784 LILIACES. (LILY FAMILY.) 



bracts triaugular, mucronate, one-half to one-third as long as pedicel; 

 pedicels joi7ited near lase ; flowers white, divisions .005 to .006 long, 

 with a purple stripe; capsule .002 to .003 in diameter— Spring — 

 Deserts of Sinai and et-Tih. 



3. ASPHODELiIXE, lichb. Asphodelike. 



Perigonium spreading, with six, 1-nerved divisions, connate into a 

 short, um-shaped base, the lowest a little distant from the others, 

 narrower, and more tapering at base. Filaments dilated at base, con- 

 cave, surrounding the ovary, then filiform, declined-ascending, tlie 

 outer usually much shorter. Anthers of inner stamens larger, linear- 

 elliptical, fastened by the middle of their back; anthers of outer 

 stamens ovate, minute, (sterile ?). Ovary 3-celled, with 3 ovules in each 

 cell; style filiform; stigma somewhat capitate. Capsule coriaceous. 

 Seeds acutely triquetrous, transversely grooved at back — Herbs, with 

 clustered, cylindrical root-fibres, the stem more or less leafy, ending in 

 a raceme or panicle, the pedicels jointed. 



* Perigonmm yellow. Ferennials. 



1. A. liitea, L. If 1 or more; root-fibres long; stem stout, l^afy 

 (dang its wTiole lengthy ending in a simple^ dense, spliced raceme, .1 to .15 

 long in flower, .o to ,5 in fruit. Leaves stiff, subulate, triquetrous, 

 sheathing at base, the upper much shorter. Bracts large, ovate, cuspi- 

 date, longer than pedicels; divisions of perigonium .03 long, midrib 

 green; capsule oblong-globular, .014 loDg —Summer — Rocky places; 

 middle to subalpine and alpine mountain zones, and interior plains. 



2. A. torevicaiilis, Bert. If .4 to .5; root-fibres cylindrical, 

 .OOo to .000 thick; stem slender, ascending, leafy for half to two-thirds 

 of its height. Leaves linear-subulate, triquetrous, scabrous-margined. 

 Racemes rather loose, rarely simjyle, usually loosely 2m7iicled ; bracts 

 small, deltoid-cuspidate ; pedicels solitary or twin, stiff, jointed below 

 middle; divisions of perigonium .015 to .03 long, midrib green; cap- 

 sule globular, .015 in diameter — April to June — Shady places and 

 hillsides; middle mountain zones, and interior plains. 



* ''^ Perigonium icliite. Biennials. 

 t Stent leafy J or its icliole length. 



3. A. Taurica, Pall. (2) hit-'dt. Abu-'amir. .Gtoi; root-stock 

 short, often oblique, with slender, cylindrical fibres; stem stout, end- 

 ing in a spike-like raceme, .1 to .3 long. Leaves stiff, linear-tapering, 

 scabridulous at margin, sheathing at base. Bracts silvery white, longer 

 than flowers, ovate to oblong, acute to cuspidate ; pedicels stiff, short , 

 jointed at middle, 3-3 together below; divisions of perigonium linear- 

 spathulate, brown-striped; capsule ovoid, .008 long — Summer — Sub- 

 alpine to alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon; mountains of Moab; Hems. 



1 1 Loicer third of stem leafy. Divisions of perigonium .03 long. 



4. A. $^lobilei*a, J. Gay. (D .5 to 1; root-stock short, with 

 cylindrical fibres; stem stout, ending in a single, dense raceme, .1 to .3 

 long. Leaves linear-subulate, triquetrous, somewhat rough, erect, 

 crowded. Bracts scarious, as long as pedicels or longer, the midrib 



