796 LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 



§. ]fIUS€ARI, Tourn. Muscari. 

 Perigonium ovate or cylindrical, more or less constricted below 

 mouth, iirceolate, -vrith small, ovate-triangular, somewhat reflexed teeth. 

 Filaments inserted at the middle of the tube, nearly as long as the 

 versatile anther. Cells of ovary B, 2-ovuled, style filiform, stigma 

 capitate. Capsule sessile, triangular, chartaceous ~ Bulbous herbs 

 wi^ racemed or spiked flowers. 



* Perigonium cylindrical-urn- shaiyed ; filaments in two roics, distinct, 



somewhat distant. Ovary ovate. 

 t Perigonium 3-4 times as Jong as 'broad. 



1. m. Piiiardi, Boiss. 2f Leaves linear, channeled, shorter than 

 scape. Raceme loose, cylindrical., pedicels horizontal, as long as peri- 

 gonium or shorter; aljortive flowers tubular, one-third to one-half as 

 long as pedicels, forming a long, loose tassel ; fertile perigonium tubu- 

 lar-club-shaped, .008 to .01 long — Spring — Lower slopes of Lebanon ; 

 Basheiya; Moab; Marash. 



2. M. loiigipes, Boiss. 2|! Leaves hroad-linear, .01 to .02 broad, 

 channeled, flexuous, wavy and scabrous-denticulate at margin, shorter 

 than scape. Raceme rather dense, cylindrico-cojiical, pedicels horizontal, 

 twice to six times as long as perigonium ; sterile flowers crowded into 

 a conical form, about as long as or longer than pedicels ; fertile flowers 

 truncate at base, .008 long- Spring — Fields; hill country and coast 

 of Judea; Palmyrene Desert; Haur^n (?). 



1 1 Perigonium twice to tioice and a half as long as broad, 

 X Sterile fioicers lo?ig-pedicelled. 



3. M. comosiim, Mill. 2f .3 to .0; leaves linear to lorate- 

 lanceolate, channeled, .006 to .02 broad, as long as scape or longer. 

 Raceme cylindrico-conical, at length elongated, loose; pedicels hori- 

 zontal; fertile perigonium &rozc??, as long as pedicel or shorter; tassel 

 of sterile flowers short, corymbose, pedicels 3-6 times as long as minute, 

 violet-floicers — April to June — Fields; common. 



X X sterile floicers short-pedicelled or sessile. 



4. Ml. albicaule, Post. % (Plantae PostiansB I. 13.) Leaves 

 glabrous, narroto-linear, flaccid, longer than white scape. Raceme 

 oblong-lanceolate, loose, pedicels icJiite, those of fertile flowers thrice 

 to four times as long as flowers; sterile flowers crowded, oblong-tubu- 

 lar, longer than pedicels; bracts minute — April — Between 'Ain-el- 

 Beida and el-Jebah (Palmyrene Desert) 



5. M, niaritiitiuni, Desf. If .2 to .3; leaves linear, tapering, 

 flaccid, as long as scape or longer ; raceme conical, loose ; pedicels of 

 fertile flowers shorter than flowers; sterile flowers few, aJ)out as long as 

 pedicels; bracts minute — Spring — Sands of coast. Rocky divide 

 between Issus and Othmaniych. 



* * Perigonium obovate to globular-urn-shaped ; filaments in 1 row, or 



obscurely 2-rowed ; ovary triquetrous. 

 t Perigonium oblong to oblong-cylindrical. 



6. Itl. racemosiim, L. 2(!\3 to .4; leaves linear, grooved at 

 upper surface, flaccid, spread out over the ground, longer than scape, 

 liaceme .03 to .04 long, ovate, dense, the uppermost flowers sterile, 

 erect ; pedicels of fertile flowers spreading-rccurved, shorter than flower 



