798 LiLiACE^. (lily family.) 



spreading, at length recurved, somewhat shorter than the tube — Feb* 

 ruary to April — Rocks ; coast to subalpine regions. 



10. BELL.EVAL,IA, Lapeyr. Bellevalia. 



Perigonium campanulate or tubular, with mouth not constricted, 

 move or less deeply 6-cleft, with erect or somewhat spreading teeth. 

 Filaments inserted near the throat or below the middle of the tube, 

 free above, anthers fixed by middle of back. Ovary 3-angled, with 3, 

 two-ovuled cells. Style elongated, stigma obtuse. Capsule of three, 

 ohartaceous or coriaceous cells; seeds not caruncled — Bulbous plants 

 with lacemed or spiked flowers. 



* Filaments inserted in throat of tiibe, antliers at the level of the top of the 

 IKrigordiim. Caiysule chartaceous. 



1. B. ciliata, Cyr. % Bulb-ovate, .05 long. Leaves 4-6, Urate, 

 .15 to .2 long, often .02 to .04 broad, margins cartilaginous, densely 

 ciliate. Scape thick, shorter than leaves ; raceme ovate-oblong, .1 to 

 .15 long, lower pedicels 2-8 times as long as flower, in fruit stiff, hori- 

 zontal; perigonium tubular-campanulate, .008 to. 01 long, livid-purple, 

 teeth erect, ovate, acutish, one-third as long as tube, greenish-yellow ; 

 filaments triangular-lanceolate, shorter than violet anther; capsule 

 obovate, retuse - Spring — Et-Tih; Palmyrene Desert; Aleppo; Nu- 

 sairy Mountains ; Kurd Dagh, and northward, and eastward. 



2. B. trifoliata, Ten. % .3 to .4; bulb ovate, .02 to .08 long. 

 Leaves 3-4, linear-lanceolate, .01 to .03 broad, longer than scape, cilio- 

 lulate or non-ciliolulate at margin. Pedicels usually shorter thanfloioer, 

 spreading or nodding; perigonium dusky violet, tubular-campanulate, 

 .01 to .018 long, with greenish, ovate-oblong, obtuse teeth, one-fourth 

 as long as tube; filaments longer than violet anthers; capsule orbicular, 

 rounded at apex — March to May — Fields; coast to middle mountain 

 zones; common. 



3. B. loiigipc§, Post. 11 (Bulletin Herb. Boissier, III., 165). In 

 flower .5, in fruit .7; bulb ovate, .03 long. Leaves 3-4, linear-lanceo- 

 late, .015 to .04 broad, longer than scape, cartilaginous at margin, 

 unarmed or scabridulous. Flowering raceme ovate, .1 to .12 long, 

 pedicels 3 to 5 times as Jong as floicers, spreading or nodding; perigoniimi 

 .008 to .01 long, tubular-campanulate, teeth ovate-oblong, one-third as 

 long as tube; filaments oblong, the free portion as long as anther; 

 fruiting raceme .5 long, .4 broad, pedicels rigid, .15 long, 10-12 time's 

 as long as ellipsoidal, acutely angled capsule ; capsule truncate or slightly 

 retuse — April — j!S"usairy Mountains ; AintUb, and northeastward. 



4. B. iiiacrobotry§, ]3oiss. 2f .2 to .35; bulb ovate, .05 long. 

 Leaves 3-5, linear-lanceolate, often .02 to .03 broad, acute, margin 

 membranous, obsoletely scabrous, longer than scape. Eaceme loose, cy- 

 lindrical, .1 long in flower, ,2 to .3 in fruit; pedicels once to twice as long 

 as flowers, sj^reading, in fruit recurved ; bracts minute, triangular-ovate; 

 perigonium bluish to whitish or livid, tubular-campanulate, .008 to .01 

 long, teeth oblong, obtuse, one-third as long as tube; filaments triangu- 

 lar, somewhat shorter than rust-colored anthers; capsule ovate-trique- 

 trous, .OOBlong, mucronulate, valves obliquely nerved — Spring — Coast 

 to middle and subalpine mountain regions and interior plains. 



Var. iiiiuor, Post. Flowers .006 long, less than half as long as 

 capillary pedicels — Ccelesyria; Marash. 



