Oagea. LiLiACEiE 209 



Adiuodum vai-iat pubescentid plus minusve copiosa, foliis lineam latis 

 -vel tenuissimis fere setaceis, caule brevi vaginA occultato vel 2-4 pollices 

 longo, perigonio 9-10 lineas et in var. p 5-G lineas tantum longo. Varietatom 

 rtgidam pro specie diu liabui propter fibras crassas ut in G. fibrosd bulbuni 

 dense involventes sed eamdem structuram in speciminibus ex Perslil et Atf- 

 ghania vidi, bulbi sa^pe gregarii. (r. Granatdli Parl. z= G. Mauritanica 

 Durieu e-\ Algeriii, Siciliii, Hispania qua^ forsan a G. fihrom Desf. non sat 

 ditfert et qua; libris crassis intricatis var 7 nostram refert longe distat bulljis 

 geminis et in grege G. arvensis militat. 



Ar. Geogr. BUlgharia, Africa borealis, Turcomania, Turkestania. 



11. G. Damascena (Boiss. ct Gaili. Diagn. Ser. II, 4, p. 105) 

 gregarie cespitosa, bulbo solitario lunicis apice in lacinias breves vix 

 fibrosas produclis dense vestito et undique iibris radicalibus ascen- 

 dentibus intricatis obsito, folio radicali elongato, caule plus minus 

 elongato dicliotome 2-4-floro, foliis puberulis anguste linearibus pne- 

 ter superiora siepius opposita sparsis, pedicellis elongatis fructiferis 

 istrictis, perigonii glabri phyllis lineari-obiongis obtusis 5-6-striatis 

 extus virentibus lutescenti-marginatis, filamentis perigonio tertia 

 parte brevioribus, antheris oblongis, capsula clavato-oblonga truncata 

 perigonio subbreviore, seminibus planis triangularibus anguste 

 bimarginatis ^. G. cespUosa Haussk Mss. — G. monticola Payne 

 Palest. Exp. Soc. p. 1:24! 



Hab. in fissuris rupium calcarearum Syria> circa Aleppo (Haussk !}, Meso- 

 potamiai in monte Nimrud Dagh prope Orfa et circa Terek (Haussk !), circa 

 Damascum (Gaill I), prope Berythum (Haussk !j, Calesyria prope Zachle 

 (Post !), prope Hierosolymam (Posti), regio Moab (Paine !). 



Ab affini G. reticulatd tunicis in vaginas breves vix reticulatas abeuntibus 

 et praesertim perigonii phyllis obtusis nec longe acuminatis capsulAque peri- 

 gonio vix breviore distincta. 



12. G. chlorantha (M. B. Taur. Cauc. III, p. 264 sub Ornilho- 

 galo) bulbi unici parvi oblongi tunicis scariosis apice secus caulis 

 basin productis et ibi in lacinias et fibras solutis, folio radicali solita- 

 rio anguste lineari vel filiformi caulem superante, caulinis alternis 

 filiformibus vel anguste lanceolatis margine sapius ciliatis, pedicellis 

 crassiusculis 1-3 simplicibus vel 2-3-floris ad dichotomias breviter 

 bractealis, perigonii glabri phyllis oblongis obtusis basi attenuatis 

 vircntibus luteo-marginatis, lilamentis perigonio subdimidio breviori- 

 bus, antherisoblongis, ovario elliptico-oblongo ^. G. chlorantha Sch. 

 Syst. VII, p. 264. — lc. Begel Flor.Turkest, tab. 20. — Bchb. Germ. 

 fig. 1047. 



Ilab. \n lapidosis siccis Iberiie Caucasic;e (Szov! C. A. Mey ! Hoh!), dis- 

 trictus Alagir 7000' (Rupr !), in monte Elbrus Persiu3 borealis 7UO0' (Ky. 108 !), 

 ad nives montis Sawers Persioe australis 12000" forma pu^illa fioribus miuo- 

 ribus (Haussk !), in Palestinfi ad Hiorosolymam (Koth, 442!) circa Byzantium 

 (Goumauy !), in montibus Cypri (Sintenis et l^igo !). 



Valde affinis G. hulhiferae sed perigonii phylla latissime extus viridia,ova- 

 rium anguste elliptico-oblongum nec ovatum", capsulam non novi. Foliorum 



