Ornithogalum orthophyllum, Ten.

25. O. orthophyllum Ten. , Fl. Nap. 4, Syll. App. 3: 4 (1830)

( O. kochii Pari. , O. tenuifolium auct. eur. medit., non Guss., nec F. Delaroche, O. gussonei auct. eur. medit., non Ten.).

Like 24 but without or with a few offsets; leaves sometimes up to 15, sometimes only 1 mm wide; pedicels ascending, patent or rarely somewhat deflexed in fruit; bracts shorter or sometimes longer than pedicels; flowers sometimes up to 25; perianthsegments ll-20(-25) mm, ovate, obovate or lanceolate; ovary obconical to cylindrical; capsule obovoid to subcylindrical, the angles contiguous in pairs, rounded and scarcely thickened, sometimes prominent or winged; flowering March-June. 2«= 14 + 0-3B, 18, 19, 20, 27-29, 36. S. & C. Europe.?A1 Au Bu Cz?Ga *Ge?Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu *Po Rm Rs (W,?K).

1 Ovary and capsule with the angles neither thickened nor

keeled; furrows between angles shallow or absent

(a) subsp. psammophilum 1 Ovary and capsule with thickened and keeled or ± winged

angles; furrows between angles conspicuous 2 Ovaryandcapsulewith± wingedangles; gynophore about as

long as capsule (b) subsp. orbelicum 2 Ovary andcapsulewithkeeledangles; gynophore(ifpresent)

shorter than capsule 3 Bractssomewhatshorterto longerthanpedicels

(c) subsp. baeticum 3 Bractsnot morethanf as longas pedicels 4 Leaves 5-15 mm wide, flat, as long as or slightly longer than

the inflorescence (d) subsp. orthophyllum 4 Leaves (3—)4- 8(—11) mm wide, usually canaliculate, longer

than the inflorescence 5 Green stripe on back of perianth-segments decurrent on

pedicel; spur greenish; leaves spongy

(e) subsp. acuminatum 5 Green stripe on back of perianth-segments not decurrent;

spur whitish; leaves firm (f) subsp. kochii