iRiDE^. (iris family.) 773 



1. R. Bulbocodium, L. 21 Mirsenneh. Tunics deep browD, 

 leathery. Leaves linear, grooved at upper surface, erect or recurved, 

 nearly Uoice as long as scape. Scape .1 to .3, 1-3-flowered. Valves of 

 spatlie lanceolate, unequal, the upper hyaline ; perigonium about twice 

 as long as spatlie, imle molet to ichite, yellow toward base ; divisions 

 oblong-elliptical to lenticular, .02 to .03 long; throat hairy; stamens 

 shorter than style, filaments pubescent ; stigma nearly equally G-lobed ; 

 capsule ovate, .01 long, obtusely triquetrous; seeds smooth — January 

 to April — Sandy and rocky places; coast to middle mountain zones, 

 and interior plains. 



2. R. nivalis, Boiss. et Ky. 2f Tunics parchment-like. Leaves 

 linear, plicate, spreading-recurved, only a little longer than flowers. 

 Scape .OG to .1, 1-2-flowered; valves of spathe, linear-lanceolate, 

 herbaceous, margin narrowly^ membranous: perigonium .01 to .02 

 long, about twice as long as spathe, orange-yellow loith molet lines for 

 tico-thircls of their length, the rest violet ; divisions oblong-elliptical ; 

 stamens shorter than trifd stigma; capsule ovate, .006 to .007 long; 

 seeds wrinMecl-tiibercled — April to August — Subalpine Lebanon and 

 Antilebanon. 



3. R. Coliimuae, Seb. et Maur. 71 Tunics leathery brown. 

 Leaves linear, grooved, at upper surface, erect or recurved, much longer 

 than flowers. Scape .06 to .1, 1-3-flowerecl ; upper valve of spathe 

 broad hyaline-margined ; perigonium .01 long, scarcely longer than 

 spathe, pale Hue to white, lemon-colored, glabrous at throat ; divisions 

 oblong -lanceolate, acute, with three, deeper-colored lines; filaments 

 glabrous or sparingly hairy at inner face ; branches of style 3, bilobed ; 

 capsule ovoid-hexagonal, seeds somewhat tubercled — February — 

 Syrian coast. 



4. OL.ADIOL.1JS, L. Swoed Lily. 



Perigonium petaloid, irregular, with short tube, and six divisions, 

 bilabiate. Stamens 3, inserted at the apex of the tube, included, lying 

 under the u^^per divisions of the perianth. Anthers linear, bifid a little 

 above the iDase, extrorse, the filament being inserted on their dorsal 

 aspect, at the apex of the cleft. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, the cells 

 many-ovuled. Style filiform : stigmas 3, filiform at base, dilated-spa- 

 thulate at apex. Capsule membranous, loculicidal. Seeds compressed 

 and winged, or globular-pear-shaped and wingless — Bulbous herbs, 

 with solitary flowers, arranged in a two-ranked or one-sided spike. 

 Probably the species of this genus are " the lilies of the field," Matt. 

 VI, 28. 



* Nerves of leaves irregular', not ixirallel. Flowers pink. 

 t Seeds glohilar-'pyriform, not winged. 



1. €r. segetiiiii, Gaul. % .6tol or more. Spike of flowers loose, 

 flexuous, somewhat one-sided; valves of spathe unequal; lamina of 

 divisions of perigonium oMong-spathulate ; anthers longer than filament ; 

 stigmas gradually dilated into an oblong lamina ; capsule umbilicate at 

 apex, 3-grooved — Spring — Fields among grain ; common. 



1 1 Seeds compressed, loinged. 



2. O. Illyricus, Koch. % .6 to 1. Spike short, few-flowered, 

 loose, in two rows ; valves of spathe unequal ; divisions of perigonium 

 with long, slender claw, and rhomlic-dbhng lamina ; anthers shorter than 



