72! MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM, 
MOHUM. 
Divisio VIII. — Umhella bulbifera. Spatha bi- vel tri- 
loba marcescens. Stamina subulata, basi dilatata. 
Scapi nudi, centrales. Folia lorata vel linearia. Flores 
patentes. 
Sect. 1. — Flores albi ; scapi tjiquetri. 
94. All paradoxum^ foliis linearibus carinatis, spatha 
bivalvi, perianthii laciniis lanceolatis obtusis, staminibus 
perianthio brevioribus, umbella pauciflora subprolifera. 
Scilla paradoxa, Fl. Taur. Cauc. Suppl. p. 257- No. 6861. 
Hab. in Sibiria. Floret Aprili. 
Bulbus ovatus, albus. Scapus gracilis, triqueter, 3 v. 4-uncialis, fo- 
liis brevior. Folia lineari-lorata, acuta, subtus carinata, viridia, ple- 
rumque dua. Spatha bivalvis, brevis. Umbella 3 ad 6-flora, bulbifera, 
saepe prolifera ; bulbis oblongis, viridibus. PeriantMum album : laciniis 
lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, nervo medio ochroleuco carinatis. Stamina pe- 
rianthio breviora. Filamenta subulata, alba. Antherce oblongae, lutese. 
Obs. This curious little plant was received from Mr Otto 
of Berlin, some years ago, by Mr Anderson. It appears 
to me to be the Scilla par-adooca of Bieberstein. See 
Flora Taurico-Caucasia. 
Sect. — Flores lutei ; scapi teretes. 
95. All. scorzoneri/blium, foliis lineai'ibus subtus nervo- 
sis, spatha univalvi, umbella pauciflora, perianthii laciniis 
ovato-oblongis obtusiusculis, staminibus perianthio paulo 
brevioribus 
