Allium sipyleum, Boiss.

58. A. sipyleum Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1(5): 58 (1844).

Bulbs c. 1 -5 cm in diameter; outer tunics membranous. Stem 10-30 cm. Leaves 3-4, 3-16 x 0-3-1 mm, sheathing the lower

of the stem, filiform, canaliculate above, ribbed beneath, minutely scabrid. Spathe-valves unequal, very narrowly lanceo­ late at base, gradually contracted into a long appendage, the longer valve 3-5 cm and exceeding the pedicels. Umbel 2-4 cm in diameter, fastigiate, few- to many-flowered, without bulbils; pedicels 5-30 mm, very unequal, ascending or erect. Perianth narrowly campanulate; segments 5-5-5 x 1-1-5 mm, pale pink, with red mid-vein, very narrowly oblong, acute. Stamens included; filaments c. 4-5 mm; anthers pale yellow. Ovary ellipsoid. Capsule c. 4 mm. S.E. Aegean region (Astipalaia). Gr. fKhios, W. Anatolia.)