LiLiACE^. (lily family.) 799 



5. B. flcxuo§a, Boiss. If .1; bulb globular to ovate, .015 to 

 .035 long. Leaves 5-6, lanceolate, tapering at both ends, membranous- 

 margined, denticulate-ciliate, often wavy, longer than scape. Scapes 

 1-4, ascending: or flexuous; raceme ovate, .03 to .04 long in flower, .06 

 in fruit, pedicels ascending, then spreading or nodding at tip, shorter 

 than flower; bracteoles minute, deltoid, bifid; perigonium lurid, tubu- 

 ]ar-campanulate, .008 long, teeth oblong, obtuse, half as long as tube ; 

 filaments triangular-lanceolate at base, tapering, somewhat longer than 

 hlue anther; capsule ovate-orbicular, acutely 3-augled, retuse at tij), 

 somewhat stipitate — Spring — Coast to middle mountain region and 

 interior plains ; Palmyra. 



6. B. <1eii§iflora, Boiss. 11 .15 to .3; bulb ovate. Leaves 3-5, 

 linear-lanceolate, .008 to .01 broad, tapering, glabrous, longer than 

 scape. Scapes 1-3, flexuous ; raceme ovate-oblong, dense, pedicels erect, 

 half as Jong as perigonium ; bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, obtuse ; peri- 

 gonium tubular-campanulate, .008 long, yello\c, teeth oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, half as long as tube; filaments lanceolate, twice as long as 

 yellow anther; capsule obovate, .005 long, 3-angled, retuse — Sjoring — 

 Merj (Damascus) ; Aintab. 



^ * Filaments inserted at middle of tube or lower, the anthers low down. 

 Caiiside coriaceous. 



7. B. iiervo§a, Bert. If .05 to .15; bulb ovate, .01 to .02 long. 

 Leaves 2-3, firm, strongly nerved, membranous-ciliate at margin, oMong 

 to lanceolate-linear, .01 to .013 broad, nearly enveloping the scape; as 

 long as it or shorter. Raceme oblong, spiTce-lil:e, .02 to ^04 long, dense ; 

 bracts scale-like, nearly obsolete; flowers sessile, tubular-campanulate; 

 perigonium light-Uue, .007 long, teeth ovate, obtuse, one-third as long 

 as tube; filaments subulate, longer than Nad anther; capsule .004 

 long, depressed-globular, the lodes rounded, keeled at back, netted- 

 nerved — Spring — Chalky hillsides ; interior plains. 



11. PIJSCHK1]\^1A, Adams. Puschkinia. 



Perigonium tubular-campanulate only at base, 6-parted, with 

 rotate, spreading divisions, the crown membranous, 6-cleft at throat 

 of tube. Filaments short, adnate at their inner surface to the tube of 

 the crown, anthers nearly sessile, linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary ses- 

 sile, obtusely triquetrous, with three, 5-6-ovuled cells, the style filiform, 

 short, the stigma capitate. Capsule membranous. Seeds in cells few. 

 small, globular — Bulbous herbs with aspect of Scilla. 



P. §cillioi<le§, Adams. If .1 to .3; bulb globular, .015 to .03 

 long. Leaves 2-3, linear, surrounding the lower part of scape, as long 

 as it, .003 to .012 broad. Raceme 1-0-flowered ; pedicels slender, erect, 

 the lower longer than flowers; bracts scaly, minute; perigonium 

 bluish-white, divisions cUiiitico-oblong, thrice as long as tube; crown 

 a third as long as divisions, cleft to middle into truncate orietuse teeth 

 — Spring. 



Var. L.il>aiiotica, Boiss. Divisions of perigonium .012 long; 

 teeth of crown more acute than in type, bifid — Coast to middle and 

 subalpine mountain zones, and interior plains. 



12. SCILLA, L. Squill. 



Perigonium of six, spreading divisions, connate at base, destitute 



