uteum, in sicco sphæroideo-polyedricum, sub aqua 
rlobosum, granulis multis band perfecte sphæricis, 
x)tundato-ovatis, abortivis nullis. Ovarium e basi an- 
Tustata elongato-ellipsoideum, tertio superiore in 
"ostrum tenue conicum, rudimentum styli simulans 
;ensim attenuatum, in sicco elevato sexcostatum, 
phyllis subtriplo brevius ; stigmata minuta rotun- 
iata rostro ovarii vix latiora. Capsula parva, circiter 
15 mm. longa 10 lata, ? ovata subglobosa trigona, utrin- 
que, sed apice abruptius contracta, breviter mucronu- 
lata ; semina plana oblique et obsolète trigona, 5 mm. 
longa 3 lata, angulis 2 obtusis, altero acutiore, anguste 
marginata. Caulis lævis tenuis, sub anthesi circa 
15 cm., fructifer ultra 20 cm. altus, strictus, prope 
florem et supra bulbum fere filiformis, uni-vel biflo- 
rus, rarius 3—5 florus, folio superiori subæquilongus, 
inferne longe nudus, parte subterranea verticali ad 
5 cm. longa. Folia 2—3 linearia angustissima, parti 
mediæ et superiori caulis vel ejus bifurcationibus 
imposita, summum erecto-patulum planiusculum 
subulatum, ima magis horizontaliter patentia, mar- 
ginibus (in sicco) valde revoluta fere fistulosa, omnia 
glaberrima. Bulbi subverticalis elongato-ovati tunicæ 
fuscæ intus apice lana rufa molli vestitæ; bulbi 
novelli 1—5, stoloni elongato subverticali adnati, 
remoti vel arcte accumbentes in catenam monilifor- 
mem dispositi. 
Rab . In Rossia austro-orientali (Sarepta, Becker, Exsicc. 
Àstrachan.) et, extra Europæ confines, in Bibiria Uralensi 
et Altaica, in Turcomania, Iberia orientali (M. Bieb.) et 
Persia, ubi var. p major Boiss. fere pedalis, perianthio 
fere pollicem longo, a cl. Haussknecht lecta est. — Lana 
tunicarum in speciminibus junioribus reductis interdum 
