ON THE ALLIUMS OF INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN. 291 
xiil., 83, and Siberian A. stenophyllum, Schrenk. Led. Fl. Ross. iv., 
172, 
** Leaves narrow, heads usually bulbilliferous. 
, A. umpriicatum, Boiss. Diagn., ser. ii. pt. iv., ‘p. 118. Af- 
ghanistan, Griffith, 5814!. Fields in Upper Beloochistan, Stocks 
1006! Resembles closely, as already remarked by Bissier, the bul- 
billiferous forms of 4. roseum. 
8. A. curvensz, G. Don Mon, 83; Kunth Enum., iv., 454.—A. 
Thunbergii, G. Don Mon, 84; Miquel, Ann. Mus. Lug. Bat., iii., 
p. 154; A. : 
A. nereidum, Hance, Ann. Sc. Nat., sér. 5, vol. v.,'_p. 244. Univer- 
spread, at any rate as a cultivated species, through Japan and 
China. The following are the numbered specimens I have examined. 
Japan, Oldham, 276!, Wilford, 1026; Korean Archipelago, Old- 
ham, 1; Loo-Choo, C. Wright, 333!; Shanghai, DMaingay, 410!; 
Tmosa, Oldham, 564! (form without head-bulblets). Isle of Sam- 
J D 
a8 cited above, and in Maximowicz, Prim. Amur., 284. The general 
character of the plant is just that of pulchellum, from which the non- 
bulbilliferous form differs mainly by its exserted stamens. 
Group 8. Anevinum. 
* Leaves broad. 
_ 9. A. vicrortanis, Linn.—A. ellipticum, Wall. Cat., 5069 ; Kunth 
Enum, iv., 456. J apan, C. Wright /. Temperate and alpine region, 
Nepaul, Wallich!, Sikkim, 10-13,000 ft., Dr. Hooker! There is 
no ground for separating the Indian ellipticum from the European victo- 
rialis, which is one of the most distinct of all the Alliums, and the 
Most widely-spread species, with the exception of Schanoprasum, as 
it extends all the way from Portugal to Japan. 
** Leaves narrow. 
10. A. Wattican, Kunth Enum., iv., 443—A. coruleum, Wall. 
Cat., no. 5076, non Pallas—A. violaceum, Wall. MSS. Temperate 
we sum, Roxb., Hort. Beng., p. 24; Fl. Ind., ti., 141; 
Wall Cat., 5068 1; Kunth Enum., iv., 454—A. Roxburghii, G. Don 
Xn, 91; Kunth Enum., iv., 454—A. uliginosum, G. Don oti 60; 
