Allium cyrilli, Ten.

107. A. cyrilli Ten. , FZ. Nap. 3: 364 (1828-1829).

Bulbs 1 -2 cm in diameter, broadly ovoid; outer tunics membranous. Stem 50-60 cm. Leaves 3-5, 20-30 cm x 10-35 mm, all basal, broadly linear. Spathe becoming 2- to 3-fid; valves up to 2 cm, narrowly triangular, acuminate. Umbel 4-7 cm in diameter, hemispherical or fastigiate, many-flowered; pedicels 15-25 mm, almost equal. Perianth cup-shaped at anthesis, later deflexed; segments 6-7 x 1-1-5 mm, white, with broad green median stripe, linear, acute, the apices curving inwards at anthesis. Stamens about as long as perianth-segments; filaments c. 6-5 mm, connate into an annulus at the base, 1 -5-2 mm wide and narrowly triangular at base, gradually narrowed above into a subulate, fleshy filament; anthers yellowish. Capsule c. 5 mm. Cultivated ground. S. & E. Greece; S. Italy. Gr It.