LILIACEAE - China

Xian).8. Allium xiangchengense J. M. Xu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31:374. 1993.乡 城 韭 xiang cheng jiuRoots thick, fleshy. Bulbs clustered, cylindric, 0.3–0.4 cmin diam.; tunic white, membranous, entire, with some fibers.Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, shorter than scape, 1.5–2cm wide, midvein distinct, base conspicuously attenuate, apexacuminate. Scape lateral, 23–26 cm, terete, covered with leafsheaths only at base. Spathe 1-valved, persistent. Umbel globose,laxly flowered. Pedicels equal, 2–3 × as long as perianth,ebracteolate. Perianth white; segments lanceolate, 4.5–5 × ca. 1mm, apex acuminate, sometimes 2-lobed. Filaments subulate,slightly longer than perianth segments, connate at base and adnateto perianth segments. Ovary subglobose, base without concavenectaries, constricted into a stipe ca. 0.5 mm; ovules 1 perlocule. Style longer than ovary; stigma punctiform. Fl. Aug.Forest margins, shady and damp places; ca. 3300 m. W Sichuan(Xiangcheng Xian).9. Allium hookeri Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 339. 1864.宽 叶 韭 kuan ye jiuRoots elongate, thick, fleshy. Bulbs clustered, cylindric;tunic membranous, entire. Leaves linear to broadly so, shorterthan to subequaling scape, 0.5–1 cm wide, midvein distinct.Scape lateral, usually arising from base of bulb, (10–)20–60cm, usually without leaf sheaths, sometimes with 1. Spathe 2-valved,usually deciduous. Umbel hemispheric to globose, manyflowered. Pedicels subequal, 2–3(–4) × as long as perianth,ebracteolate. Perianth white or greenish yellow to yellow; segmentssimilar, lanceolate, 4–7.5 × 1–1.5 mm, apex acuminate,sometimes unequally 2-lobed. Filaments subulate, slightlyshorter than to subequaling perianth segments, connate at baseand adnate to perianth segments. Ovary obovoid, smooth, baseconstricted into a short stipe; ovules 1 per locule. Style longerthan ovary; stigma punctiform. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct. 2n = 22*,44*.Forests, forest margins, moist places, meadows; 1400–4200 m.SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, SriLanka].1a. Perianth white ............................................ 9a. var. hookeri1b. Perianth greenish yellow to yellow ......... 9b. var. muliense9a. Allium hookeri var. hookeri宽 叶 韭 ( 原 变 种 ) kuan ye jiu (yuan bian zhong)Allium tsoongii F. T. Wang & Tang.Perianth white.Forests, moist places; 1400–4000 m. SW Sichuan, SE Xizang,NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka].Cultivated as a vegetable in someparts of S China.9b. Allium hookeri var. muliense Airy Shaw, Notes Roy. Bot.Gard. Edinburgh 16: 139. 1931.木 里 韭 mu li jiuPerianth greenish yellow to yellow.Forest margins, meadows, moist places; 2800–4200 m. SWSichuan, NW Yunnan.10. Allium omeiense Z. Y. Zhu, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(4):65. 1989.峨 眉 韭 e mei jiuRoots elongate, thick, fleshy. Bulbs clustered, cylindric,robust, 1.5–2 cm in diam.; tunic fibrous. Leaves band-shaped tolinear-oblanceolate, longer than scape, (1.5–)2–3.5 cm wide,midvein distinct. Scape lateral, 30–65 cm, terete, sometimesslightly compressed, covered with leaf sheaths for ca. 1/3 itslength, reflexed after anthesis. Spathe deciduous. Umbel hemispheric,usually with leafing bulblets. Pedicels subequal, slightlylonger than to 2 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianthwhite; segments linear to linear-lanceolate, 9–11 × 0.5–1.1 mm,apex caudate; inner ones slightly shorter than outer, united intoa tube ca. 1 mm, midvein pale green. Filaments subulate, equal,ca. 1/2 as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnateto perianth segments. Ovary subglobose, smooth; ovules 1(or 2)per locule. Style longer than ovary; stigma punctiform. Fl. andfr. Aug–Oct. 2n = 22*.Stream banks, slopes; 1000–1200 m. C Sichuan (Emei Shan,Hongya Xian).Cultivated as vegetable on Emei Shan.11. Allium chienchuanense J. M. Xu in F. T. Wang & Tang,Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 14: 284. 1980.剑 川 韭 jian chuan jiuRoots elongate, thick, fleshy. Bulb solitary or clustered,cylindric, robust, 2–3 cm in diam.; tunic fibrous. Leaves bandshaped,shorter than scape, 1.5–3(–5) cm wide, midvein distinct.Scape lateral, 75–80 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheathsfor ca. 1/3 its length.Spathe deciduous.Umbel subglobose. Pedicelssubequal, 2–3 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianthyellow; segments all similar, oblong to oblong elliptic, 6–7 × 2–2.2 mm, basally united into a tube ca. 1 mm, apex irregularlydenticulate, rarely entire. Filaments subulate, equal, slightlylonger than perianth segments, connate at base for ca. 1.5 mmand adnate to perianth segments. Ovary obovoid, smooth, baseconstricted into a short stipe; ovules 2 per locule. Style longerthan ovary; stigma punctiform. Fl. Sep.Streamsides, moist places; ca. 3100 m. Yunnan (JianchuanXian).12. Allium fasciculatumRendle, J. Bot. 44: 42. 1906.粗 根 韭 cu gen jiuAllium gageanum W. W. Smith.Roots tuberous, short, thick. Bulb solitary or clustered,cylindric; tunic pale brown, fibrous. Leaves linear, usuallylonger than scape, 2–5 mm wide, midvein obscure. Scapelateral, (5–)15–40 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths for 1/4–2/5 its length. Spathe 1- or 2-valved, persistent or deciduous.Umbel globose. Pedicels subequal, 1.5–2 × as long as perianth,ebracteolate. Perianth white; segments lanceolate, 4.5–6 × 1.4–2.2 mm, base usually broadened, rounded, apex acuminate or