Allium bourgeaui, Rech. fil.

80. A. bourgeaui Rech. fil. , Ann. Naturh. Mus. (Wien) 47: 150 (1936).

Bulbs c. 1 - 5 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous; bulblets 8-16 mm, yellowish-brown to brown. Stem 45-115 cm. Leaves 4-11, 6-25 mm wide, linear, flat, keeled, with the margin scabrid, sheathing the lower of the stem, withered at anthesis. Spathe 1 -valved, quickly caducous, ovate at base, abruptly contracted above into a beak up to 15 cm. Umbel 3-6 cm in diameter, subglobose or hemispherical, many-flowered; pedicels 10-25 mm, almost equal. Perianth cylindrical, campanulate, ellipsoid or ovoid; segments 2-5-5-5 x 1-2- 5 mm, cymbiform, the outermostly lanceolate and acute or obtuse, the inner narrowly oblong and obtuse or truncate. Stamens long-exserted; outer 3 filaments 3 -5-4-5 mm, simple, the inner 3 with the basal lamina about twice as long as the central cusp, ciliate; anthers yellow, red or purple. Capsule c. 4 mm. Cliffs and rocky slopes. S. Aegean region. Cr Gr.

1 Perianth ellipsoid or ovoid, reddish; outer segments 4-5 mm,

with small and large papillae especially along keel

(c) subsp. creticum 1 Perianth campanulate or cylindrical; outer segments 2-5-4 mm,

with uniform small papillae 2 Perianthpalegreen; anthersyellow (a) subsp. bourgeaui 2 Perianthpurple; antherspurple (b) subsp. cycladicum