terioribus loiigioribus, iiitenti-stramiiieis, stamina quaclruplo superantibus; 

 lilamentis dilatatis, ad ^/3 partem longitudinis in tubum ovario longio- 

 rem coalitis^ exteriora apice in cuspidem simplicem antheriferam excur- 

 reutibus; interiora apice libero tridentata, dente intermedio longiore cus- 

 pidato antiierifero. 



Glaberrimum. Caulis robustus, tistulosus, 12 — 40 c. m. altus. 

 Folia apicem versus sensim atteuuata, acuta, caulem subaequantia v. 

 paullo superantia. Spatha bivalvis, flores inferiores superans; valvis 

 ovato-subrotundis, acuminatis v. rarius subbifidis, hyalino-membranaceis, 

 nervis coloratis longitudinalibus pictis. Pedicelli inferiores perigonio 

 2 — 4-plo breviores. Sepala maxima. usque 16 m. m. longa, interiora 

 breviora. Florum capitulum usque 5 c. m. in diametro longitudinali et 

 usque 4 '/2 c. m. in diametro transversali. 



In montibus Alatau transiliensis et in Thian-Schanalt. G — 10,000' 

 (II). Semenow et in Himalaya occidentali 7—12,000', Kashmir (Falco- 

 ner), Kistwar (Thomson), inter Baltul et Dras (Henderson), Garwhal 

 (Strachey et Wiuterbottom). 



A. Semenovi Bgl. in pl. Semenov. n. 1072. — Baker in Journ. 

 of Bot. Oct. 1874 p. 293. 



47. ^. viridulum Ledb., bulbi ovati solitarii tunicis membrana- 

 ceis integris; caule basi v. usque infra medium foliato, folia cylindrico- 

 subulato-fistulosa longe superaute-, umbcUa capsulifera, multiflora, hemi- 

 sphaerica; pedicellis perigonium paullo usque duplo superautibus, basi 

 bracteolatis ; sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutiusculis, virescenti-albidis v. 

 leviter rubescentibus, dorso stria purpurascente notatis, filamenta circiter 

 aequantibus^ filamentis simplicibus, basi dilatata ad quartam partem lon- 

 gitudinis inter se et cum perigonio coalitis, in cuspidem subulatam anthe- 

 riferam attenuatis. 



Glabrum . Bulbus albus , parvus . Caulis teres , gracilis , strictus ,12—30 

 c. m. altus, basi 1— 2-folius v. rarius inframedium foliatus. Folia caule 

 breviora. Spatha bivalvis^ valvis ovato-orbiculatis, hyalino-albidis, umbella 

 brevioribus; bracteolaeparvae, hyalinae, pedicellos stipantes. Flores parvi. 

 Sepala aequilonga, circiter 4 m. m longa. Ovarium ovatum, trigonum. 



