Qi ara.cE/Tl Biarum. 



Ar. Geogr. Italia, Dalmatia. Planta Hispanica B. Arundanum foliis bre- 

 vibu» latis abrupte et longe petiolatis species distincta videtur. 



Sect. II. Cyllemum Scholt. Genitalia sterilia supra flores femineos 

 tanlum. Aiitlicrce conneclivum apice prominulum, riinie 

 a verlice tiiecarum ad medium usque producta^. Stigma in 

 ovario conico-allenualo sessiie. 



2. B. Spruneri (Boiss. Diagn Ser. I. 13 p. 5) tubere ovato, 

 foliis oblongis obtusis margine unduhitis sensim inpeliolum icquilon- 

 gum vel breviorcm allenualis, pedunculo brevi hypogaeo, spalfite 

 lamina atropurpurea lale lineari-lanccolata acuminat^ tubo suo cylin- 

 drico triplo vel quadruplo longiore, spadicis appendice atropurpurea 

 cylindrica vel siibclavata spalhfc jcquilonga, inllorescenlia mascula 

 cylindricfi tenui a feminea dimidio breviore spatio ea plus duplo lon- 

 giore remota, genilalibus stcrilibus tantum infra spicam masculam 

 obviis uncinalis, 2-3 srope in unicum 2-3-furcatum connatis "^ . 

 B. rhopnlospadix C. Koch Ind Berol, 1853. — hchariim Sprii- 

 neri Scholt Syn. 7. — Cyllenium Spruneri Schott Gen. Arac. tab. 9. 



Hab. in collibus Gra^cia?, Atticaad Phalerum et Eleusin, ad radices Hymetti 

 (Sprun! Boiss! Heldr. Horb. Norra. 512!,), Peloponnesus Bory fex Eng.) Fl. 

 Apr. Maio. 



Facies omnino B. tcnuifolii a quo prietcr characteres sectionis diflfert folio- 

 rum himini) latiorc, breviore, undulata ; floratione vernali. 



3. B. Carduchorum (Schott Prodr. 65 sub Cyllenio) tubere 

 glohoso dcprcsso, folis spalhulalo-ellipticis obtusiusculis abruptius- 

 cule in petiolum angustatis, pcdunculo longiusculo ; spathre lamina 

 atro-purpurea late ohlongo-lanceolata acuminata tubo suo anguste 

 cylindrico 2 '/a-ph^ longiore, spadicis appendice atropurpurea cylin- 

 drica spatliiie suh.Tquilonga, inflorescentia mascula cylindrica tenui 

 a feminea globosii spatio ea fere dimidio breviore sejuncta, genitali- 

 bus sterilibus tantum supra flores femineos obviis densis recurvis 

 :^ . B. Carduckorum Engl. 



Hab. in agris et pascuis regionis montana^ Carduciiia; 4000' (Ky '1741), in 

 Syria Ijoreali, Gataoni:\, Assyria ad Aleppo, Mal.itia, Diarbekir, Kharput 

 (Hausslv !) Fl. Sept. Januar. 



Foliorum lamina tripollicaris pollicem lata, spatha eu, B. Spruneri major 

 ct latior 6-8 poU. longa, iuflorescentia mascula 8 lineas longa a fa.-minea 

 minus remota. 



Sect. III. IscH.vKUM Blum. — Ischarum et Lepiopetion Schott. — 

 Genitalia slerilia pauca supra flores femineos tanlum. 

 Antherarum connectivum vix prominulum, rimaj a vertice 

 mediam parlem thecarum vix attingentes vol ad porum 

 reductie. Ovaria in stylum abrupte abeuntia.. 



