338 CLVI. LILIACEJ5. (J. D. Hooker.) [Allium. 



Sect. I. SCBCGNOPRASUM. Bulbs free or clustered, not seated on a root- 

 * stock. Leaves and scape fistular or filiform. Stamens inserted usually 

 much above the base of the perianth ; filaments dilated and connate at 

 the base. 



* Leaves fistular. 



1. A. Semonovii, Regel Enum. PL Semenoff, 126 ; All. Monoyr. 85 ; 

 leaves 2-3 stout about equalling the stout scape, sheaths very long, head 

 subglobose dense-fld., pedicels shorter than the campanulate pale yellow 

 flowers, sepals oblong-lanceolate acuminate, filaments included outer 

 cuspidate inner 2-toothed. Baker in Journ. Sot. 1874, 293. 



WESTEEN HIMALAYA, alt. 8-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Garwhal. DISTRIB. 

 Alatau and Thian-chan Mts. 



Bulbs tufted, cylindric, scales membranous. Leaves - J in. diani., acute. Heads 

 1 in. broad j spathes persistent. Sepals ^ f in. 



2. A. Schoenoprasum, Linn. Sp. PI. 301 ; leaves 1-2 slender, heads 

 subglobose dense-fld., pedicels equalling or shorter than the campanulate 

 pink or pale purple flowers, sepals linear or lanceolate, filaments 

 included all simple filiform dilated at the base. Regel All. Monogr. 77 ; 

 Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 292 ; Boiss. FL Orient, v.' 250 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. t. 1085. A. sibiricum, Linn. Mant. 562. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 8-11,000 ft. ; from Kashmir to Kumaon. DISTRIB. 

 Westwards to the Atlantic, N. America. 



Bulbs clustered, narrow; scales membranous. Leaves 4-10 in., terete or 

 grooved above, smooth or scaberulous ; sheaths elongate. Scape 6-14 in. , stout or 

 slender. Sepals ^-| in., bearing the stamens near their bases. Capsule small, 

 globose, cells 2-seeded. Chives. 



3. A. atrosangruineum, ScJirenJc in Bull. Acad. Petersb. x. 355 ; 

 leaves 1-2 stout as long as the scape, head subglobose dense-fld., pedicels 

 about equalling the campanulate dark red flowers, sepals oblong obtuse 

 or subacute, filaments short triangular- subulate connate at the base. 

 Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 168 ; Kunth Enum. iv. 684 ; Hegel All. Monogr. 83. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kashmir at Gilgit, Tanner. DISTRIB. Turkestan. 



Bulb narrow, coats membranous at length fibrous. Leaves fistular, 8-12 by i- in., 

 linear, obtuse ; sheaths very long. Scape stout, fistular. Head f-1 in. diam. ; 

 spathes persistent. Perianth 5-5 in. long ; segments united below ; filaments sub- 

 equal, inserted at distance from their base, about as long as the perianth. Ovary 

 globose; style short. The Gilgit specimens have rather smaller flowers with more 

 obtuse segments than the Turkestan. 



4. A. Fedschenkoanum, Regel AIL Monogr. 82 ; leaves 1-2 much 

 shorter than tall stout scape, head globose dense-fld., pedicels about equal- 

 ling the campanulate pale yellow flowers, sepals oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, filaments very short inner with a dilated 2-toothed base outer 

 simple. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, at Barzil, alt. 12,000 ft., Clarice. DISTRIB. 

 Turkestan. 



Bulb 0. Leaves 3-5 by J in., fistular, obtuse ; sheath very long. Scape 2-3 ft. 

 by i-i in. diam. Head f-1 in. diam. ; spathes persistent ; pedicels stout. Perianth- 

 segments |-i in., united below ; filaments united at i distance from the base, con- 

 nate, not i the length of the perianth. Capsule globose, style very short. The 

 dilated bases of the inner stamens are certainly 2-toothed. 



