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6. S. bifolia, L. 21 Bulb ovate, larf,^c. Leaves 2, sheathing the 



scape to its middle, nearly opposite or distant, linear-lanceolate, .004 

 to .015 broad, grooved, obtuse, spreading or recurved, as longas scape. 

 Scape .2 to .5 high, raceme 8-20-flowcred, the lower pedicels 2-4 times as 

 long as flower; perigonium blue, divisions .00<S to .01 long, oblong- 

 elliptical, obtuse; cells of ovary 5-0-ovuled; capsule globular, 

 obtusely 3-angled — Spring — Coast to alpine mountains and interior 

 plains. 



Yar. iiivali»i, Baker. Lower, more slender; leaves narrower; 

 raceme few-llowered; flowers smaller, divisions narrower — At melting 

 snows near top of Jebel Makmel (Lebanon). 



13. ORiVITIIOGAI^UM, L. Star of Bethlehem. 



Perigonium composed of six divisions connate only at base. Fila- 

 iuents six, hypogynous, inserted on the receptacle, or adherent to the 

 base of the perigonium, lanceolate to linear, sometimes tricuspid at tip, 

 anthers versatile. Ovary sessile, 3-celled, ovules numerous, in two 

 vertical rows; style filiform, stigma capitate, somewhat -i-grooved. 

 Capsule membranous, the angles wingless or winged. Seeds obovate 

 or angled — Bulbous herbs with racemed or corymbose flowers, the 

 divisions of the ^^erigonium white, usually with a green band, rarely 

 cream -colored, never blue or purple. 



* Raceme elongated. 



t All the filaments or three of them tridentate at tip. 



1. O. Lifi>aiioticiim, Boiss. et Bl. 11 .3; bulb ovate. Leaves 

 lanceolate, flat, tapering at base, as long as scape, shorter than raceme. 

 Raceme .1 long; pedicels ascending, half as longas flower, in fruit 

 nodding, as long as capsule; bracts scarious, long-tapering, longer 

 than pedicel; divisions of perigonium white without green band, ob- 

 long-linear, obtuse; filaments alternately simple and tricuspid, the 

 middle cusp fertile, triangular, acute, the lateral obtuse, shorter; cap- 

 sule ovate, .01 long, G-ribbed — May — Valley of Hasroun and about 

 Ehediu. 



t t All the filaments ^indUided. 



2. O. Pyrcuaiciiiii, L. 11 .5 to .7; bulb ovate. _ Leaves glau- 

 i;ous, linear, grooved, usualbj marcescent Icfore fioicering^ is over^ shorter 

 than scape. "Raceme many-flowered, pedicels ascending, as long as 

 flowers or longer, in fruit appressed; bracts lanceolate, tapering, shorter 

 than pedicel; divisions of perigonium linear -oUong, .01 long, .0015 

 broad, yellowish, with a median green band; filaments three-qnarters 

 as long as perigonium; capsule ovate, .000 long, o-grooved — June — 

 Woods south of Kessab, and northward. 



3. O. fiisee§cciis, Boiss. et Gaill. 2^ .4; bulb ovate. Leaves 

 linear, grooved, .014 to .018 broad, shorter than scape. Raceme many 

 flowered, thyrsoid; pedicels ascending, ttrice to once and a half as long 

 as bract and flower; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, furnished at middle 

 vn either side with a linear lole ; divisions of perigonium tawny with a 

 paler margin, elliptical, obtuse; filaments scarcely half as long as peri- 

 gonium — Summer — Fields ; near Rasheya. 



4. O. Narboiieiise, L. .3 to 1; bulb ovate, .01 to .02 long. 

 Leaves more or less linear, .002 to .01 broad, usually persistent during 



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