Allium longanum, Pamp.

29. A. longanum Pamp. , Bull. Soc. Bot. Jtal. 1912: 116 (1912).

Bulbs 0-8-1 - 5 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous, not pitted. Stem 15-42 cm, terete. Leaves 2-3, up to 30 cm x 3-8 mm, linear, sparsely or profusely ciliate. Spathe up to 1 - 5 cm, 1 -valved, often 2-lobed, persistent, a little shorter than pedicels. Umbel 2-4-5 cm in diameter, fastigiate, with 6-25 flowers; pedicels 8-20 mm. Perianth campanulate; segments white, pink-tinged, narrowly oblong, unequal, the outer 7-12 x 4-5-6 mm, the inner 6-10 x 3-4-5 mm, truncate-rounded and emarginate at apex. Stamens included; filaments unequal, the outer 3 - 5-4- 5 mm, the inner 5-6-5 mm, narrowly triangular; anthers yellow. Capsule 4 mm. S. Aegean region (Kriti, Sirna, Astipalaia). Cr Gr. (Cyrenaica, Egypt.)