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1. E. altatcus, Stev. Bull. Mosc. ii. 255 ; Led. Fl. Ross. iv. 191 ; LalL 

 Ind. Sem. Petrop. xi. 68 ; Regel, Enum: 28.— Asphodelus altaicus, 

 Pallas, Act. Petrop. 1/83, p. 258, t. 10.— Eremurus spectabilis, Led. 

 Fl. Alt. ii. 25 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 554, ex parte. Fibre radicales 

 carnosae dense fasciculate 2-3 poll, longac, collo parce setoso. Folia 

 9-12 ligulata suberecta arundinacea 6-9 poll, longa 3-6 lin. lata, 

 margin e lac via vel asperiuscula. Scapus teres 2-3 lin. crassus pedalis 

 vel sesquipedalis. Racemus subdensus 6-9 poll, longus, expansus H 

 poll, latus. Bracteae lineari-subulatae 3-4 lin. longze. Pedicelli apice 

 articulati fruetiferi stricti ascendentes, infimi 6-9 lin. longi. Peri- 

 anthium campanulatum ochroleucum, segmentis obtusis 1-1 1 lin. 

 latis. Stamina perianthio subtriplo longiora. antheris parvis oblongis. 

 Stylus filiformis declinatus 4-5 lin. longus. Capsula globosa 2-2£ 

 lin. longa kevis, seminibus saepe duobus irregulariter tetragonis angu- 

 lis angustissime alatis. Altai, Songaria, Turkestania et ad montes 

 Thian Shan. 



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2. E. tauricus, Stev. Bull. Mosc. iv. 253; Led. Ross. iv. 191.— E. 

 spectabilis, var. tauricus et variegatus, Lull. Ind. Sem. Petrop. xi. 68; 

 Regel, Enum. 26.— Fibr* radicales earnos* dense fasciculat*. Folia 

 6-9 lsete viridia lorata sesquipedalia acuta supra medium 9-18 lin. 

 lata ad basin angustata margine l*via vel asperiuscula. Scapus 

 stnctus vahdus bipedalis. Racemus densus 12-18 poll, longus ex- 

 pansus 2 poll, latus. Bracteae lanceolate longe cuspidate 6-9 lin. 

 long*. Pedicelli inarticulati, floriferi arcuati, fruetiferi stricti ascen- 

 dentes 6-9 hn. longi. Perianthium infundibulare campanulatum 

 albidum 6 hn. longum, segmentis 1-1 1 ] m . latis. Stamina perianthio 

 duplo longiora, antheris oblongis | lin. longis. Stylus declinatus 6-7 

 hn. longus. Capsula major quam in E. caucasico, apice mucronata, 

 valvis magis rugosis, seminibus majoribus pr*sertim longioribus griseis 

 mgro-maculatis vittis transversa fuscis variegatis, angulis anguste 

 alat.s. Tauria, Persia borealis, Songaria, Turkestania. 



3. E. spectabilis, M. Bieb. Flor. Taur. Cane. iii. 269 ; Cent. Ross. t. 

 61; Bot. Mag. t. 4870; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Card. t. 188; Kunth, 

 Enum. tv. 554, ex parte— E. spectabilis, var. tvpicus, Regel, Enum. 26. 

 — E. spectabilis, var. caucasicus, Lall. Ind. Sem. Petrop. xi. 68. -E. 

 caucasicus, Stev. Bull. Soc. Mosc. iv. 251 ; Led. Fl. Ross. iv. 190.-E. 

 hbanot.cus, Boiss. Diagn. ii. iv . 98. Fibra3 radicales crass* earnos* 

 2 3 poll, long* dense fasciculat*, collo setis paucis pnedito. Folia 

 6-15 suberecta lorata acuta glaucescentia 12-18 poll. longa, supra 

 medium 6-12 hn. lata, ad basin sensim angustata, margine la-via vel 



aspenuseula. Scapus teres strictus 3-4 lin. crassus 13 -pedalis. 

 Raecmus densus 12-18 poll, longus, expansus 2 poll, latus. Rracte* 

 lmean-subulat*. infim* 6-12 h„. long*. Pedicelli inarticulati, Ho- 



