Tap. Zils: 
EREMURUS avranttacus. 
Native of Central Asia. 
Nat. Ord. Littacea.—Tribe AsPHODELER. 
Genus Eremurvs, M. B.; (Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p- 787.) 
Eremvurvs aurantiacus; rhizomate ovoideo, fibris radicalibus eylindricis ear- 
nosis, foliis pluribus linearibus glabris sordide viridibus facie canaliculatis 
dorso acute carinatis, pedunculo stricto tereti, racemo denso cylindrico, 
pedicellis strictis tenuibus apice articulatis, bracteis lineari-subulatis, 
perianthio citrino segmentis viridi carinatis exterioribus oblongis inte- 
rioribus obovatis, filamentis filiformibus perianthio duplo longioribus 
antheris parvis oblongis luteis, fructu_globoso, seminibus in loculo 
2-3 triquetris sordide brunneis anguste alatis. 
E. aurantiacus, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xv. p- 285; vel. xviii. p. 102; 
ftegel Descr, Nov. Pl. fase. ix. p. 34; Gartenfl. 1884, p. 289, fig. 1168 b-h. 
EK. Bungei, var. stenophyllus, Boiss. Fl. Orient. vol. v. p. 324. 
This fine Asphodel was first described as a form of L. 
Bungei from imperfect specimens gathered by Griffith in 
Afghanistan in 1840. It was re-found in abundance by Dr. 
Aitchison in 1879 during the Kurrum Valley expedition. 
He reported that it grew -abundantly at an elevation of 
7000 to 9000 feet above sea-level, and that the young 
leaves were extensively used as a cooked vegetable. Pro- 
bably this is the plant that was written about in the news- 
papers as a gigantic asparagus. He gathered : — in 
plenty in 1875, when attached as naturalist to the eas 
istan Delimitation Commission, and we have also receive 
it from Cabul, from Colonel Collett, from Gilgit, from Dr. 
Giles, and from Bokhara and Turkestan from Dr. Albert 
Regel. The Persian H. Bungei, Baker, figured Gartenflora, 
tab. 1168, fig. a, is not distinguishable from steht 
in dried specimens, but when alive has less acutely-keele 
leaves, root-fibres tapering upwards, orange-yellow rege 
and red-yellow anthers. Our drawing was ee om a 
plant that flowered in the open border in Kew Gardens in 
July, 1886, 
Dacor. Rootstock ovoid, surrounded by membranous 
ovate scale-leaves, white veined with brown, and outer 
May Isr 1890, 
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