Allium proponticum, Stearn & N. Ozhatay

91. A. proponticum Stearn & N. Özhatay , Ann. Mus. Goulandris 3: 48 (1977).

Bulb 1 -5-2-5 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous; bulblets white, acuminate. Leaves 3, up to 35 cm x 7 mm, fistular, semicylindrical, canaliculate, sheathing the lower I of the stem. Stem c. 120 cm. Spathe up to 2- 5 cm, 2- valved, beaked, persistent. Umbel c. 6-5 cm in diameter, hemi­ spherical, without bulbils; pedicels up to 35 mm, almost equal, papillose towards the apex. Perianth narrowly ovoid; segments pale pinkish-purple, the outer 3 -5 x 2 mm, broadly oblong, keeled, the inner 4 x 2- 5 mm, ovate, subacute, papillose on keel and surface. Stamens exserted; outer 3 filaments c. 5 -5 mm, simple, the inner 3 with the basal lamina 1 | times as long as the central cusp, the lateral cusps longer than the c. 2 mm central cusp. 2« = 16. Rocky slopes. • Turkey-in-Europe (near Tekirdag). Tu.