Allium hirtovaginum, P. Candargy

72. A. hirtovaginum P. Candargy , Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 44: 142 (1897).

Bulb c. lcm in diameter; outer tunics membranous. Stem 10-20 cm. Leaves 3, up to 14 cmx 0-4 mm, sheathing the lower å or more of the stem, filiform, canaliculate above, the lamina and sheath with many ascending hairs. Spathe 2-valved; valves unequal, narrowly lanceolate or linear at base, narrowed above into a long slender appendage longer than the pedicels, the longer 5-12 cm. Umbel 2-3-5 cm in diameter, diffuse, with 10-25 flowers; pedicels up to 20 mm, unequal. Perianth cam- panulate; segments 4-4- 3 × 1-2 mm, pink, oblong, obtuse. Stamens exserted; filaments c. 5 mm; anthers yellow. Ovary subglobose, contracted at base into a very short stipe. E. Greece (Prov. Trikkala). Gr.