Allium favosum, Zahar.

60. A. favosum Zahar. , Biol. Gallo-Hellen. 6: 54 (1975).

Bulbs 1-1-5 cm in diameter; outer tunics membranous. Stem 15-25 cm. Leaves 3-5, up to 10 cm x 1-3-5 mm, filiform or linear, glabrous, sheathing the lower of the stem, the ribs of the sheaths papillose with rows of cells as wide as long (visible at x 30). Spathe 2-valved; valves persistent, unequal, lanceolate at base, narrowed above into a slender appendage, the longer up to 8 cm. Umbel 3-4-5 cm in diameter, fastigiate or hemispherical; pedicels 10-35 mm, unequal. Perianth cup-shaped; segments 4-5 x 2 mm, pink or whitish and with a pale pink mid-vein, elliptical-oblong, obtuse but apiculate. Stamens slightly exserted; filaments c. 4- 5 mm; anthers yellow. Ovary ellipsoid, scabrid above; style 2-3 mm. Capsule 4-5 mm. • N. Greece (Makedhonia). Gr.