794 LILIACEiE, (LILY FAMILY,) 



leaves lanceolate, .02 to .04 broad, acute, flat; spathe ovate, short, 

 at length 2-4-lobed ; umbel nearly sjy^ierical, dense, many-flowered, pedicels 

 neaily equal, twice to thrice as long as flower, naked at base ; peri- 

 gonium white or pale pink, spreading, .015 broad, divisions oJilong, 

 obtuse, free, at length JJaceid ; filaments half as long as perigonium, 

 lanceolate, connate at base, tapering — Spring — Fields ; common. 



37. A. §tciiopctaliiiii, Boiss. et Ky. % .4 to .5; bulb ovate, 

 .02 to .03 long. Scape terete, leafy below, leaves half as long as scape, 

 lorate-lanceolate to lorate-linear, .01 to .014 broad, flat, tapering, 

 denticulate-scabrous at margin ; spathe o-4-lobed, shorter than umbel; 

 umbel many-flowered, nearly globular, dense; pedicels capillary, 

 thrice as long as flower; perigonium red, divisions narrowly linear, at 

 length rejlexed ; filaments three-fourths as long as perigonium, flat, 

 connate a little above dilated base, tapering-subulate at tip, the inner 

 somewhat broader; anthers tawny — June — El-Jebel-el-Ahmar 

 (Amanus). 



38. A. Orieutale, Boiss. % .a to .5; bulb ovate-glohular, with 

 white, membranous tunics. Scape thickish, terete, 2-6-leaved at base; 

 leaves oblong-linear to linear, flexuous, usually wavy, long-taperiug; 

 spathe shorter than umbel, at length reflexed, 3-4-lobed ; umbel many- 

 flowered, hemispherical, pedicels twice to thrice as long as flowers; 

 perigonium white or reddish, divisions oUong-elliiotical, oltuse, at lengtli 

 flaccid or somewhat reflexed ; filaments three-fourths as long as peri- 

 gonium, connate at base, tapering, yellowish — Spring — Grassy places; 

 common. 



39. A. Asclicrsoiiiauiiiii, W. Barbey. If .3 to .5; bulb ovate 

 with white, membranous, fringed tunics. Scape thick, leafy below, 

 leaves lorate-lanceolate, tapering, usually wavy, denticulate-scabrous at 

 margin, shorter than scape; spathe 3-3-lobed, shorter than umbel; 

 umbel spherical, dense, pedicels twice to four times as long as flower ; 

 perigonium _?j/i?Zi?;, divisions oUong -linear, obtuse, at length reflexed; 

 filaments white, united at base, long-tapering toward tip, somewhat 

 longer than perigonium — Spring — Fields; common. Too near 

 the last. 



40. _ A. Rolhii, Zucc. % .1 to .2; bulb ovate, .03 to .05 long, 

 tunics fringed. Scape thick, leafy below; leaves spread out on the sur- 

 face of the ground, as long as scape or longer, lorate-lanceolate, wary- 

 contorted, margins smooth ; umbel hemispherical, very dense, pedicels 

 twice to twice and a half as long as flower ; divisions of perigoniunr 

 Uaclkh-xjiirple, whitish toward tip, oblong, obtuse; filaments &/«cZi6A- 

 purple, broad-triangular at base, tapering toward tip, as long as peri- 

 gonium— Spring— Bordcis of southern Palestine and et-Tih ; Syrian 

 Desert. 



41. A. IVoeatiuin, lleut. li .3; bulb ovate, medium-sized. 

 Scape leafy below, with membranous sheaths; leaves broad-linear, .01 

 to .014 broad, with papillose-scabrous margins, usually aslong as scape; 

 spathe 1-valvcd, much shorter than umbel; umbel hemispherical, dense, 

 in fruit .1 to .2 broad, the pedicels onany times as Jong as Jioicers, 

 nearly equal; perigonium pink or white, divisions united at base, broad 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse, at length flaccid; filaments half as long as 

 perigonium, red, connate, and triangular-ovate at base, abruptly taper- 

 ing - Spring — Fields ; Aleppo. 



