LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 805 



long as anther; style shorter than stamens; capsule oblate-sphciical, 

 .03 long and broad, hexagonal — Spring — Stony places; middle 

 mountain zones and interior plains. 



■^ * * Bulb large, scaly. Tnjiorescence unibelled. 



5. F. Aiiitabciisis, Post. If (Bulletin Ilerbier Boissicr, III., 

 104). .0 to .8; stem leafy from middle. Leaves linear-lanceolate to 

 linear, the lower in pairs, the intermedkite scattered, the floral whorled , 

 forming an involucre to the inflorescence. Umbel (in the unique 

 specimen) 4-flowerecl, peduncles simple or forked, longer than floral 

 leaves, 4-5 times as long as flowers, nodding at tip; perigonium .025 

 long, oblong-campanulate, brown, divisions oblong-elliptical, obtuse; 

 filaments as long as anthers, one-third as long as perigonium ; style as 

 long as stamens, thick, obtusely 3-lobed at tip — March — Highlands 

 near 'Aintab. 



10. TUL.IPA, L. Tulip. Zeiiboq. SJtaqiq. 



Perigonium deciduous, divisions six, oblong or obovate, always 

 destitute of a nectariferous pore. Stamens 6, shorter than perigonium, 

 hypogyuous, filaments dilated at base, tapering toward tip; anthers 

 fixed at base. Ovary sessile, o-celled; style 0; stigmas 3, short, re- 

 flexed, grooved. Capsule oblong or obovate. Seeds numerous, discoid 

 — Caulescent herbs, the bulbs with tunics, the flowers usually solitary, 

 oampanulate. 



* Filaments glabrous. Divisions of ])erigoniiim somewhat unequal. 



t Tunics of bulb densely woolly icitliin. 



1. T.'Ocilli-SoIis, L. % .3 to .4; leaves 3-4, oblong-lanceo- 

 late .015 to .02 broad to linear-lanceolate. Perigonium .0(3 to .1 broad, 

 crimson, divisions ovate-lanceolate, all or the inner 3 tajKring with an 

 oblong-lanceolate, blackisli spot at base, surrounded by a yellowish margin, 

 and loith a fringed or d-dentate tip ; stamens one-third to one-fourth as 

 long as perigonium; capsule oblong, .035 long, .015 broad— Spring — 

 Fields; common to subalpine regions. 



Var. Aleppica, Baker. Flower smaller, divisions narrower — 

 Aleppo. 



2. T. prsecox, Ten. 2( .3 to .5; leaves 3-5, oblong-lanceolate, 

 the lower often .00 broad. Perigonium rounded-campanulate, crim- 



. son, .00 to .1 broad, divisions ovate-oblong to obovate-oblong, the 

 outer acute, the inner obtuse, all with an obovate, blackish spot af l)ase, 

 surrounded by a yellowish border with eroded tip ; stamens one-third as 

 long as perigonium — Spring — Palestine ; Aleppo to Aintab. 



3. T. moiitana, Lindl. If .2 to .4; leaves 3-4, oblong-lanceo- 

 late .02 to .04 broad to linear-lanceolate, often falcate, wavy-margined. 

 Perigonium .00 to .1 broad, palish at outer, crimson at inner surface, 

 divisions ovate to ovate-oblong or obovate, acute or obtuse, sometimes 

 cuspidate, with an oblong, blackish spot at l)ase, surrounded by a 

 yellow margin ; stamens one-third as long as perigonium; capsule ob- 

 long, cuspidate, .04 long, .018 broad — Spring — Common to subalpino 

 regions. 



3. T. Clusiaiia, Vent. 2f Leaves 4-5, linear-lanceolate to linear, 

 grooved. Perigonium campanulate, funnel-shaped, divisions ^linl- out- 



