800 LILIACE-S. (lily family.) 



of crown. Filaments six, nearly perig-yiious, adnateto base of perigonium; 

 anthers introrse, inserted by middle of back. Ovary globular to ovate, 

 sessile or somewhat stipitate, obtusely 3-angled, 3-celled; ovules two 

 in each cell side by side, or numerous superposed. Style obsoletely o- 

 angled, stigma obtuse. Capsule membranous. Seeds spherical, ovate, 

 or 3-angled, sometimes arillate at base. 



* Flowering in autumn, .08 to A high. Flowers .006 to .008 hroad. 

 Raeeine G-od -flowered. 



1. S. autuiuiiali§, L. 1^ Bulb ovate, .01 to .02 long. Leaves 

 5-6, after flowers, linear-filiform, grooved at upper surface. Scape .15 

 to .25; raceme 6-20-flowered ; pedicels ascending, once to twice as long- 

 as flower; bracts 0; perigonium lilac- jnnTc, divisions oblong-linear, 

 persistent; filaments blue, petaloid, oblong, a little shorter than peri- 

 gonium; capsule globular, .OOo in diameter, o-angied; cells 2-ovuled; 

 seeds not arillate — October and November — Coast, and lower 

 mountains. 



2. S. fallax, Steinheil. 1i Bulb ovate, .02 to .01 long, with tu- 

 nics produced considerably beyond its tip. Leaves beginning to appear as 

 flowers develop. Scape much longer than leaves, .2 to .4; raceme 

 many-flowered," at first conical, then long-cylindrical, .1 to .15 long; 

 pedicels ascending, 2-4 times as long as flowers; bracts 0; perigonium 

 blue, divisions spreading, obtuse, persistent, .005 long; capsule globu- 

 lar, .002 to .003 in diameter — September to November — Khotsch-Bel 

 (Araanus) 1200 m. A plant of Algeria. 



3. S. Hanbiiryi, Baker 21 Bulb ovate, .05 to .07 long, with 

 scarious tunics. Leaves coming after flowers, linear. Scape .1 to .15, 

 ending in a loose, 15-20-flowered raceme; pedicels spreading, 3-6 times 

 as long as flower; perigonium lilac, divisions ligulate, scarious, w'ith a 

 tawny longitudinal band at their middle ; capsule obovate-globular, .003 

 in diameter, trisulcate — July to October — Damascus to Yebriid. 



* * Flowering in spring. 



4. S. liyaciiitlioicIe§, L. 11 Bulb ovate, .06 to .1 long. 

 Leaves appearing with the flowers, 10-12 in number, lanceolate-linear, 

 .02 to .03 broad, acute, minutely ciliate at margin, half to two-thirds 

 as long as scape. Scape 1 high; raceme conico-cylindrical at first then 

 cylindrical, .5 long; pedicels 3-8 times as long as flower, spreading, with 

 a minute bracteole at base; perigonium tiolet-blue, divisions .007 long, 

 spreading; ovary furnished with three nectariferous pores at base of the 

 septa; capsule de2)ressed-globular, smaller than a pea — Spring — Stony 

 jflaces and fields, coast to middle mountain regions and interior plains; 

 Jordan Valley. 



5. S. eeriiua, Bed. It Bulb ovate, .01 to .015 long, with 

 blackish-brown outer tunics. Leaves 2-6, sheathing the lower part of 

 the scape, as long as it, broad-linear, .005 to .008 broad, obtuse or acute. 

 Scapes 1 to 3, semiterete angled, .1 to .15 high, 1-3-flowered, decum- 

 bent after flowering: p>edicels nodding at tip, the lateral often shorter 

 than flowers; bract minute, deltoid; perigonium JZw<?, divisions ellipti- 

 co-oblong, .015 long, obtuse, with a deeper colored stripe at midrib ; 

 cells of otary 8-10-ovuled ; capsule ovate, as large as a pea, seeds not 

 arillate — ^Sjiring — Tabor and Carmelto Antilebanou, and Aintab, and 

 northward and eastward. 



