Allium.] OLVI. LILIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 345 
Enum. iv, 448; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 757; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. x. t. 505. 
A. robustum, Karel. d Kiril. Enum. Pl. Alt. n. 855; Kunth l.c. 446 ; 
Ledeb. Fl, Ress. iv. 187; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 289. 
Western HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir, Falconer, to Kishtwar, alt. 8-10,000 ft., 
son.— DistRis. Westwards to Hungary, Turkestan, Siberia. 
Bulb subglobosely ovoid, scales entire. Leaves 2-4, margins smooth, 1-2 ft. 
by 1-2 in., sheaths sometimes hirtellous. Scape 2-24 ft., striate. Head usually 
hemispheric, 2-2} in. diam., spathes 2-4, apiculate ; pedicels 4-1 in., elongate in 
It. Sepals linear-oblong, subacute, pale or dark-purple, filaments inserted at 
their bases connate at the base, inner triangular below the middle, outer at the base 
only. Ovary subglobose or depressed; style short; stigma simple. Capsule 
Slobose.—A ffghan specimens have leaves 23 in. broad. 
26. A. loratum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 290; leaves 3-5 linear- 
lanceolate flat flaccid ciliolate longer than the slender terete scape, head 
many and dense-fid., pedicels short but longer than the campanulate white 
Perianth, filaments equalling the lanceolate acute sepals inner subulate 
outer linear with subulate tips. 
Western HrwALAYA and TIBET; Kishtwar and Banahal, alt. 10-14,000 ft., 
80n. 
Bulb small, ovoid, outer scales membranous, grey. Leaves 2-5, 6-9 by 4-1 in., 
narrowed from above the base. Scape 3-6 in. Head 30-50-fid.; spathes 2, 
Mierer, acute ; pedicels 4—} in., tip thickened. Sepals AE in.; midrib brown ; 
‘ments inserted on their bases, Ovary globosely triquetrous; style very short. 
Baker says that this, judging from the very imperfect specimens, closely re- 
sembles 4, narcissifolium, Linn., the haudsomest of European species. Near A. 
Opurpureum, but the leaves are broader, and the head globose, with much shorter 
Pedicels and paler flowers, 
‘ia A. macranthum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 293 ; leaves many 
ry gradually acuminate keeled, scapes many grooved and ribbed, head 
f Ad. pedicels much longer than the large campanulate dark purple 
owers, filaments filiform equalling the oblong obtuse sepals. Rege 
‘Monogr. 182; Bot, Mag. t. 6789. 
Së HIMALAYA ; in the i ] = ft., J. D. H. ; Elwes. 
; inner ranges alt. 12—13,000 ft., . 
T Y^ narrow, coats membranous. Leaves 6-9, 18 by i-i in. Soape robust 
dilated” pedicels 1-2 in., stout. Sepals ZA in.; filaments inserted on the A ses, 
Ay it the very base ; anthers large. Ovary deeply 3-lobed, stigma capitelia te : 
Det eenutiful Species, resembling A. narcissiflorum, Vill. Regel cites it 1n Sect. 
“iridium, but it is not known to have a rootstock. 
18. DIPCADI, Medic. 
T 
uberous scapigerous herbs, Flowers racemed. Perianth cylindric, 
e erect segmente the outer recurved from about the middle, the inner 
kent tips only. Stamens included. Capsule short, broad, tridymons, 
iat a ; many-seeded. Seeds flat; testa black, membranous.—species 
0, 8. European, W. Asiatic and African. 
Th 
than | Indian species want a thorough re-examination, with far better materials 
ave access to, 
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Ovary atipitate, 
