^ 90 _ 



Compauy distributed of the Royal Gardens Kew 1869 n. 1100. — A. 

 rubens Baker in Journ. of Bot. Oct. 1874 pag. 293. 



52. A. fistitlostm L., bulbi ovato-oblongi, tunicis membranaceis 

 integris:, caule erecto, basifoliato; foliisqueinflato-fistulosisglabris; um- 

 bella capsulifera saepissinie globosa, multiflora ; pedicellis perigonium 

 subaequantibus ; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, acutis v. acuminatis, plus 

 minus irregulariter serrulatis; filamentis perigonium 2— 3-plo superan- 

 tibus, simplicibus, filiformibus, basi dilatata inter se et cum perigonio 

 coalitis. 



Glabrum. Bulbi aggregati; tunicis membranaceis, initio albis, de- 

 inde fuscis. Caulis robustus, valde inflato-fistulosus, 30—100 c. m. 

 altus, folia superans v.. circiter aequaus. Folia fistuloso-inflata, teretia, 

 acuta, glaucescentia. Spatha bivalvis, scariosa; valvis late ovatis, mu- 

 cronatis, umbellam subaequantibus. Umbella conferta, globosa, multi- 

 flora, — rarius pauciflora liemisphaerica. Pedicelli basi bracteolis ca- 

 rentes v. paucis linearibus fulti. Perigonium hyalinum, luteo-viride; 

 sepalis circiter 10 m. m. longis, interioribus paullo majoribus. Ovarium 

 ovato-subglobosum, trigonum. Stylus inclusus. ovario longior; stigmate 

 indiviso. 



Habitat in Sibiria altaica et baicalensi, in desertis songoro-kirghi- 

 sicis inque in Dahuria. 



Colitur in usura culinarium nominibus: Iloppen, Lauch, Porre, Roh- 

 renlauch, Winterlauch, Winterzwiebel etc. 



Variat foliis caule brevioribus v. eum aequantibus, rectis v. intus 

 curvatis, umbella densa multiflora v. pauciflora hemisphaerica. 



A. fistulosum L. spec. pag. 432. — Bot. mag. tab. 1230. — 

 Don. monogr. pag. 30. — Roem. et Schult. syst. IV. 1029. — 

 Knth. euum. IV. 394. -^ Ledb. fl. ross. IV. 169. — Rchb. ic. fl. 

 germ. X. tab. 495. fig. 1084.—^. altaictm Pall. it. II. 518. 568. 

 — Ejusd. app. n. 108. tab. R. — A. saxatile Pall. it. III. 293. — 

 A. Cepa Falk. Beitr. II. 157. — A. ceratopliyllum Bess. teste R. 

 et S. 1. c. — Cepa ventricosa Mmnch. meth. 244. — A. sapidis- 

 simum Pall. tcste R. et S. 1. c. et in herb. Schraderi. 



