Allium baeticum, Boiss.

84. A. baeticum Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1(7): 113 (1846).

Bulbs 2-2-5 cm in diameter, narrowly ovoid; outer tunic coriaceous, breaking from above downwards into parallel or partly reticulate fibres elongated into a neck 2-5-9 cm. Stem 30-90 cm. Leaves 3-6, up to 40 cm x 6 mm, fiat, usually withered at anthesis, sheathing the lower | of the stem. Spathe c. 3 cm, 1 -valved, long-beaked, caducous. Umbel 3-6 cm in diameter, hemispherical; pedicels up to 25 mm, unequal. Perianth cylindrical; segments 4-5 x 1 -2-2 mm, white, narrowly oblong, obtuse or subacute, usually papillose, particularly on the keel. Stamens included or slightly exserted; outer 3 filaments c. 6 mm, simple, the inner 3 with the basal lamina slightly shorter than or as long as the central cusp. Capsule c. 4 mm. 2n = 32. Rock-crevices. S. Spain, W.C. Portugal. Hs Lu. (N. W. Africa.)