Allium narcissiflorum, Vili.

15. A. narcissiflorum Vili. , Prosp. Pl. Dauph. 18 (1779).

Bulbs 0-5 cm in diameter, oblong, clustered on a short rhizome; outer tunics persisting as layers of parallel fibres 1-5-5-5 cm. Stem 15-35 cm, 2-edged. Leaves 3-5, 9-28 cm x 2-6 mm, sheathing the stem in its lower part all to about the same level, linear, flat. Spathe up to 1-8 cm, 1-valved, often 2- to 3-lobed, persistent. Umbel at first nodding, later erect, fastigiate, with 5-8 flowers; pedicels 8-18 mm. Perianth campanulate; segments 10-15 mm, purple, the outer 3-5-5 mm wide, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, the inner 4-5-7 mm wide, narrowly obovate, rounded at apex. Stamens included; filaments c. 5 mm; simple; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule c. 5 mm. 2« = 14. Screes. • S.W. Alps and their foothills; once found in N.W. Portugal. Ga It Lu.