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300 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
up the centre of each segment, stamens orange. Dry, stony 
slopes on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27°15’N. 
Alt. 10—11,000 ft. July 1g06.” G. Forrest. No. 2698 
Allium polyastrum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caules plerumque solitarii, robusti, 0°3—-0°6 m. alti, basi paulo 
bulboso-incrassati. Vaginae exteriores subfibrosae, ceterae 
hyalinae apice saepius fissae vel lacerae. Folia basi longius 
vaginantia, late linearia, caule breviora, 30-40 cm. longa, 0°5-1°8 
cm. lata. Bracteae mox marcescentes. Flores numerosi (ca. 
30-60) ; pedicelli stricti, 2-3 cm. longi. Perianthium varie 
roseum ; segmenta mox stellato-expansa vel demum reflexa, 
anguste oblanceolato- vel spathulato-linearia, uninervia, 6-8 
mm. longa, 2-2°5 mm. lata. Stamina libera, edentata, basi 
paulo dilatata, ca. 10 mm. longa. Ovarium breviter lateque 
obovatum vel obcordatum, 2-4 mm. longum; stylus 2-6 mm. 
longus. 
“Chung Tien plateau. Alt. 12-13,000 ft. Plant of 
1-2 ft. Flowers pale rose. September 1904.” G. Forrest. 
“Plant of 12-30 inches. Flowers bright rose. aes pte 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. ZN, 
Alt. I1-12,000 ft. September 1906.” G. Foret. SS 
066. 
“Plant of 14-2 ft. Flowers bright rose-magenta. Moist, 
grassy slopes on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 20’ N. Alt. r1-12,000 ft. October cate  G. Forrest. 
No. 3088 
“Plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers deep isis rieeten Moist, 
rocky grassland on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40’ N. Alt. 810,000 ft. August 1906,” G. Forrest. 
No. 5080. 
This fine Allium is allied to A. tuberosum, Roxb., but the 
flowers are more numerous and the stamens not shorter than 
the perianth. From A, Wallichit, Kunth., it differs by the outer 
scales often being fibrous, the margins of the leaves not erose, 
the flowers more numerous, the petals rose. 
Allium polyastrum, Diels, var. platyphyllum, Diels. Var. nov. 
Caulis basi longius nudus. Folia in caule medio conferta, 
latiora atque breviora, oblonga vel lanceolata, 15-19 cm. longa, 
1°5-3 cm. lata. Pedunculi bini. Flores illis typi simillimi 
“ Plant of 12-18 inches. Flowers deep magenta. Grassy 
openings amongst rocks on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 10-11,000 ft. September 1906.” 
G, Forrest. No. 2994. 
