616 CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). [Allium. 



Species 250-300. Concentrated in the north temperate zone, one in South Africa. 



Filaments of inner stamens tricuspidate , . . 1. A. alihile. 

 Filaments nniform, subulate. 



Bulbs solitary, globose . . . . , . 2. A. spathaceum. 



Bulbs caespitose, narrowly ovoid . . . .3.-4. angolense, 



1. A. (Porrum) alibile, A. Rich. Tent. Ft. Abyss, ii. 330. Bulb 

 globose, white, the thickness of a man's finger. Leaves unknown. 

 Peduncle 1 J ft. long. Umbel dense, many-flowered ; pedicels short ; 

 spathe short, scariose, many-valved, and pedicels also subtended by 

 short scales. Perianth campanulate, pale rose ; segments erect, ovate- 

 oblong, acute. Filaments of the inner stamens tricuspidate ; of the 

 outer lanceolate.- — Hegel, Monogr. All. 69 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 165. 



MTile Iiand. Abyssinia : Shire ; on mountains, near Tembella, Quartin- Dillon. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



2. A. (Molium) spathaceum, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Ft. 

 Abyss, ii. 330. Bulb globose, J-J in. diam. ; outer tunics pale, scariose. 

 Leaves 1-2, thin, narrowly linear, glabrous, sometimes as long as the 

 peduncle. Peduncle slender, fragile, 4-9 in. long. Umbel 10-15- 

 flowered ; spathe of 1 short ovate valve ; pedicels J-J in. long. Perianth 

 \ in. long ; segments oblong, subacute, spreading, white, with a distinct 

 brown keel. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; filaments subu- 

 late. Style as long as the ovary. — A. subhirsutum var. spathaceum, 

 Kegel, Monogr. All. 221; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 164; 

 Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 75. 



XTile Xiand. Eritrea : Mount Alamkale, near Aideresso, 5900 ft., Schweinfurth 

 SfEiva,1^1h\ Abyssinia: ^men ; near Deranrki, on Mount Bachit, 10,000-11,000 ft., 

 Schimper, 1266 ! Ghaba, Steudner, 451 ; Nori, Schimper, h*l ; and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 839 ! 



3. A. (Rhiziridium) angolense. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Bot. i. 262. Bulbs densely csespitose, narrowly ovoid, 3 in. long; 

 outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 6-8, narrowly linear, erect, 

 glaucous, 6-9 in. long. Peduncle stout, 1 ft. or more long, narrowed 

 gradually from the middle to the apex. Umbel dense, globose, 2 in. 

 diam. ; pedicels 6-9 lin. long ; spathe- valve 1, short, broad, membranous. 

 Perianth campanulate, ^ in. long; segments oblong, white, with a 

 brown keel, permanently ascending. Stamens as long as the perianth ; 

 filaments subulate ; anthers small, oblong. Style as long as the ovary. 



XiO-wer Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto, in pastures, Welwitsch, 3764 ! 



18. DIPCADI, Medic. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 809. 



Perianth gamophyllous ; tube oblong ; segments dissimilar, 3 inner 

 shorter, connivent, truncate ; three outer more or less distinctly caudate. 

 Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the perianth; filaments short; 

 anthers oblong or linear. Ovary sessile, globose, 3-celled ; ovules many, 



