338 CLVI. LILIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Allium. 
Sect. I. ScggNoPRAsuM. Bulbs free or clustered, not seated on à rook- 
stock. Leaves and scape fistular or filiform. Stamens inserted usua y 
much above the base of the perianth; filaments dilated and connate a 
the base. 
* Leaves fistular. 
1. A. Semonovii, Regel Enum. Pl. Semenoff, 126; All. Monogr. 85: 
leaves 2-3 stout about equalling the stout scape, sheaths very long, n 
subglobose dense-fld., pedicels shorter than the campanulate pale ye ^ 
flowers, sepals oblong-lanceolate acuminate, filaments included oute 
cuspidate inner 2-toothed. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 293. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 8-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Garwhal.—DIsTRIB. 
Alatau and Thian-chan Mts. 20. Heads 
Bulbs tufted, cylindric, scales membranous. Leaves }-} in. diam., acute. 
lj in. broad ; spathes persistent. Sepals 4-3 in. 
2. A. Scheenoprasum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 301; leaves 1-2 slender, heads 
subglobose dense-fld., pedicels equalling or shorter than the campi onis 
pink or pale purple flowers, sepals linear or lanceolate. filam 77; 
included all simple filiform dilated at the base. Regel All. Monogr. Gi 
Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 292; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 250; Reich, Ic. £l. 
Germ. t. 1085. A. sibiricum, Linn. Mant. 562. 
Western HIMALAYA, alt. 8-11,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Kumaon.— DISTRIP. 
Westwards to the Atlantic, N. America. . te or 
Bulbs clustered, narrow; scales membranous. Leaves 4-10 in., tere at or 
grooved above, smooth or scaberulous; sheaths elongate. Scape 6-14 in., ZC ; 
slender. Sepals 3-2 in., bearing the stamens near their bases. Capsule 
globose, cells 2-seeded.—Chives. 
3. A. atrosanguineum, Schrenk in Bull. Acad. Petersb. x. ret 
leaves 1-2 stout as long as the scape, head subglobose dense-fld., P^ tuse 
about equalling the campanulate dark red flowers, sepals oblong Heng 
or subacute, filaments short triangular-subulate connate at the 83 
Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 168; Kunth Enum. iv. 684; Regel All. Monogr. °° 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir at Gilgit, Tanner.— DISTRIB. Turkestan, 4 in., 
Bulb narrow, coats membranous at length fibrous. Leaves fistular, 8-12 by diam. ; 
linear, obtuse; sheaths very long. Scape stout, fistular. Head i-l 1. ts sub- 
spathes persistent. Perianth }—} in. long; segments united below ; qd Ovary 
equal, inserted at 4 distance from their base, about 1 as long as the periant sth more 
globose ; style short.—The Gilgit specimens have rather smaller flowers W! 
obtuse segments than the Turkestan. 
4. A. Fedschenkoanum, Regel All. Monogr. 82; leaves 1 
shorter than tall stout scape, head globose dense-fid., pedicels abou ce 
ling the campanulate pale yellow flowers, sepals oblong-lan wm 
acuminate, filaments very short inner with a dilated 2-toothed base 
simple. TRIB. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, at Barzil, alt. 12,000 ft., Clarke.—D! 
Turkestan. e 2-3 ft. 
Bulb 0. Leaves 3-5 by + in., fistular, obtuse ; sheath very long. Seay orianth- 
by 4-} in. diam. Head 4-1 in. diam.; spathes persistent ; pedicels stout. base, col" 
segments 1—j in., united below; filaments united at } distance from the ort * The 
nate, not j the length of the perianth. Capsule globose, style very " 
dilated bases of the inner stamens are certainly 2-toothed. 
