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Die von Przewalski gesammelte Form, maclit wegeii des sehr dichi 

 umhiillten Stengelgrundes und der dichten.conipakten Rasen, die durch die 

 ahgestorbenen faserig verfilzten Blattscheiden dicht umgeben sind, einen 

 sehr verachiedenen Eindruck, weicht aher in keinen andern Charakter ab. 



146. A. Frzeicalshianum Bgl., bulborum caespitosorum co- 

 nico-cylindricorum rhizomati breviter articulato repenti insidentium tu- 

 nicis exterioribus dense fibroso-reticulatis ; caulibus teretibus, tenuibus, 

 iuferne foliatis, folia semitereti-filiformia superantibus v. rarius subae- 

 quantibus; umbella capsulifera, multiflora, hemisphaerica v. fasciculata; 

 spatha umbellam superaute; pedicellis corollam 2— 3-plo superantibus, 

 basinudis; sepalis roseo-purpureis, oblongis, obtusiusculis ; staminibus 

 perigonium paullo-sesquilougioribus, exterioribus subulato-filiformibus 

 simplicibus, interioribus e basi oblongo-dilatata in cuspidem filiformem 

 antheriferam excurrentibus et ad basin cuspidis antheriferae utrinque bre- 

 viter unidentatis; stylo initio incluso, demuni exserto. 



Glabrum. Bulbi fasciculato-caespitosi, 3 — 4 c. m. longi, basi 

 4 — 5 m. m. lati, apicem versus sensim attenuati; tuuicis exterioribus 

 fuscis, bulbum dense involventibus. Caules tenues, striati, 15 — 25 c. 

 m. alti. Spatlia membranacea, albida, univalvis, e basi subrotunda li- 

 neari-rostrata, umbellam superans. Pedicelli filiformes, apice incrassati, 

 6 — 10 m. m. longi. Sepala 3 — 4 m. m. longa. Filamenta inter se et 

 cum sepalorum basi connata. 



Habitat in China occideutali in proviucia Kansu ad fluvium Te-tung. 

 Legit Przewalski. 



147. A. strictum ScJirad., bulborum rhizomati oblique descen- 

 denti insideutium elongato-subcylindricorum tunicis exterioribus reticu- 

 lato-fibrosis ; caule infra medium foliato, tereti, erecto, folia linearia v. 

 late linearia plauiuscula superante v. circiter aequante; umbella capsu- 

 lifera, multiflora, densa, saepissime globosa v. hemisphaerica ; pedicellis 

 flores subaequantibus usque diiplo superantibus, basi nudis v. breviter 

 bracteoiatis ; sepalis purpurascentibus, ovato-oblougis v. oblongo-Ian- 

 ceolatis, obtusis v. acutiusculis v. acutis; fllamentis perigonium aequanti- 



