342 CLvi. LiLiAOE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Allium. 



this species as intermediate between the smaller Tars, of A, angulosvm, and 

 Schasnoprasum. 



B. Outer scales of the bulb of reticulated fibres, obscurely so in 

 tuberosum. 



* Stamens longer than the perianth. 



16. A. Jacquemontll, Begel All. Monogr. 162 ; leaves basal filiform 

 subterete shorter or equalling the slender strict scape, head globose or sub- 

 globose, pedicels shorter or longer than the lilac campanulate flowers, 

 sepals oblong-lanceolate obtuse or subacute, filaments exserted subulate 

 inner with a dilated 2-toothed base. A. junceum, Jacquem. mss. ; Baker 

 in Journ. Bot. 1874, 295 (not of Smith). A. leptophyllum. Wall. Gat. 

 6073 B. 



Westebn Tibet, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Jacquemont, Thomson ; north of Kumaon, 

 alt. 16,500 ft., Strachey ^ Wmteriottom. 



Bulbs tufted, cylindric, elongate ; fibrous coats very finely reticulate, rusty 

 brown. J,eares 3-6, 4-6 by .J-^ in. Scape 3-9 in. Sead 1— li in. diam. ; spatbes 

 2, membranous ; pedicels -^^-i in- Filaments inserted much above the bases of the 

 sepals, shortly exserted, inner obscurely toothed at the base. Capsule globosely 

 ovoid ; style very long • — -Much eaten in Western Tibet. Baker regards it as pos- 

 sibly a variety of the Siberian A. lineare, which has broader leaves and much 

 broader inner filaments. 



17. A> aurlculatum, Kunth Unwm. iv. 418 ; leaves narrowly linear 

 flat obtuse stout shorter than the terete striate scapes, head globose very 

 dense-fld., pedicels about equalling the very small campanulate purplish 

 flowers, filaments as long as the oblong obtuse sepals, outer broadly 

 subulate inner auricled at the base, stigma penicillate, Baker in Journ. 

 Bot. 1874, 295. 



Western Himalaya ; Kumaon, Jaequemont. 



Bulh elongate, narrow, seated on an oblique rootstock ; scales brown, reticulate, 

 exactly as in A. Jacquemontii. Leaves 6-9 by i-J in., margins erose. Scape 

 12-18 in., strict. Mead f in. diam. ; spathes 2-3, short, acuminate ; pedicels ^ in. 

 Sepals i in. long ; filaments on the base of the sepals, outer rather shorter than the 

 inner. Ovan/ subglobose. 



18. A. victorialis, Linn. Sp. PI. 295 ; leaves petioled elliptic- to 

 oblong-lanceolate obtuse or acute shorter than the terete scape, head 

 drooping in bud then erect lax-fid., pedicels much longer than the stellate 

 greenish white or yellowish fiowers, filaments simple longer than the 

 oblong subacute sepals gradually dilated from the middle to the base. 

 Kunth Enum. iv. 432 ; ,1 Don. Monogr. All. 96 ; Begel All. Monogr. 170 ; 

 Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 291 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, v. 245 ; Jacq. Fl. Austr. 

 iii. t. 216; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Oerm. X. t. 508; Bedoute Lil. v. t. 265; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1222. A. ellipticum. Wall. Cat. 5069 ; Kunth I. a. 456. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 7-13,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards to Sikkim. 

 — DisTRiB. Europe, N. Asia to Japan ; N.-W. America. 



Bulbs 2-3 in. long, clustered on an oblique rootstock, suhconic or cylindric, 

 outer scales fibrous, reticulate. Stem leafy. Leaves from below the middle of the 

 scape, 6-10 by l-SJ in., glaucous, rarely acuminate, narrowed into the petiole. 

 Scape terete below, angled above. Head 1-1^ in. diam., spathes 2, shorter 

 or longer than the flowers, pedicels i-1 in. Sepals i-i in., spreading and 

 reflexed ; filaments inserted on the bases of the sepals, outer narrowly subulate, inner 



