LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 709 



5. B. flcxiio^a, Boiss. 2t .1; bulb globular to ovate, .Olo to 

 .OiJ.j long-. Leaves 5-6, lanceolate, tapering at both ends, membranous- 

 margined, denticulate-ciliate, often wavy, longer than scape. Scapes 

 1-4, ascending or iiexuous; raceme ovate"', .0:3 to .04 long in llower, .0(5 

 in fruit, pedicels ascending, then spreading or nodding at tip, shorter 

 thauliower; bracteoles minute, deltoid, bifid; perigonium lurid, tubu- 

 !ar-campanulate, .008 long, teeth oblong, obtuse, half as long as tube: 

 lilaments triangular-lanceolate at base, tapering, somewhat longer than 

 Uue anther; capsule ovate-orbicular, acutely ^j-angled, refuse at tij), 

 somewhat stipitatc — Spring — Coast to middle niountain region and 

 interior plains; Palm^'ra. 



6. B. cleusiflora, Boiss. 21 .lo to .3; bull) ovate. Leaves 0-0, 

 linear-lanceolate, .008 to .01 broad, tapering, glabrous, longer than 

 scape. Scapes 1-0, flexuous ; raceme ovate-oblong, doise, pedicels erect, 

 ?Lalf as Io7ig as -pensomum; bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, obtuse; i)eri- 

 gouium tubular-campanulate, .008 long, ydloic, teeth oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, half as long as tube; filaments lanceolate, twice as long as 

 i/elloio anilmv; capsule obovate, .OOo long, O-angled, refuse — Spring — 

 3Ierj (Damascus) ; Aintab. 



-^ * Filaments inserted at middle of tube or lower ^ the antlicrs low down. 

 Capsule coriaceous. 



7. B. nervosa, Bert. 2f .Oo to .lo; bulb ovate, .01 to .02 long. 

 Leaves 2-3, Jirin, strongly 7ierved, membranous-ciliate at margin, ohlong 

 to lanceolate-linear, .01 to .013 broad, nearly enveloping the scape; as 

 long as it or shorter. Raceme oblong, sjnl'e-lil'e, .02 to .04 long, dense: 

 bracts scale-like, nearly obsolete; l^owevs sessile, tubular-cam])anulate; 

 perigonium light-Uue, .007 long, teeth ovate, obtuse, one-third as long 

 as tube; filaments subulate, longer than Nad anther; capsule .004 

 long, depressed-globular, the lohes rounded, keeled at back, netted- 

 nerved — Spring — Chalky hillsides; interior plains. 



11. PrSCHKINlA, Adams. Puscukinia. 

 l^erigonium tubular-campanulate only at base, G-partcd, with 

 rotate, spreading divisions, the crown membranous, G-cleft at throat 

 of tube. Filaments short, adnate at their inner surface to the tube of 

 the crown, anthers nearly sessile, linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary ses- 

 sile, obtusely triquetrous, with three, 5-G-ovuled cells, the style filiform, 

 short, the stigma capitate. Capsule membranous. Seedsju cells few. 

 small, globular — Bulbous herbs with aspect of Scilla. 



P. gcillioitlcs, Adams. 21 .1 to .3; bulb globular, .015 to .03 

 long. Leaves 2-3, linear, surrounding the lower part of scape, as long 

 as it, .003 to .012 broad. Raceme 1-0-flowered; pedicels slender, erect, 

 the lower longer than flowers; bracts scaly, minute; perigonium 

 bluish-white, divisions clliptico-oblong, thrice as long as tube; crown 

 a third as long as divisions, cleft to middle into truncate orretuse teeth 

 — Spring. 



Var. Libaiiotiea, Boiss. Divisions of perigonium .012 long: 

 teeth of crown more acute than in type, bifid — Coast to middle and 

 subalpine mountain zones, and interior plains. 



12. SCILLA, L. SciuiLL. 



Perigonium of six, spreading divisions, connate at base, destitute 



