290 ON THE ALLIUMS OF INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN. 
troar, 8-10,000 ft., Dr. Thomson ! ; Hook. fil. and Thoms., no. 18!. Also 
inhabits Songar ia. Perhaps not distinct specifically from A. decipiens, 
Fisch. (A. tulipefolium, Led.) 
Group 2. CatoscorpUM. 
(Characterised as a genus by Herbert, Bot. Reg., xxxiii., tab. 5.) 
* Heads not bulbilliferous; leaves broad. 
U.B., Kunth Enum, iv., Afghanistan, 
Grif 5819 | 1, fe Balseohistai. Stocks, 936!. A sank of Siberia and 
3. vos oratum, Baker, n.sp,—Bulbus parvus ovoideus, — ex- 
5 lora 
terioribus membranaceis pallide griseis. Folia 2-5 a basalia 
acuta 6-9 poll. longa medio 6-12 lin. lata supra basin Lipiriree tenera 
flaccida apes Margine minute ciliata gracilis teres 3-6- 
cilibus apice incrassatis. Perianthium albidum Ae lin. Jongum 
diutine campanulatum segmentis lanceolatis acutis, obscure brunneo- 
inatis. Stamina perianthio squilonga, filamentis exterioribus 
subulatis, interioribus, basi linearibus. Stylus ovario perso 345 
boso squilongus. © stars Tibet, Alpine region, 10-14,0 
Thomson !. Of the ntal species this —_ nearest Akaka ation, ; 
Jaub. and Spach), pair ‘colebivifolium, Boi 
** Heads not ietthcac. leaves narrow. 
Umbella lex 6-9 pay be 1 lin. lata. ‘Soapus pedalis gracilis te 
bosum ovulis in Toedlo 3. Chusan, teste Herbert ; To ki, Pekin, Dr. 
Cantor, in Herb. Bentham!. A very distinct and handsome species 
said to be without any alliaceous scen ti, 
— clamp M.B., Kunth Enum. ., iv., 399.—A. re L 
iv., 399.——A. leptophyllum, Wall. Cat., 501 I: 
neat ts temperate and sub-tropical ee 2- nat es : /, 
: Web, 3 n Wall. Her b, 5073, a! Janie t, or 
Falooner, 11031, Eidgeworth, 1161, Aitohseon, wait. A widely 5 
beri eci ghanista®, 
orrieils , Boiss Dia agn., ii., 117. Af 1061!; 
Grifith, 5815! 5821 | “53825 to 5828!; Buicaohiviehs Stocks, 1, Vier 
ahul, Jeschke, 94!. Punjab, Salt range, &c., apse oe and 
ray! ; Fleming, 8 88!. Kashmir, 5-7000 ft., . Thoms Blows 
Thom. Allium, no. 26), Edgeworth: fe Also a plant of Kurs 
apparently con-specific with the Persian A. vulcanicum, Base ©" 
