Allium jubatum

100. A. jubatum Macbride , Contr. Gray Herb. nov. ser., 56: 7 (1918)

( A. cristatum Boiss. , non S. Watson).

Bulbs c. 1 cm in diameter, ovoid; outer tunics membranous. Stem 30-38 cm. Leaves 2-3, up to 18 cm x 1 -2 mm, fistular, semiterete, sheathing the lower 1 of the stem. Spathe up to 1 cm, 2- to 3-lobed, persistent. Umbel c. 2 cm in diameter, subglobose, dense, manyflowered; pedicels up to 8 mm, almost equal. Perianth oblong; segments dimorphic, the outer c. 6-5 x 2 mm, purplish, oblong, acute, cymbiform, scabrid on the keel, the inner 7-7- 5 x 2- 5 mm, whitish, narrowly oblong, the apex almost truncate and with numerous short teeth, papillose outside. Stamens included; outer 3 filaments 3 - 5 mm, simple, the inner 3 with the basal lamina c. 5 times as long as the central cusp, the lateral cusps more than twice as long as the central cusp; anthers pale yellow. FLooûfr. C. Bulgaria (near Kalofer). Bu. (N. W. Anatolia.)

Not found again in Bulgaria since the original collection.