Allium.} oLvi. LiLiAOEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 341 



much exserted.-Baker observea that this is closely allied to A. bland«m differinsr 

 m the slender habit, narro«rer leaves, and longer more acute sepils. ^ 



12. A. Bakerl, Begel All. Monogr. 141; leaves basal narrowlv 

 Imear, scape tall slender head lax-fld., pedicels much longer than the 

 campannlate red-purple flowers, sepals orbicular or oblong obtuse, fila- 

 ments simple hnear-subulate inner dilated and 2-toothed at the base 

 anthers minute. A. splendens, Mig. Arm. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. 154 

 A. exsertum. Baher m Jowm. Bot. 1874, 294 {not of Bon). POaloscordon 

 exsertum, Herbert m Bot. Beg. xxxiii. under t. 5. 



Khasia Hills ; alt. 4-5500 ft.— Distbib. China, Japan, 

 o ^-SfJ^* clustered, 1 in. long, ovoid-oblong ; scales white, membranous. Leaves 

 ^i, b-9 by Jj in., shorter than the slender terete scape. Head few- or many-fld ■ 

 pedicels M in. SepaU i-i in. long, with the filaments on their bases. Omrv 

 Bubglobose, style far exserted. 



** Stamens equalling or shorter than the perianth. 



I?' A. Wallichil, KuntA Enum. iv. 443; tall, leaves long linear or 

 ensiform flat longer than the stout triquetrous scape, head lax-fld., pedicels 

 much longer than the stellate purple flowers, sepals linear narrow reflexed 

 longer than the simple filaments elongate-subulate. Begel All. Monogr 

 142 ; Bai:er m Journ. Bot. 1874, 291. A. caeruleum. Wall. Oat. S076 (not 

 of Pallas). A. violaceum, Wall.mss. 



Tbmpebate Himalaya, alt. 8-13,000 ft. from Kumaon to Sikkim. Gileit 

 Tanner. ^ ' 



Bulbs hardly developed, clustered, base of stem thickened, clothed with mem- 

 branous entire and torn sheaths. leaves basal, 2-3 ft. by ^-| in., margins erose, 

 narrowed to an acute point. Soape 1-24 ft. Head 2-3 in. diam. ; pedicels 1-lJ in. ; 

 spathes caducous, as long as the pedicels. Sepals 4 in., obtuse ; filaments inserted 

 on their bases. Capsule turbinate. 



14. A. Hookeri, Thvaites Enum. 339 ; slender, leaves basal linear 

 membranous shorter than the tall subtrigonous scape 1-nerved, head 

 globose laxly many-fld., pedicels much longer than the stellate white 

 flowers, sepals linear acuminate about equalling the filiform filaments. A. 

 Wallichii, var. Regel All. Monogr. 143. 



Khasia Hills; at KaU Pana, alt. 5000 ft., .T. D. H. & T. T. Ceylon- 

 Newera Elia, alt. 7000 ft., Thwaites. 



Bulb hardly any ; base of stem clothed with long narrow membranous sheaths. 

 Leaves 12-18 by i-i in., acute. Scape 1-2 ft. ; heads 1^ in. diam. ; spathe with a 

 long tail ; pedicels J-f in., capillary. Sepals J in. ; filaments inserted on their bases. 

 Capsule obcordate ; cells usually l-seeded. 



15. A. sikkimense) Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 292 ; leaves basal 

 narrowly linear channelled shorter than the slender flexuous scape, head 

 dense-fld., pedicels unequal longer or shorter than the campanulate lilac- 

 purple flowers, filaments broadly subulate much shorter than the oblong 

 subacute or obtuse sepals. Begel All. Monogr. 146. 



Sikkim Himalata ; in the inner ranges, alt. 11-14,000 ft., J. D. H., Blwes. 



Bulbs tufted, slender, cylindric ; outer scales of long parallel fibres. Leaves 2-3, 

 3-4 by y'j-J in. subacute. Scape 4-12 in. Head 6-15-fld. ; pedicels -Jj-J^ in. ; 

 spathe solitary, broadly ovate. Sepals i to nearly J in. ; inner filaments with a 

 broad triangular base adnate to the bases of the sepals; outer narrower free. 

 Capsule 3-lobed. Ovary subglobose ; style included, cells 2-ovuled. — Baker regards 



