Bellevalia. liliace^ 303 



s pra Patras (Heldr !), in ^tolia (Nieder!), Zacyntho (Marg !), insulA Hydra 

 (Heldr !), Gnfcia (Zucc. ex Baker), Bithynia in arvis prope Jevisa (Griseb!). 



Falia 2-4 lineas lata, racemus fructifer semipedalis, capsula 4 lin. longa 

 5 lata. 



Ar. Geogr. Sicilia, Italia australis, Dalhialia, Africa borealis. 



4. B. trifoliata (Ten. Nap. III, p. 376, tab. 136 siib Hyacinthd) 

 bulbo ovato, foliis 3-4 late lanceolato-litiearibus scapo elato longiori- 

 bus margine breviter ciliatis, racemo cylindraceo brevi laxiusculo, 

 pedicellis flore subbrcvioribus tenuibus patentibus vel cernuis, brac- 

 teis minutis deltoideis srepe bipartitis. perigonii sordide violacei tubu- 

 loso-campanulati segmentis virentibus obovato-oblongis obtusissimis 

 tubo quadruplo brevioribus, filamentis linearibus parte libera antbera 

 longioribus. anlheris violaceis, capsula orbiculari acute trigona apice 

 rotundata %.B. trifo/iataK^^. Enum. IV, 306. — Hyac. aborlivus 

 Gavalier Notes (^forma foliis angustioribus). — B. SyriacaHerh. Bot. 

 Reg. 1844, Misc. p. 89 ex descriplione et Hyac. Syriacus Baker Journ. 

 Bot. XII, p 8. 



Hab. in cultis, Byzantii (Coum !), insula Rhodo prope Trianda (Heldrl), 

 Cypro (Sint. et Rigo!), Pamphylia ad Adalia(Bourgl), Syriu littorali (Post!), 

 ad Berythum (Gadet!), Tripoli (Bl!), deserto ad fmes australes Palestinse 

 (.Boiss !), Egypto inferiore ad Mariout prope Alexandriam (Letourn !). 



Pedalis et elatior, folia 9-12 lineas lata, perigonium 6-7 lineas longum,- 

 ditfert a B. Romancl perigonii segmentis brevibus, a B. diibid capsulA non 

 obcordata 5 lin. longa et lata. 



Ar. Geogr, Regnum Neapolitanum. 



5. B. macrobotrys (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 13, p. 35) bulbo 

 ovato magno, foliis 3-5 late lanceolatis apice breviter acutatis mar- 

 gine membranaceo obsolete scabridis scapo elongato sublongioribus, 

 racemo laxe cylindrico fructifero valde elongato pedicellis flore paulo 

 vel sesquilongioribus patentibus fructiferis arcuatis, bracleis minutis 

 triangiilari-ovatis, perigonii cserulei tandem livescentis breviter cam- 

 panulati laciniis oblongis obtusis tubo subtriplo brevioribus, filamen- 

 tis triangularibus anlhera rubello-ferrugined subbrevioribus, capsulcc 

 trigona3 ovatic mucronulatJfi valvulis oblique nervatis %. 



Hab. in Palestina ad meridiem Gaza et inter Ramla et Hierosolymam 

 (Boiss !), in Syria prope Sidonem, in monte Gebel Baruok et in C^lcsyriu 

 (Post!), Aleppi in pratis udis (Haussk !), Egypto prope Alexandriam (Samar!)^ 

 in Transcaucasia ad Schemacha (Bayern!). 



Siepe bipedaUs, folia8-10 lineas lata, racemus fructifer sajpe pedalis, peri- 

 gonium tres lineas longum, cap.sula 4 lineas longa. Facies B. trifoliatai a qua 

 Uore duplo breviore statim dignositur. B. dubia perigonio brevi quoque 

 douata dilfert foliis angustis, pedicellis brevioribus, capsula obcordata, etc 



6. B. flexuosa (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 13, p. 36) bulbo globoso 

 majusculo, foliis 5-6 lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis multinerviis 

 margine membranaceis et breviter denticulato-cilialis SPepe undulatis, 

 scapis 1-4 pumilis supra basin demum curvalis ct asccndenlibus, 

 racemo brevi laxo ovato fructifero subelougato pedicellis erecto-patu- 



