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leis parvis delloideis cuspidalis, pediceliis striclis propa basin arlicu- 

 iatis, binis vel solilariis, perigonii lutei [ihyllis lineari-lanceolalis 

 viridi-viltatis, filamenlis valde inaequalibus exlernis fcre duplo bre- 

 vioribus, eapsula globos^ valvis transverse corrugalis, seminibus 

 prseter sulcos dorsales tenuiter rugulosis %. Asphodelim Llhurnka 

 Rchb. — Ic. Germ. fig. 1120. — Asphodeltis Creticus Lam. Eticycl. 

 I, 200. — Desf. Choix Pl. tab. — A. capiliaris Red. |Lil. tab. 380. 



Hab. in dumosis et sylvaticis regionis niontanai, Taygetus, Megaris loco 

 KakiScala dicto et Olyinpus Tiiessalus (Heldr!), Macedonia (Friedr.), Greta 

 in regione Sphaciotica (Sieb ! Raul !), Rhodus (Bourg !j, monte Cypri (Sint ! 

 et Rigo I). 



Ar. Geogr. Littorale Austriacum, Dahiiatia, Serbia, Italia australis. 



3. A. brevicaulis (Bert. Miscell I, p. 20 sub Asphodelo) radice 

 fibras radicales cylindricas tenues edente. caule gracili brevi ascen- 

 denti-incurvo ad medium vel ad Js lony;itudinis dense foliato, foliis 

 linearisubuiatis triquetris margine scabridis, racemo rarius simplici 

 seepius raniose paniculato sublaxinoro, bracteis parvis deltoideis cus- 

 pidatis, pedicellissolilariis vel binis strictis infra medium arliculalis, 

 perigonii lulei phyllis lanceolalis viridi-viltalis, tilamenlis externis 

 sesquibrevioribus, capsula globosa valvis ovalis aculis valde corru- 

 gatis, seminibusdorso sulcatis caelerum laevibus %. Asphodeline bre- 

 vicaulis J. Gay in Bal. exs. 



Hab. in dumosis regionis montange, Lydia et Caria in regione inferiori 

 montium Mesogis et Cadmus (Boiss. exs. sub A. Creticd!), Cilicia httorahs 

 (Bal. 816!), Syria ad Aintab (Haussk!) et Aleppo (Russ), Mesopotamia 

 <HausskI}, ad Eupliratem (Chesn. 1G3!}, Libanus (Bl! Gaill!}, Palestina 

 (Roth !}. 



Valde affinis A. Lihurnicoe a quu dilfert caule ascendenti-incurvo humiliore 

 Vi-1 V» pedali altius folioso, perigonio breviore C-7 lineas longo necfere polli- 

 cari, seminibus leevibus nec undique rugulosis. 



4. A. tenuior (Fisch. Cal. Gor. 1812, 9. — M. B. III, 268 sub 

 Asphodelo) radicis libris tenuibus, caule gracili erecto ad vel ultra 

 medium foliato superne nudo in racemum laxissimum simplicem 

 rarius basi ramulo auctum abeunte, foliis slrictis subulatis triquelris 

 basi in vaginam membranaceam dilatatis, bracteis lanceolatis longe 

 cuspidatis inferioribus pedicellos subsuperantibus, floribus inferiori- 

 bus binis cseteris solitariis, pedicelliserectis medioarticulalissuperne 

 non incrassatis, perigonii pallide flavi phyllis anguste lir.eari-lanceo- 

 latis, filamentis valde incBqualibus, capsula obovato-glohosa valvulis 

 obtusis transverse valde sulcata pedicello eaduplo longiore suffulla, 

 seminibus ad omnes facies plus minusve sulcalis cjBterum liBvibus 

 %. Asphodeline tenuior Led. — Ic. Bot. Mag. tab. 2626. — Asph. 

 tennijlorus C Koch Linn. XXII, p. 261 et A. Szovitsii C. Koch 

 •eodem loco. — Asph. Persicus F. et M. in pl. Szov. non Jaub. et Sp. 

 — A. Tauricus Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1002. 



Hab. in Caucaso septentrionali et occidentali (M. B., C. A. Mey !}, ad Bada- 



