LILIACE^. (LILY FAMILY.) 805 



long as anther; style shorter than stamens; capsule oblate-spheiical, 

 ,02 long and broad, hexagonal — Spring — Stony places; middle 

 mountain zones and interior plains. 



* * * Bulb large, scaly. Injlorescence unibelled. 



5. F. Aiiitabensis, Post. % (Bulletin Herbier Boissier, III., 

 1G4). .6 to .8; stem leafy from middle. Leaves linear-lanceolate to 

 linear, the lower in pairs, the intermediate scattered, the floral whorled , 

 forming an involucre to the inflorescence. Umbel (in the unique 

 specimen) 4-flowered, peduncles simple or forked, longer than floral 

 leaves, 4-5 times as long as flowers, nodding at tip ; perigonium .025 

 long, oblong-campanulate, brown, divisions oblong-elliptical, obtuse; 

 filaments as long as anthers, one-third as long as perigonium ; style as 

 long as stamens, thick, obtusely 34obed at tip — March — Highlands 

 near 'Aintab. 



16. TULIPA, L. Tulip. Zeiiboq. Sliaqiq. 

 Perigonium deciduous, divisions six, oblong or obovate, always 

 destitute of a nectariferous pore. Stamens 6, shorter than perigonium, 

 hypogynous, filaments dilated at base, tapering toward tip; anthers 

 fixed at base. Ovary sessile, 3-celled; style 0; stigmas 3, short, re- 

 flexed, grooved. Capsule oblong or obovate. Seeds numerous, discoid 

 — Caulescent herbs, the bulbs with tunics, the flowers usually solitary, 

 campanulate. 



* Filaments glabrous. Divisions of perigonium som.ewhat unequal. 

 t Tunics of lull densely woolly loithin. 



1. T. Oculi-Solis, L. If .3 to .4; leaves 3-4, oblong-lanceo- 

 late .015 to .02 broad to linear-lanceolate. Perigonium .06 to *! broad, 

 crimson, divisions ovate-lanceolate, all or the inner 3 tapering with an 

 ollong -lanceolate, MacMsli spot at lase, surrounded ly a yelloioish margin, 

 and iDith a fringed or d-dentate tip; stamens one-third to one-fourth as 

 long as perigonium; capsule oblong, .035 long, .015 broad— Spring — 

 Fields ; common to subalpine regions. 



Var. Aleppica, Baker. Flower smaller, divisions narrower — 

 Aleppo. 



2. T. prsecox, Ten. 71 .3 to .5; leaves 3-5, oblong-lanceolate, 

 the lower often .06 broad. Perigonium rounded-campanulate, crim- 

 son, .06 to .1 broad, divisions ovate-oblong to obovate-oblong, the 

 outer acute, the inner obtuse, all with an obovate, blackish spot at base, 

 surrounded by a yellowish border with eroded tip ; stamens^one-third as 

 long as perigonium — Spring — Palestine ; Aleppo to Aintab. 



3. T. montana, Lindl. If .2 to .4; leaves 3-4, oblong-lanceo- 

 late .02 to .04 broad to linear-lanceolate, often falcate, wavy-margined. 

 Perigonium .06 to .1 broad, palish at outer, crimson at inner surface, 

 divisions ovate to ovate-oblong or obovate, acute or obtuse, sometimes 

 cuspidate, with an oblong, blackish spot at base, surrounded by a 

 yellow margin ; stamens one-third as long as perigonium; capsule ob- 

 long, cuspidate, .04 long, .018 broad— Spring — Common to subalpine 

 regions. 



3. T. €ln§iana, Vent. % Leaves 4-5, linear-lanceolate to linear, 

 grooved. Perigonium campanulate, funnel-shaped, divisions 2^^^ out- 



