Allium acutiflorum, Loisel.

85. A. acutiflorum Loisel. in Desv., Jour. Bot. Redige 2: 279 (1809).

Bulbs 1-1-5 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous or coriaceous, splitting longitudinally. Stem 15-50 cm. Leaves 2-3, 8-20 cm x 1-6 mm, linear, flat, sheathing the lower of the stem; margin minutely denticulate. Spathe up to 2 cm, 1 - to 2-valved, shortly beaked, often persistent. Umbel 1 - 5-5 cm in diameter, hemispherical, many-flowered. Perianth campanulate; segments 6-7-5 x 2 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, purplish, smooth; keel slightly papillose. Stamens included; outer 3 filaments c. 4 mm, simple, very narrowly triangular, the inner 3 with the basal lamina ciliate and much longer than the central cusp, the lateral cusps twice as long as the central cusp; anthers yellowish. Capsule c. 4 mm. Sandy or rocky ground, mainly near the sea. • 5. France, Corse, N. W. Italy. Co Ga It.