. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. I Floicers ap2^earing in autumn. §, C. Hcriiioneiis, Ky. If Corm pear-shaped; tunics thin,membranous, with parallel, fibrous, obsoletely reticulate bands, producedat tip into cusps. Leaves appearing after flowers, glabrous, elongatedin the fruiting plant; tube of perigonium thrice as long as white limb;divisions oblong-elliptical, acutish; filaments one-fourth as long asanthers, dissected into few, capillary lobes; capsule elongated-oblong— October — Top of Mount HeiTQo
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. I Floicers ap2^earing in autumn. §, C. Hcriiioneiis, Ky. If Corm pear-shaped; tunics thin,membranous, with parallel, fibrous, obsoletely reticulate bands, producedat tip into cusps. Leaves appearing after flowers, glabrous, elongatedin the fruiting plant; tube of perigonium thrice as long as white limb;divisions oblong-elliptical, acutish; filaments one-fourth as long asanthers, dissected into few, capillary lobes; capsule elongated-oblong— October — Top of Mount HeiTQon. 3. ROMULiEA, Maratti. Romulea. Perigonium regular, corolla-like, funnel-shaped, with short tube,and six-parted, spreading limb. Stamens 3, free, erect, anthers fixedat base, dehiscent outwardly. Ovary inferior, triquetrous, 3-cellcd,with numerous ovules implanted at .the central angle. Style filiform,with three, short-lobed, bifid, or bipartite stigmas. Capsule membran-ous, triquetrous. Seeds nearly globular or angled — Caulescent, bulbousherbs, with flowers solitary in a two-leaved spathe, or few, corymbose^. iRiDE^. (iris family.) 773 1. R. Bulbocodium, L. 21 Mirsenneh. Tunics deep browD,leathery. Leaves linear, grooved at upper surface, erect or recurved,nearly Uoice as long as scape. Scape .1 to .3, 1-3-flowered. Valves ofspatlie lanceolate, unequal, the upper hyaline ; perigonium about twiceas long as spatlie, imle molet to ichite, yellow toward base; divisionsoblong-elliptical to lenticular, .02 to .03 long; throat hairy; stamensshorter than style, filaments pubescent; stigma nearly equally G-lobed;capsule ovate, .01 long, obtusely triquetrous; seeds smooth — Januaryto April—Sandy and rocky places; coast to middle mountain zones,and interior plains. 2. R. nivalis, Boiss. et Ky. 2f Tunics parchment-like. Leaveslinear, plicate, spreading-recurved, only a little longer than .OG to .1, 1-2-flowered; valves of spathe, linear-lanceolate,herbaceous, m
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