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dicellis flores 1 — 3-plo superantibiis ; filainentis exsertis, interioribus 

 tricuspidatis, cuspidibus subaequalibus. 



Bulbus simplex, tunicatus; tunicis fuscis coriaceis apice in fibras lon- 

 gas reticulatas basi scapi vaginantes productis. Caulis 60 — 100 c. m. al- 

 tus, teres, glaber. Folia caule breviora, striato-nervosa, glabra, explanata 

 6 m. m, lata Spatha univalvis, a basi ovato-cucullata acuminata, um- 

 bellam aequans Perigonium laeve ; sepalis oblongis, obtusiusculis, lae- 

 vibus, carneis, nervo intermedio virescente v. purpurasceute notatis. Fi- 

 lamenta omnia exserta, margine minute deuticulata, petalorum basin in- 

 serta; exteriora simplicia, basi dilatata; interiora latiora, tricuspidata; 

 cuspidibus subaequilongis laminam subjectam lanceolato-oblongam vix 

 aequantibus. 



Habitat in Hispaniae provinciis Malacitana et Granata (Boissier). 

 A. haeticum Boiss. diagn. pl. orient. ser. I. VII. pag. 113. 



14. A. rotundmn L., bulbi tunicis membranaceis ; caule a basi 

 infra medium foliato, folia plana late linearia v. sublanceolato-linearia 

 «ubaequante v. superante; umbella capsulifera, saepissime subglobosa; 

 pedicellis flores purpurascentes superantibus ; sepalis ellipticis v, ovato- 

 lanceolatis, omnibus acutis v. obtusiusculis v. interioribus obtusis, dorso 

 V. in carina tantum scabris; filamentis perigonium subaequantibus, in- 

 terioribus apice tricuspidatis, cuspide intermedia lateralibus subduplo v. 

 plus duplo breviore. 



Bulbus ovatus, compositus v. buIbiHis nigris v. fuscescentibus inter 

 tunicas albas. Caulis teres, laevis, 50 — 80 c. m. altus, infra medium fo- 

 liatus. Folia plana v. leviter carinata, late v. anguste linearia, (2 — 10 

 m. m, lata), attenuato-acuta, caulem vix aequantia, margine carinaque 

 serrulato-scabra v. rarius laevia; vaginae teretes, nervoso-striata, laevia 

 V. rarius ad nervos serrulato-scabra. Spatha univalvis, ovata, mucronata, 

 basi circumscissa, mox decidua. Umbella globosa v. hemispbaerica v. 

 rarius subfastigiata ; pedicelli flores superantes, saepissime inaequales, 

 exteriores declinati breviores. interiores magis elongati, usque 2 — 2'/» 

 c. m. longi, basi bracteolis albido-scariosis fulti. Perigonium purpuras- 

 cens V. rarius roseum v. subalbidum. Sepala elliptica v. elliptico-lan- 



