LILlACEffl. (LILY FAMILY.) 791 



acumiuate, one or both usually much longer than umbel ; umbel many- 

 flowered, pedicels unequal, twice to four times as long as flower ; peri- 

 gonium yellovnsh-green, obconical-campanulate, .005 to .008 long, 

 divisions oblong, obtuse ; filaments lanceolate at base, subulate at tip, 

 adnata at base to perigonium and about as long as its divisions ; anthers 

 yellow, somewhat exserted ; capsule ovate, tapering at base, vesicular- 

 tiiberdecl — June — Upper zones of Cassius ; Kurd Dagh ; about Aintab. 



21. A. iilocle§tuiii, Boiss. % .12 to .2; bulb ovate with mem- 

 branous tunics. Scape terete, leafy to near middle, leaves semiteretc, 

 as long as scape or longer; valves of spathe 2, somewhat dilated at 

 base, linear, usually shorter than umbel ; umbel many-flowered, pedicels 

 capillary, spreading or recurved, .02 to .025 long, thrice to four times as 

 long as flower; perigonium dirty whitisli-green with a reddish tinge, 

 cylindrical, .008 to .01 long, divisions oblong -linear, tapering at tip, 

 acutish or obtuse ; filaments lanceolate, adnata to base of perigonium, 

 half its length; ovary oblong, style included — Spring — Borders of 

 et-Tih near Gaza. 



22. A. montaiiuui, Sibth. et Sm. 1|: .15 to .2; bulb oblong, 

 outer tunics black, striate. Scape flexuous or ascending, leaves 1-2 

 below, somewhat terete-filiform, shorter than scape ; valves of spathe 2, 

 lanceolate-subulate, as long as umbel- or longer; pedicels unequal, 5-12, 

 the longest once and a half to twice as long as flower; perigonium 

 junlisJi-purpIe, .003 to .004 long, campanulate, divisions oblong -spathu- 

 late, obtuse; filaments lanceolate-subulate, adnate to base of perigonium ; 

 ovary obovate, stigma somewhat exserted — September — Akher Dagh, 

 and northward. 



23. A. Siiidjaren§e, Boiss. et Haussk. 2f .1 to .3; bulb ovate- 

 oblong, .01 to. 02 long, densely clothed with tawny, yiqUq^ fibres. Scape 

 erect, stiff, leafy below ; leaves filiform, semiterete, much shorter than 

 scape; spathe membranous, valves 2, ovate-lanceolate, long-caudate, 

 reflexed, shorter than umbel; umbel spreading, pedicels purple, unequal, 

 6-25, the longest 4-5 times as long as flower ; perigonium deep purple, 

 campanulate, .004 long, divisions oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, rather 

 obtuse ; filaments three quarters as long as perigonium, dilated at base, 

 connate, tapering, the alternate ones narrower — May — Sowarat-el- 

 Kebtri at the border of the Leja ; Palmyra, and eastward. 



24. A. dc§ertoruiii, Forsk. 2f .15 to .3; bulb oblong, .1 to .3 

 long, the outer tunics thicTc, the inner netted-striate, at length divided 

 into fibres. Scape striate, nodding at tip before flowering, somewhat 

 flexuous, with three leaves or less at base; leaves slender, grooved, 

 striate, longer than scape; valves of spathe membranous, red-nerved, 

 oblong-ovate, suddenly contracted into a subulate cusp, longer than umbel ; 

 umbel 5-20-flowered, pedicels diffuse, unequal, once and a half to thrice 

 as long as flowers ; perigonium campanulate, .005 long, divisions ob- 

 long-lanceolate, iDhite, glossy, red-leeled, acutish, somewhat recurved at 

 tip ; filaments simple, three quarters as long as perigonium, dilated at 

 base, subulate at tip ; anthers yellow; style included; stigma capitate 

 — May — Deserts bordering on Egypt. 



25. A. Libaiti, Boiss. % .1; bulb ovate, .015 to. 02 long, outer 

 tunics blackish-grey. Scape thickish, leafy at base or even to tip ; leaves 

 3-4, spreading, ianceolate, incurved, and often icavy, longer than scape ; 



