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basi breviter pevindricn latiore, sub medio cum sacculis tribus 
deorsum spectantibus i giray to; loculis biovulatis. (Plate 476 B.) 
abit recalling that of A. kansuense Re egel, but the stem more 
leafy. Bulbs ‘5-1cm.diam. Lower part of stem enveloped in the 
closely overlapping sheaths. Blades 10-35 6 long, 3-8 mm 
broad. Scape about 1 mm. thick. Umbel 5-15- edawared. 2-5 cm. 
diam. ; pedicel 1-2 cm. long; flowers 4 mm. long; filaments pie 
price ae as long 2 the petals ; ; Ovary ag 3 mm. long, style 5 m 
Seeds 
North Central ome Shensi ; Mt. Miao-wan-san, in 
flower, July; an t. e-pei-san, in fruit, August, Hugh; 
Szechuen, A. Henry, 7088. 
The umbel and icwias recall those of 4. Bakeri Regel (North 
In nee - Japan), to which Dr. Henry’s plant is referred in the 
Chin Flora in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvi. ; but the flowers 
are auatlue. and the habit of the plant distinct in "the leafy stem. 
suENsSE Regel. Also fc by Hugh at the same 
times and eae as the last s i 
t.C..H,..Wri As “This 3 species, described in the 
Chinese Flore, from Szechnen, was collected by Hugh in three 
localities in Shensi, Mt. Ngo-san iao-Wan-san, an 
Thae- Sc in July and Angas, 18 
n 
which we have specimens ‘fen Hugh from Mts. Miao-wan-san and 
Thae-pei-san, Shensi 
ium (Morr evenly tu tubiflorum, sp. nov. Planta glabra pedalis 
vel minor, bulbis ovatis ad subglobosis, solitariis, tunicis albidis, 
s¢ 
laxiter teriioes circa suas brevi 
aap triplo vel pluries excedentibus Pall saturate roseis, basi 
cupulam coalitis, demum reflexis, oblongis, obtusis, nervo medio 
ssiuratio’ pier quam stamina plus duplo longioribus ; filamentis 
subulatis, e perigonii oriundis; ovario ovoideo, stylo subequale 
cum tienaer trilobulato — (Plate 476 C.) 
maller bulbs ovate, > cr m. in a caer. larger becoming 
globose and more than 2 ¢ aia. Leaves ae towards 
the sheath, — seca hop and 2mm. wide. Scape to 27 cm. 
long by 1:5 mm. dia U m or more tpt a 
eeitana leigthant _ " the flower gets older, tne & 
more; spathe about 1:5 em. long. Pe pen . long, iaied. for 
nearly one-third of their length int cineeeet cup, limbs ulti- 
mately reflexed. Filaments united below with the perianth-tube, 
free portion 1:5 mm. long, anther 1-5 mm. long. Ovary 15 mm 
* 
ng. 
Near A. chinense Don, from which it is distinguished by its less 
