LTLIACE^. (LILT FAMILY.) 795 



42. A. lacliiiopliylluiii, Paine. 71 Scape 1 to 1,4; uaked; 

 leaves o^ narrow-lanceolate, .3 to .G long, tapering, obtuse, hispidu- 

 lous at nerves. Spathe 3-4-parted, valves ovate-deltoid, as long as 

 capitate umbel, suddenly tajyering into filiform cusps; pedicels many 

 times as long as flowers, .15 to .4 long; perigonium .006 long, pale 

 pink, divisions oblong, obtuse ; filaments as long as perigonium ; style 

 long — Spring — Ziza in the Balqa. 



6. DIPCADI, Med. (Uropetalum, Gawl.). Dipcadi. 

 Perigonium tubular-funnel-shaped, parted to or beyond middle 

 into six divisions, the inner valve-like, approximated, the outer falcate, 

 or gibbous beneatli tip. Filaments filiform, adnate to tube, anthers 

 linear, versatile. Ovary 3-celled, cells many-ovuled, style straight, 

 stigma somewhat 3-angled. Capsule membranous, 3-lobed and -grooved, 

 and 3-valved at tip. Seeds in one row, flattened or flattened-angled — 

 Bulbous herbs, with linear, fleshy leaves, and flowers in a one-sided 

 raceme. 



D. erytliraeiiiii, Webb. It Bureiyit. Dhibghih. Zu'eitemdn, 

 .1 to .25; bulb ovate-conical, .02 to .04 long, tunics white. Leaves 

 3-4, as long as scape or longer. Raceme 6-12-flowered ; pedicels very 

 short, nodding, becoming erect in flower; bracts scarious, deltoid- 

 lanceolate, tapering, twice to thrice as long as pedicels; perigonium 

 greenish-yellow, .013 long, the outer divisions hooded, ending in a 

 recurved cusp ; capsule sessile, .012 long, ovoid — March — Et-Tih and 

 southward to Sinai and Egypt. 



r. tJRGIl^E A, Steinh. Squill. ' Unsul. 



Divisions of perigonium six, spreading, destitute of a nectary. 

 Filaments six, perigynous, adnate to base of divisions, anthers versatile. 

 Ovary 3-celled, ovules numerous in each cell. Style filiform, arising 

 from tip of ovary, stigma capitate, 3-grooved. Capsule parchment-like, 

 globular or oblong, 3-grooved. Seeds numerous in each cell, flattened, 

 winged, arranged one above the other — Bulbous herbs with racemecl 

 flowers. 



1. U. midulata, Desf. 11 .2; bulb .03 in diameter. All the leaves 

 radical, appearing after the flowers, spread over the ground, linear, 

 grooved, wavy-smuate, .08 to .1 long. Scape slender, erect, much 

 longer than leaves; raceme loose, .1 long; pedicels ascending, as long- 

 as perigonium, with a linear, somewhat spurred bract, half their length; 

 perigonium pale pink, divisions ligulate, obtuse, adnate at base, .01 

 long; filaments as long as perigonium; cajDSule ovate, triquetrous, .000 

 long; cells 3-4-seeded — August and September — Wadi-'Arabah. Bir- 

 es-Sab'. 



2. U. inaritiiua, L. If Squill. ^Unsul. Bulb .05 to .1 or more in 

 diameter, tunics red. All the leaves radical, appearing in winter 

 after the flowers, erect, long-lanceolate, often .4 to .G long and .03 to 

 .08 broad. Scape 1 or more high, glaucous, stout,; raceme long, 

 dense ; pedicels twice as long as flowers, twice to thrice as long as 

 linear-lanceolate bract; perigonium white, divisions ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, green-nerved; filaments a little shorter than perigonium; cap- 

 sule obovate, 3-angied, the cells 3-4-sceded — Summer — Sandy places 

 near co 

 ranges. 



