Gagea foliosa Gagea polymorpha, Boiss. Gagea bohemica, (Zauschner) Schultes & Schultes Gagea bohemica subsp. bohemica Gagea bohemica subsp. nebrodensis Gagea bohemica subsp. gallica, (Rouy) I. B. K. Richardson

19. G. foliosa View in CoL (J. & C. Presi) Schultes & Schultes fil., Syst. Veg. 7:1703(1829).

Stem glabrous. Basal leaves (1—)2, linear-lanceolate, more or less flat; cauline 2—5; bulbils usually present. Flowers 1-5; pedicels pubescent. Perianth-segments c. 15 mm, lanceolate, pubescent. Mountain scrub. Mediterranean region, from S. France to S.E. Italy. Co Ga It Sa Si.

Plants from Sicilia and S.W. Italy, like 19 but with glabrous pedicels and perianth-segments, have been called G. chrysantha Schultes & Schultes fit, op. cit. 7: 545 (1829). They may be nearer to 18 but further study is required.

20. G. polymorpha Boiss. View in CoL , Voy. Bot. Midi Esp. 2: 611 (1842).

Stem glabrous. Basal leaves (1—)2, linear, flat; bulbils usually absent. Flowers 1—3(—7); pedicels glabrous or hairy. Perianthsegments 15-20 mm, oblong, obtuse. Rocky places. • Spain and E. Portugal. Hs Lu. (21-23). G. bohemica group. Bulbs 2, in a common tunic. Basal leaves 2, filiform; cauline alternate, more or less glabrous. Seeds subglobose.

A group of closely allied taxa which may warrant no more than subspecific status.

1 Stem usually less than 2 cm; perianth-segments 13-17 mm

21. bohemica 1 Stem up to 10 cm; perianth-segments 12-13 mm

2 Capsule ovoid, truncate 22. saxatilis 2 Capsuleobovoid,emarginate 23. szovitzii

21. G. bohemica (Zauschner) Schultes & Schultes View in CoL fit, Syst. Veg. 7: 549 (1829)

( G. bohemica subsp. zauschneri (Pohl) Pascher ).

Stems c. 2 cm. Basal leaves often flexuous; cauline lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers 1-3. Perianth-segments 13-17 mm, obovateoblong, obtuse. Capsule obovoid, emarginate. 2/2 = 60. Dry grassland. C. & S. Europe, eastwards from E.C. Germany and Sardegna; W. France; Wales. Au Br Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr Hu It Ju Sa Si.

1 Stem velutinous; basal leaves white-pubescent (c) subsp. gallica

1 Stem glabrous; basal leaves glabrous

2 Pedicels and perianth-segments hairy (a) subsp. bohemica

2 Pedicels and perianth-segments glabrous (b) subsp. nebrodensis

(a) Subsp. bohemica :

Throughout the range of the species except France and Sicilia.

(b) Subsp. nebrodensis View in CoL (Tod. ex Guss.) I. B. K. Richardson, Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 76: 356 (1978)

( Ornithogalum nebrodense Tod. ex Guss. ):

• N. Sicilia (Nebrodi).

(c) Subsp. gallica (Rouy) I. B. K. Richardson View in CoL , loc. cit. (1978)

( G. bohemica var. gallica Rouy ):

• W. France.

22. G. saxatilis (Mert. & Koch) Schultes & Schultes fil. View in CoL , Syst. Veg. 7: 549 (1829)

( G. bohemica subsp. saxatilis (Mert. & Koch) Pascher ).

Stem up to 8 cm, glabrous. Basal leaves often circinate; cauline broadly lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers 1-3. Perianth-segments 11-13 mm, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse to subacute. Capsule ovoid, truncate. Dry, stony ground. From N.E. Germany to N.E. Portugal, Sicilia and Macedonia; very local in the southern part of its range. Ga Ge?Gr He It Ju Lu Si.

Plants from the mountains of W.C. Spain and C. Portugal may key out here. They are robust (up to 15 cm tall), usually sparsely pubescent and have l(-3) cauline leaves. Their strongest affinity is probably with 17, but further study is required.