790 . LILIACEiE. (LILY FAMILY.) 



scarcely longer than flower ; perigonium icMte orlluisJi, divisions oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute ; filaments free, as long as perigonium, the outer simple, 

 subulate, the inner dilated and with a short tooth on either side at base 

 — Summer — Cultivated everywhere; said to be a native of Palestine 

 and Syria. 



IT. A. Sell ergiami 111, Boiss. 2f .8 to .4; bulb .01 to .015 long, 

 ovate, tunics membranous. Scape leafy for one-third its height, some- 

 what shorter than loaves ; spathe composed of 2, ovate, cuspidate lobes, 

 shorter than umbel; umbel globular, many-fiowered^ dense, pedicels 

 capillary, as long as flowers to twice as long ; perigonium cream-colored, 

 narrow-campanulate, divisions linear, rather obtuse, smooth, the outer 

 somewhat keeled ; filaments white, subulate from base, somewhat longer 

 than perigonium ; capsule globular-triquetrous, somewhat longer than 

 perigonium — May — Hermon to Deir 'Atiyeh (Antilebanon plateau). 



1§, A. stamiiicum, Boiss. '^. .Ito .5; bulb ovate, .01 to .015 

 long, outer tunics thickish, striped. Scape terete, flexuous, leafy to a 

 third of its height, leaves very narrowly linear, about as long as scape; 

 spathe composed of two, ovate to lanceolate or linear, sid)ulate-ta2-)ering 

 'valves, usually several times lonrjer than umhel, sometimes only a little 

 longer, ; umbel many-flowered, spreading, pedicels slender, unequal, 

 twice to several times as long as flower; perigonium heniis2yJierical- 

 camjyanulate, pinh to whitish, divisions oblong-ovate, obtuse or rarely 

 acutish, sometimes apiculate ; filaments adnate at base, once and a half 

 as long as perigonium, subulate toward tip ; anthers yellow ; capsule ' 

 globular-triquetrous — April to June — Hillsides ; coast to alpine 

 mountain zones and interior plains; summit of Jebel Katarina (Sinai) ; 

 El-GhOr. 



Var. Hymettium, Boiss. Umbel smaller, pedicels shorter, more 

 nearly eqaal — Beirilt; Jebel Qasyun (Damascus). 



Yar. alpiiiuiti, Post. Umbel small, .015 to .02 broad; valves 

 broad-ovate at base, one about as long as umbel, the other a little 

 longer; flov/ers minute — Top of Jebel Keniseh (Lebanon). • 



19. A. paiiiculatum, L. 2( .5 to 1; bulb ovate, the outer 

 tunics membranous or parchment-like. Scape terete, stout, leafy above 

 middle ; leaves narrowly linear, solid or hollow ; valves of sj^athe 2, 

 oblong-elliptical at base, tapering into a tail as long to several times as 

 long as umbel ; umbel very numerous-flowered, with very unequal pedi- 

 cels, nodding before flowering, several to many times as long as peri- 

 gonium ; perigonium greenish-white to flesh-colored and pink, obconical- 

 campanulate, divisions connivent, oblong-linear, obtuse, sometimes 

 apiculate; filaments subulate, connate with each other and with the 

 perigonium at base, the sinuses without teeth, or rarely with a minute 

 tooth; QVi\)S,\\\Q. ellipsoid, tapering at base; style exserted — Summer — 

 Fields ; coast to middle mountain zone and^interior plains. 



Var. pallciis, Boiss. Umbel contracted, more globular, pedicels 

 shorter, more nearly equal. Flowers usually white — Common. 



20. A. cliloraiitliiliii, Boiss. If .0 to .5; bulb ovate, .01 to 

 .025 long, outer tunics turning black, inner membranous. Scape 

 flexuous, leafy beyond middle; leaves nearly cylindrical, hollow, 

 about as long as scape ; valves of spathe 2, oblong at base, caudate- 



