LiLiACE^. (lily family.) 787 



25 A. Libani, 2G Erdelii, 27 subhirsutum, 28 trifoliatum, 29 hirsii- 

 tum, 30;papillare, 31'Cassiiim,' 33 Zebedanense, 33 Carmeli, 34 Nea- 

 politaniim. 



* * Ovules 3-10, i/h two o^oios in each cell. 



35 A. Schiiberti, 36 nigrum, 37 stenopetalimi, 38 Orientale, 

 •59 Aschersonianiim, 40 Rothii, 41 Noeanum, 42 lachnojDhyllum. 



1. A. scorocloprasiim, L. '^. Bulb ovate, bcarinpj smaller 

 bulbs, tunics^ membranous; scape tall, leafy to middle. Valves of 

 spatlie ovate, abruptly acuminate, shorter than umbel ; bulbs of umbel 

 violet, crowded; xmlicelsfeio, short ; perigonium purple, divisions ovate - 

 lanceolate, acute, -with a roughened keel ; filaments shorter than peri- 

 gonium, the fertile cusp of the inner three one-third as long as filament, 

 the sterile twice as long — Summer. 



Var. 'c£iH«latiiiii, Bl. Spathe long-caudate, longer than the 

 umbel, ichicli is generally altogether luTbiferous — Cedars of Hadeth. 



2. A. anipelopra§iim, L. If Buml-el-'' Afrit, lor more; bulb 

 ovate,*; tunics scarious; scape stout, leafy to middle. Umbel many- 

 floicered, pedicels onany times as long as flowers; perigonium pink to 

 purple, divisions ovate-oblong, oltuse; the back more or less scabrous; 

 filaments a little longer than perigonium, the fertile cusp of the inner 

 three shorter than the sterile — May to July — Fields and dry places; 

 common to subalpiue regions, and interior plains. 



3. A. rotimduin, L. 2|! .3 to .5; bulb generally bearing stipi- 

 tatc bulblets ; tunics membranous. Scape leafy for one-third to one- 

 half its height; spathe ovate, mucronate, shorter than umbel, soon 

 deciduous; umbel glolular, many-flowered, dense, with unequal pedicels, 

 the lower very short, the upper half as long as flower to twice as long ; 

 perigonium pink, o-Gate-pijramidal, scabrous at back or only along keel, 

 divisions ovate-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate ; filaments included, the 

 fertile cusp'of^the inuer^three much shorter than the sterile ; capsule 

 shorter than perigonium — April to August — Fields; common to sub- 

 alpine regions. 



4. A. pliaiierantlieruin, Boiss. etHaussk. % .Gto.8; tunics 

 of bulb membranous. Scape leafy to about its middle ; spathe soon 

 torn; umbel globular, .02 to .03 broad, with somewhat unequal pedi- 

 cels, twice to thrice as long as flower ; perigonium umbilicate at base, 

 oUong-tiibular, someiohat leathery, glossy, divisions .005 long, elongated- 

 oblong, obtuse, greenish-yelloio, sometimes reddish at tip, keeled, 

 smooth;^ filaments long-exserted, the fertile cusp of the inner three 

 shorter than filament, the sterile longer; anthers yellow or reddish- 

 brown, linear-oblong, .002 long; ovary oblong; style red, long-ex- 

 serted — Summer - - Middle zone of Lebanon, near 'Aleih; Sof Dagh. 



5. A. viiieale, L. If .5 to 1; bulb ovate, tunics membranous, 

 easily separated at base. Scape'^leafy to or above middle ; spathe ovate, 

 abruptly narrowed, soon deciduous, longer than umbel ; umbel bulb- 

 bearing, pedicels erect, four to five times as long as flower; perigonium 

 pale pink, divisions lanceolate, acutish, keeled, smooth; filaments 

 longer than perigonium, the fertile cusp of the inner three shorter than 

 its filament; the sterile much longer — Summer -— Fields — Hasriin 

 (Lebanon). 



