Biarum. ARACEiE 33 



4. B. ©ximium (Scli. ct Ky. CEst. Bot. Woch. 1854 p. 81 sub 

 Ischaro) tLibere subrotundo depresso, foliis elliptico-spathulatis iii 

 petiolum longe altenuatis, pedunculo brevissimo, spathiB tubo ven- 

 Iricoso ima basi taiitum connato lamiiia oblongo-ovala obtusa apicu- 

 lata extus purpurascente minute maculata intus atropurpurea 3-4-plo 

 breviore, spadicis appendice atropurpurea crasse cylindrica ad mediuni 

 subintumescente spalha subbreviore, inflorescentia feminea brevi ab 

 inllorescentia mascula longe cyliiidrica spatio eai cequilongo sejuncta, 

 genitalibus sterilibus tilirormibus elongatis fere totum spatium inter 

 itilloresccntias occupantibus ^. B. eximitim. Engler. — Schott Ar. 

 Gen. tab. 10 fig. 19. 



Hab. in planilie Cilicica prope Adana ad viam Romanam versus Minarel 

 Khan (Ivy. o'i3!) Florct Sept. 



Petioli 4-G-pollicaros, laniina mngna, spatha .5-6 pollices longa 1 V'i-2 poll. 

 lata. Appendix eis specienim pnecedentium crassior et Lrevior. 



5. B. Pyrami (Schott Prodr. (56 sub Ischaro) tubere globoso 

 depresso, foliis obovato-ellipticis in petiolum eis longiorem abrupte 

 attenuatis oblusis oblique nervosis, pedunculo subnullo, spatha e 

 tubo ventricoso basi tantum connato in laminam quadruplo longio- 

 rem late lanceolatam acuminatam atropurpuream demum apice revo- 

 lutam abeunti, spadicis appendice atropurpurea cylindrica spathte 

 .•equilonga, intlorescentia feminea brevi subdiscilbrmi a mascula 

 breviter cylindrica spatio masculffi tequilongo sejuncta, genitalibus 

 slerilibus flliformibus sparsis tolum intervallum occupantibus ^. 

 B.^Pljrami Engl. — lc. Bot. Mag. 5324. — Isch. nohile Scbott Prodr. 

 p. 66 (ex cl. Engl). 



Ilab. in Cilicia ad Messis versus Schoch Meran et juxta arcem Semiramidis 

 iKy), ad lacum Tiberiadis (IIoolv. fil.). Nou vidi. 



Folia ex icone laminam quadripollicarom tres pollices latam habent. 

 DiHert a B. cximio foliis latioribus abrupte patiolatis, ai^pendice multo 

 longiori sexpollicari, .'^pica mascula abbreviatA distinctum. 



6. B . Bovei (Decaisn. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1835 pag. 4) tubere 

 glol)Oso folia 4-8 odente, foliis oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis m 

 })ctiolumeis longiorem abrupte vcl sensimcontractis,pedunculo brevi 

 sublerraneo demuin clongato, spath?e tubo ad teitiam partem usque 

 connalo iamina elongato-Ianceolala acuta intus atropurpurea triplo 

 breviore, spadicis appendice spatlia subbreviore cylindrica apicesub- 

 attenuata, inflorescentia feminea hemispherica a niascula sesquilon- 

 giore breviter cylindrica intervallo ea triplo longiore scjuncla, geni- 

 talibus sterilibus paucis subulatis ovariis vicinis "^ lc. Bumphia 

 I. tab. 29. B. Bovei var Blumei Engler. — Isrh. Kotschyi Sch. Gen. 

 Ar. tab. 10 fig. 1-18. — /. crispiUum Sch. Prodr. 08. — /. Olivicri 

 Sch. Ann. Mus. Lugd. 1. 278. 



