806 LILIACE/E. (LILY FAMILY.) 



side^ icJiife-margined, white witliin and bluish at base, elliptico-lanceo- 

 late, tapering at both ends, the outer acute, the inner obtuse ; stamens 

 one-third to one-fourth as long as perigonium — Spring — Aleppo. 

 1 1 Tunics of lulls glalrous within or sparingly appressed-Mrtulous at tip. 



4. T. Oesiicriaiia, L. % Bulb large, tunics sparingly bristly 

 within. Stem tall. Leaves 3-5, below the middle of stem, glaucous, 

 oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate. Perigonium globular-campanulate, 

 yellow or crimson, divisions with a black spot within, obovate-oblong, 

 the interior obtuse ; filaments one-third as long as perigonium, as long 

 as anther or longer; ovary oblong-cylindrical, tapering at tip — Spring 



— Gilead and Moab. 



* Filaments penicillate at base. Leaves of ])erigoniwn nearly equal. 



5. T. LiO-wiici, Baker. 2f Bulb small, ovate. Stem .07 to .1, 

 1-2-flowered. Leaves 3, lorate-lanceolate, falcate, .01 broad. Peri- 

 gonium campanulate-funnel-shaped, divisions .02 long, oblong-ellipti- 

 cal, acute, ciliate at base, the outer deep pinh at interior face, the inner 

 lighter-colored, all white at inner face, with a yellow spot; filaments half 

 as long as perigonium; capsule ovate-globular, obtuse-angled, abruptly 

 mucronate — Alpine Lebanon and Hermon. 



6. T. biflora, L. 11 .15 to .2, stem slender, 1-5-flowered. 

 Leaves 2-3, lorate-lanceolate to linear, flat. Perigonium campanulate- 

 funnel-shaped, greenish-llue without, white within, divisions elliptico- 

 lenticular, acute; stamens half as long as perigonium; capsule globular, 

 3-angled, obtuse, abruptly apiculate — Spring — Deir 'Atiyeh to el- 

 Mahin. 



IT. OAOEA, SaUsb. Gagea. 



Divisions of funnel-shaped perigonium G, connate at base, flat. Fila- 

 ments 6, adnate at base to perigonium, subulate, anthers ovate to oblong, 

 fixed by base, and perforated to receive the filament. Ovary 3-angled, 

 3-celled. Ovules numerous, in two rows at the central angle of cell, 

 horizontal. Style subulate, 3-angled, stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Capsule 

 membranous, sessile or stipitate. Seeds ovate, angled, or flattened 



— Bulbous herbs with umbelled or corymbose flowers, divisions of the 

 perigonium yellow or green with yellow margins. 



* Bulls 2 in one sheath, stem rising letioeen them. Radical learns 1-2. 

 Seeds round-ovate. 



1. O. Liottardi, Sternb. % Root-leaf usually 1, junciform, 

 holloio. Stem 1-5-flowered, corymbose, stem-leaves 2, opposite, lanceo- 

 late, glalrous, one larger, convolute, spathe-like. Pedicels 1-5 times as 

 long as flower, villous or glabrous, naked or supplied with a bracteole ; 

 divisions of glalrous perigonium lanceolate-elliptical, obtuse; capsule 

 somewhat stipitate, top-shaped, three-fourths as long as perigonium — 

 Spring and summer — Hermon by the melting snowdrifts. 



2. O. arvciisi§, Pers. 11 Root-leaves 2, linear-lanceolate to 

 filiform; floral leaves 2, opposite, lanceolate, pulescent or villous, 

 tapering, the low^er forming a sort of spathe. Flowers 3-12, umbelled 

 or corymbed, pedicels usually with linear bracteoles, villous; peri- 

 gonium yellow, divisions lanceolate, acute, pubescent without, espe- 

 cially at base and tip ; filaments two-thirds as long as perigonium ; 

 capsule obovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, somewhat shorter than peri- 



