Allium pyrenaicum, Costa & Vayr.

86. A. pyrenaicum Costa & Vayr. in Costa, Introd. FI. Cataluha ed. 2, Supl. 92 (1877).

Bulbs 2-3 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous. Stem 55-100 cm. Leaves 5-6, up to 45 cm x 15 mm, linear, flat, keeled beneath, sheathing the lower £-4 of the stem; margin minutely denticulate. Spathe c. 7 cm, 1 -valved, long-beaked, caducous. Umbel 4-7 cm in diameter, subglobose, many-flowered; pedicels up to 25 mm, almost equal. Perianth narrowly campanulate; segments 7-9 x 2 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, dull white, with green mid-vein; margin minutely serrate; keel scabrid. Stamens included except for their filiform cusps; outer 3 filaments c. 4 mm, simple, very narrowly triangular, the inner 3 with the basal lamina a little longer than the central cusp, the lateral cusps twice as long as the central cusp; anthers brown. Capsule c. 6 mm. Among rocks, 900-1200 m. • E. Pyrenees. Hs.