802 LILIACEJE. (LILY FAMILY.) 



flowering, shorter than scape. Raceme long, many-flowered ; pedicels 

 ascending, in fruit appressed, longer than flowers and capsules; bracts 

 lanceolate, long-tapering, the lower often longer than pedicels ; divi- 

 sions of perigonium oUong-Ianceolate, obtuse, .015 long, .003 broad, 

 with a narrow green band ; filaments scarcely half as long as perigonium ; 

 capsule ovate, .013 long — Summer — Fields ; common from coast to 

 alpine regions. 



Var. pyraiiiiclalc, Boiss. Larger; leaves broader, sometimes 

 ciliate; raceme elongated, often .3 to .3 long. 



Var. densum, Boiss. Lower; leaves ciliate at margin; raceme 

 short, dense. 



Var. alpiiiiimj Boiss. Low; raceme short; pedicels shorter than 

 small flowers — Alpine regions. 



* * Raceme shorty ovate or corymbose. 

 t Perigonium milky, divisions destitute of green hand. 



5. O. Aratoicum, L. If Bulb large, ovate, proliferous at base. 

 Leaves broad-linear, acute, somewhat grooved, longer than scape, 

 nearly erect then spreading. Scape thickish ; raceme very short, co- 

 rymbose, pedicels ascending, longer than triangular-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate bracts; divisions of large perigonium ovate, obtuse, concave, the 

 outer keeled, mucronate at tip, and obsoletely 3-lobed ; capsule obovate, 

 ribs equidistant — Summer — El-Ghor. 



1 1 Perigonium icJiite, divisions toitli a green land. 



6. O. lanceolatum, Labill. 2^ .05 to .1, bulb ovate, .03 to .04 

 long, simple. Leaves 4-8, glabrous, h^oad-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 .01 to .035 broad, acutish, sheathing the scape, and longer than corymb. 

 Corymb dense, somewhat capitate among the leaves, at length elongated, 

 ovate; pedicels at first very short, then more or less elongated, longer 

 than scarious, linear-lanceolate bracts; divisions of perigonium .03 

 long, oblong-elliptical, obtuse, with a broad stripe of green ; filaments 

 onr-tbirrl ;>> l<)iig as perigonium; capsule ovate, .01 long, ribs about 

 equidistant — April to August — Coast to alpine summits of Lebanon 

 and Antilebanon. 



7. O. inontanuui, Cyr. 11 .3 to .3; bulb simple, ovate, .03 to 

 .025 long. Leaves 3-8, flaccid, linear-lanceolate, tapering at tip, .005 

 to .008 broad, usually longer than scape. Corymb usually many- 

 flowered, pedicels spreading, the lower as long as the lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate bract or longer, and twice to thrice as long as flower. Di- 

 visions of perigonium oblong-lanceolate, .015 long, with a broad, green 

 band; filaments from one-third to one-half as long as perigonium; 

 capsule obovate, the ribs equidistant — May and June — Coast to hill 

 country of Galilee and alpine summits of Lebanon, and northward. 



Var. platypliylluni, Boiss. Plant taller; leaves broader; 

 divisions of perigonium .03 long — Aleppo ; Ainttib ; Palmyrene Desert. 



Var. pauciflorum, Post. Scape 1-few-flowcred — Nusairy 

 mountains. 



8. O. iimbcllatuni, L. 2( .15 to .3; bulb ovate, proliferous, 

 .01 to .03 long. Leaves glabrous, linear, white-banded, longer than 

 scape. Corymb few-flowered, pedicels spreading, the lower twice to 



