical. 



6. M. raceino§nni, L. % .3 to .4; leaves linear, grooved at 

 upper surface, flaccid, spread out over the ground, longer than scape. 

 Raceme .03 to .04 long, ovate, dense, the uppermost flowers sterile, 

 erect; pedicels of fertile flowers spreading-rccurvcd, shorter than flower 



