Allium albiliorurn, Omelczuk

88. A. albilìorurn Omelczuk , Ukr. Bot. Żur. 19(2): 19 (1962).

Bulbs 1-1-8 cm in diameter; outer tunics membranous; bulblets reddish-brown. Stem 40-70 cm. Leaves 3-4, 2-5-3 mm wide, sheathing the lower i of the stem, flat, with scabrid margin. Spathe shortly beaked, caducous. Umbel fastigiate, many- flowered; pedicels of perfect flowers 10-15 mm, ascending, of almost sessile male flowers much shorter. Perianth ovoid; segments white, the outer 4- 5 x 1 -3 mm, broadly lanceolate, subacute, scabrid on the keel, the inner 5 x 2- 5 mm, obovate, obtuse. Stamens included; outer 3 filaments simple, subulate; inner 3 with the basal lamina 3 | times as long as the central cusp, the lateral cusps twice as long as the central cusp. Capsule c. 3 -5 mm. • Mountains of Krym. Rs (K).

Distinguished most readily from 87 by its white flowers.