808 LILIACEJ2. (lily FAMLLY.) 



18. 1L.LOYDIA, Salisb. Lloydia. 



Perigoniuni marcescent, divisions at length somewhat elongated, 

 ■with or without nectary. Stamens C, hypogynous, shorter than peri- 

 goniuni, filaments filiform, anthers attached by deeply perforated base. 

 Ovary sessile, oblong-cylindrical, 3-celled. Style short, stigma obtuse. 

 Capsule membranous, obovate. Seeds small, triangular, flattened — 

 Biilbous herbs, with aspect of Gagea, but with white or pinkish-green 

 perigonium. 



1u, rutoroviridis, Boiss. et Ky. 71 Bulbs clustered, with mem- 

 branous tunics, and bulblets at base. Root-leaves 1-2, linear, often as 

 long as scaj^e ; scajDe corymbose, 0-5-flowered; stem-leaves 2-4, linear. 

 Pedicels twice to four times as long as flowers; perigonium funnel- 

 shaped, divisions .012 to .015 long, linear-elliptical, not nectariferous 

 at base, greenish-icJdte, yinlikh at tqy, u-5-nerved ; stamens two-thirds as 

 long as perigonium; capsule enclosed in the persistent perigonium. 

 oblong-club-shaped, truncate — April — Subalpine and alpine Hermon 

 and Antilebanon ; Jerusalem. 



20. COL.CHICUM, L. Colchicum. Zayardn. 

 Perigonium colored, funnel-shaped, with elongated tube and six- 

 parted limb. Stamens 6, inserted at throat, anthers oblong or linear, 

 versatile, introrse. Ovary 3-celled, oc-ovuled. Styles 3, free, filiform, 

 long-exseited from tube, stigma punctate, terminal. Capsule ovate- 

 oblong. Seeds globular — Herbs with a corm, or rarely with a root- 

 stock, the leaves and flowers included in a radical spathe. 

 * Floioers in autumn^ leaves in s^jring. 

 t Styles straight; stigmas dot-lile. Perigonium not tesselated. 



1. C laetuin, Stev. 2f Corm .03 long, wdtli dark brown tunics 

 extending to surface of ground. Leaves erect, lanceolate, tapering to 

 tip, acutish. Flowers 1-12, pale lilac; tube 3-4 times as long as limb'; 

 divisions of perigonium .02 to .03 long, obovate-oblong to elliptical, 

 glalroiis at l)ase within ; stamens half as long as limb; anthers half sls 

 long as filaments ; styles shorter or longer than stamens — October and 

 November — Lebanon to Cassius, Amanus, and northward. 



2. C. Decaisiiei, Boiss. 21 Corm .02 to .03 long, witli dark 

 brown tunics extending to surface of ground. Leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering to tip, acutish. Flowers 4-12, pale jiink to white; tube 4-5 

 times as long as limb; divisions of perigonium .06 to .07 long, elli2:)tical, 

 jniberulent at luse icithin; stamens half as long as limb or less; anthers 

 one-third as long as filaments ; styles longer than stamens — October and 

 November — Middle to subalpine Lebanon, and Coelesyria ; Amanus. 



3. C. latifolinm, Sibth. et Sm. 11 Corm about as large as a 

 walnut; tunics thick, more or less projecting above the ground. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong, .12 to .35 long, .04 to .08 broad. Flowers 1-7, 

 lilac-purple, tube 4-5 times as long as elliptical-oblong, tesselated 

 divisions of perigonium; stamens two-thirds as long as limb; anthers 

 somewhat curved; styles longer than anthers, curved at tip, stigmatose 

 on their convex aspect — August- Amanus. 



* * Flowers and leaves appearing together. 



4. C, fasciculare, L. % Baisur. Leaves 5-7, spreading, lan- 

 ceolate, in fruit .2 long, .05 to .08 broad, tapering, ciliate or glabrous 



