ON THE ALLIUMS OF INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN. 295 
and Thoms., No. 19), Lance 279 !. Differs from the next in its more 
slender habit, narrower leaves, and longer, more acute perianth-seg- 
men 
27, A. sranpum, Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. t. 260, Kunth, Enum., iv., 
396. erie region of Tibet, 14-17,000 feet, Dr. Thomson !—dis- 
tributed as “‘A. nutans 2” Strachey and Winterbottom : (2 Fi, 
tissond /; /; Lahul, Jeschka !. Between Dras and Bactul, Henier- 
son /, gathered also by Falconer 1105. A well-marked endemi 
imalayan species near senescens. 
Group 5. Micropon. 
28. A. avrroutatum, Kunth, Hnum., iv., 418. Kunawar, Jacgue- 
mont 1528!. Very near the European A. strictum, Schrad. 
, da SS. , Wa at. 
5073 B. Bulbi czespitesi elongati subcylindrici fibris pilosis densis 
Intricatis rubellis vestiti ia 3- salia subteretia glabra 
Persistentia 4 lin. lata 4-6 poll. longa. Scapus eige teres gracilis 
8-9 pollicaris. Spathz valva unica parva caduca Fl 
0-40 in umbellam globosam congesti, pedicediia? 1-3 lin. longis 
* um campan er Atay lin. longum, segmentis 
oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis vel subac ta breviter exserta, 
filamentis purpureis subulatis basi ‘Aaltoiiile interioribus obscure 
tatis. Capsula obovoideo-globosa apice umbilicata. see ary longe 
On Tibet, alpine region, 12,000-16,500 feet, Thomson /, Hen- 
derson! ; St trachey ee Winterbottom : ae , Piti, Jae quemont ! ; Ladak, 
‘ Hichtint, Simla, Lady Sasi Amherst, in Herb. Wallich 1. "May be 
& variety of Siberian 4. lineare,L. Dr. Aitchison thus describes a 
use 
Plant ing ieskcd : u oe a bbe gg and then ma e into a 
a as big as the fist, to be used asa condiment. The balls are 
$044 cum, L.—A. Sulvia., Hamilt., in D. we Prod. Nep. 
oR neni Sulvia, Kun th, Emin. . iv.y 4 Bengal, 
Gripith 5817!; Punjaub, Aitchison 548 !. 1, Probably in oth cases cul- 
onl ‘Differs from the other Microdons by its more spreading 
Perianth-segme eg 
_ dl. A. Cura, Linn., Wall. Cat., 2072. Beloochistan: “ Wild 
7; Chehil Tun, ” Siecle, 7033!; Afghanistan, wi at 823 !; Lahore, 
ane Concan, Stocks ! ; and seen from several other collectors, 
Hone of whom give it expressly as indigenous. 
ae Besides these, Allium Porrum, which in my view is simply t the 
Wanted condition of of Allium Ampeloprasum, is contained in the 
pillichian Herbarium as No. 5074, from specimens gathered in 
0 by Blinkworth. 
