LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 797 



or as long; perigonium deep Hue, nodding, ovate-oblong to urceolate, 

 teeth white then blue, deltoid, reflexed; valves of capsule nearly orbic- 

 ular, retuse — Spring — Common from lower mountain zones to alpine 

 regions, and interior plains; Palmyrene Desert. 



Var. steiiopliyllum, Post. Leaves .001 broad— Gesbel Dagh 

 (A.manus). 



7. M:. pulcliellum, Held, et Sart. 2( .2 to .3; leaves linear, 

 flaccid, the upper surface grooved, longer than scape. Raceme 8ho7t- 

 cylindrical, loose, 11-18-flowered, the upper flowers sterile; pedicels 

 shorter than flowers, spreading, at length nodding ; perigonium ovate- 

 oblong, violet-blue, teeth white, ovate, obtuse, recurved; valves of 

 capsule orbicular, scarcely retuse — Spring — Antilebanon. Too near 

 the last. 



§. III. uegleetum, Guss. 2f .2 to .4; leaves linear, with a 

 broad groove at upper surface, erect-spreading, longer than scape. 

 Raceme oblong, dense, floioei's imbricated, the uppermost sterile, erect- 

 spreading ; pedicels of fertile flowers recurved, somewhat shorter than 

 flowers; perigonium deep-blue, nodding, ovate-oblong, teeth white, 

 ovate, recurved ; valves of capsule obovate-orbicular, rounded at tip — 

 Spring — Aleppo ; Kurd Dagh. 



9. M. commutatum, Guss. 11 1. to .3; leaves linear, grooved, 

 flaccid, spreading, longer than scape. Raceme short-ovate, .02 to .04 

 long, dense, pedicels much shorter tha7i flowers, the lowest shortest, nod- 

 ding ; sterile floioers almost none ; perigonium UacMsh-molet, ovate -ob- 

 long, angled toward tip, .005 to .01 long, teeth obtuse, of the same 

 color as flowers, before flowering connivent, in flexed ; valves of capsule 

 ovate-oblong, rounded at tip — Spring — Amanus and Kurd Dagh to 

 Aleppo, Aintab, and northward. 



1 1 Perigonium ovate-globular, minute. 



10. M. parviflorum, Desf. % Baby's Breath. .2 to .3; leaves 

 linear-filiform, semiterete, grooved, somewhat shorter than filiform 

 scape. Raceme 6-12-flowered, oblong-ovate, .02 to .03 long, loose; 

 pedicels capillary, about as long as flower, spreading; sterile flowers 

 almost none; ipengonmm pale blue, sweet-smelling, ovoid -urceolate, .003 

 to .033 long, teeth of same color as limb, ovate, recurved; capsule 

 smaller than a pea, valves broader than long, obliquely nerved — Sep- 

 tember to January — Fields and sandy places, coast to middle mountain 

 zones and interior plains. 



9. HYACIXTHUS, Tourn. Hyacinth. JVerjis. 



Perigonium funnel-shaped, lobes 6, spreading. Filaments inserted 

 below the middle of the tube, in 1 row, free, short. Anthers fastened 

 at back, above the base. Style short, stigma obtuse. Ovary 3-celled, 

 with G-8 ovules in a cell. Capsule depressed-globular, with rounded 

 lobes. Seeds furnished with a funicular, tumid caruncle at base — 

 Bulbous herbs with flowers in racemes. 



11. Oriciitalis, L. 21 Hyacinth. Khuzdm. Nerjls. Renjis. .25 

 to .4 ; bulb .02 to .05 long, ovate. Leaves strap-shaped, obtuse, .008 to 

 .015 broad, shorter than scape or longer. Raceme 4-10-flowered, pedicels 

 one-sixth to one-half as long as flowers; perigonium fragrant, deep 

 blue, .03 to .03 long, tube inflated at base, lobes linear-spathulate, 



