LTLIACEiE. (LTLY FAMILY.) 797 



or as long; perigonium deep Uue^ noMmg, ovate-oblong to urceolate, 

 teeth white then blue, deltoid, reiiexed; valves of capsule nearly orbic- 

 ular, retuse — Spring — Common from lower mountain zones to alpine 

 iT'gions, and interior plains; Palmyrene Desert. 



Var. s ten opliyl 111 m, Post. Leaves .001 broad — Gcsbel Dagh 

 lAmanus). 



7, M. pulcliclliiiii, Held, ct Sart. 2^ .2 to .o; leaves linear, 

 llaccid, the upper surface grooved, longer than scape. Kaceme sho7t- 

 cjiUndrtcal^ loose, lt-18-flowered, the upper flowers sterile; pedicels 

 shorter than flowers, spreading, at length nodding; perigonium ovatc- 

 obloug, violet-blue, teeth white, ovate, obtuse, recurved; valves of 

 capsule orbicular, scarcely retuse — Spring — Antilebanon. Too near 

 the last. 



§. M. iicg-lcctlim, Guss. % .2 to .4; leaves linear, with a 

 hroad groove at upper surface, erect-spreading, longer than scape. 

 Ivaceme oUong, dense, flowers imlricated, the uppermost sterile, erect- 

 spreading; pedicels of fertile flowers recurved, somewhat shorter than 

 llowers; perigonium deep-blue, nodding, ovate-oblong, teeth white, 

 ovate, recurved; valves of capsule oljovate-orbicular, ronnded at tip — 

 Spring — Aleppo ; Kurd Dagii. 



9, M. comniutatuiii, Guss. 2( 1. to .3; leaves linear, grooved, 

 llaccid, spreading, longer than scape. Raceme sJwrt-ovate, .02 to .04 

 long, dense, pedicels much shorter tluni floicers, the lowest shortest, nod- 

 ding ; sterile floicers almost none ; perigonium NacJ>:is7i-violet, ovate-ol)- 

 long, angled toward tip, .005 to .01 long, teeth obtuse, of tlie same 

 color as flowers, before flowering connivent, inflexed; valves of capsule 

 ovate-oblong, rounded at tip — Spring — Amanus and Kurd Dagh to 

 Aleppo, Aintab, and northward. 



t t Perigonmvi ovate-glohular, minute. 



10, M. parvifloriini, Desf. % Baby's Breath. .2 to .8; leaves 

 linear-filiform, scmiterete, grooved, somewhat shorter than filiform 

 scape. Pvaccme G-12-flowered, oblong-ovate, .02 to .0:) long, loose; 

 ])edicels capillary, about as long as flower, spreading; sterile flowers 

 nlmostnone; y^Qxigomnm. ivdehlue, siDeet-smelUiig, ovoid-urceolatc, .002 

 to .033 long, teeth of same color as limb, ovate, recurved; capsule 

 smaller than a pea, valves broader than long, obliquely nerved — Sep- 

 tember to January — Fields and sandy places, coast to middle mountain 

 zones and interior plains. 



9. IIYACIXTHL'S, Tourn. IIvacintii. Xci-yis. 



Perigonium funnel-shaped, lobes 0, spreading. Filaments inserted 

 below the middle of the tube, in 1 row, free, short. Anthers fastened 

 at back, above the base. Style short, stigma obtuse. Ovary 3-ccll('(l, 

 with 0-8 ovules in a cell. Capsule depressed-globular, with roundcci 

 lobes. Seeds furnished with a funicular, tumid caruncle at base — 

 liulbous herbs with flowers in racemes. 



H. OricittaliM, L. 2^ Hyacinth. Klnizdm. Xfrjis. lieujis. .2.1 

 to .4; bulb .02 to .0.") long, ovate. Leaves strap-shaped, obtuse, .008 to 

 .015 broad, shorter than scape or longer, Raceme4-10-flowercd, pedicels 

 one-sixth to one-half as long as flowers; perigonium fragrant, deep 

 Ijlue, .03 to .03 long, tube inflated at base, lobes linear-spathulate, 



