Allium inderiense, Fischer ex Bunge

17. A. inderiense Fischer ex Bunge in Goebel, Reise Steppen Russi. 2: 311 (1838).

Bulbs 0-7-l-5cm in diameter, narrowly conical, clustered on a short rhizome: outer tunics reticulately fibrous. Stem 20-40 cm, terete. Leaves 3-5, up to 6 cm x 1-3 mm, sheathing the lower | of the stem, linear, canaliculate. Spathe 2- valved; valves up to 1-5 cm, shortly beaked, persistent. Umbel 1- 5-3 cm in diameter, fastigiate or hemispherical, few-flowered; pedicels 5-15 mm in fruit. Perianth campanulate; segments 7-10 x 2-5-3 mm, purplish, with darker mid-vein, lanceolate, acute. Stamens equalling or slightly longer than the perianth; filaments 8 mm or more, simple, adnate to the perianth at base for 1-5 mm; anthers violet. Steppes. S.E. Russia, W. Kazakhstan. Rs (E). (W.C. Asia.)