LILIACEAE - China

adaxially channeled, margin ± scabrous. Scape 10–25 cm,terete, slightly angled, covered with leaf sheaths only at base.Spathe persistent. Umbel hemispheric to globose, few flowered.Pedicels equal, 2(–3) × as long as perianth, ebracteolate.Perianth purple-red; segments with conspicuous midvein,broadly elliptic to ovate, (4–)5 mm, apex obtuse; outer onesboat-shaped; inner ones slightly longer than outer. Filamentssubulate, subequal, 1–2 × as long as perianth segments, connateat base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary subglobose,without concave nectaries at base. Style not exserted. Fl. and fr.Jun–Aug. 2n = 16.Scrub, stony slopes, steppes. NW Xinjiang (Toli Xian) [Kazakstan,Mongolia, Russia].64. Allium brevidentatum F. Z. Li, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin6(1): 170. 1986.矮 齿 韭 ai chi jiuBulb usually solitary, cylindric; tunic brown, pale browninside, usually irregularly splitting at apex. Leaves linear, longerthan scape, 2–3 mm wide, flat. Scape 20–30 cm, terete,finely angled near apex. Spathe 2-valved, persistent. Umbellaxly flowered. Pedicels subequal, ca. 2 × as long as perianth,ebracteolate. Perianth pale yellowish green; outer segmentsoblong, boat-shaped, ca. 5 mm; inner ones oblong, ca. 5.5 mm.Filaments equal, ca. 1.5 × as long as perianth segments, connateat base and adnate to perianth segments; outer ones subulate;inner ones broadened at base, 1-toothed on each side. Ovaryovoid, with concave nectaries covered by hoodlike projectionsat base. Style exserted, ca. 4 mm. Fl. Jul.Sunny slopes. C Shandong (Tai Shan).65. Allium taishanense J. M. Xu in F. T. Wang & Tang, Fl.Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 14: 285. 1980.泰 山 韭 tai shan jiuBulb solitary or clustered, subcylindric, ca. 0.5 cm indiam., attached to an oblique,stout rhizome; tunic grayish black,membranous, entire. Leaves broadly linear, shorter than to subequalingscape, 7–10 mm wide, attenuate at both ends, abaxially1-angled, scabrous-denticulate along angle and margin.Scape 22–27 cm, 2-angled, scabrous-denticulate along angles,covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 2-valved, persistent.Umbel nearly hemispheric, many flowered. Pedicelssubequal, 2–3 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth palered to white; segments ovate-oblong; outer ones 3.2–3.8 × 1.7–1.9 mm; inner ones 3.7–4.6 × 2.2–2.5 mm. Filaments equal,slightly longer than perianth segments, connate at base and adnateto perianth segments for ca. 0.6 mm; outer ones ca. 1/2 aswide at base as inner; inner ones with a broadened, triangularbase. Ovary obovoid-globose, with concave nectaries coveredby hoodlike projections at base. Style exserted. Fl. Sep.Slopes; 300–600 m. C Shandong (Tai Shan).66. Allium chiwui F. T. Wang & Tang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst.Biol. 7: 294. 1937.冀 韭 ji jiuBulb solitary or clustered, subcylindric, 0.7–1.3 cm indiam., attached to a horizontal, stout rhizome; tunic grayishblack, sometimes tinged with purple, membranous, entire.Leaves linear, shorter than to subequaling scape, 2–5 mm wide,flat, smooth, apex obtuse. Scape 13–30 cm, terete, 2-angled,covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 2-valved, persistent.Umbel hemispheric, densely many flowered. Pedicels subequalingperianth, ebracteolate. Perianth white to yellow; outersegments ovate, boat-shaped, 4–6 × 2–2.5 mm; inner onesovate-oblong, 4.5–7 × 2.2–2.9 mm. Filaments equal, equalingto slightly longer than perianth segments, connate at base andadnate to perianth segments; outer ones subulate; inner onestriangular. Ovary obovoid-globose, without concave nectariesat base. Style longer than ovary, exserted. Fl. Jul.Slopes; 2100–2500 m. WC Hebei (Huailai Xian, XiaowutaiShan).67. Allium spurium G. Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6:59. 1827.岩 韭 yan jiuAllium dauricum Frizen; A. saxicola Kitagawa.Bulb solitary or paired, cylindric to conical-cylindric, 0.5–1.5 cm in diam., attached to a subterranean, normally not thickrhizome; tunic whitish gray, membranous, apex splitting.Leaves narrowly linear, straight, shorter or longer than scape,(1.5–)2–4 mm wide, flat to convex-flat, fleshy, margin minutelyscabrous, apex acute to gradually attenuate, truncate. Scape(20–)30–40 cm, terete, not angled, wingless, covered with leafsheaths only at base. Spathe 2-valved, usually caducous, apexacuminate. Umbel laxly hemispheric, many flowered. Pedicels(2–)3–4 × as long as perianth, usually ebracteolate. Perianthwhitish pink or rose pink to pink-lilac, lustrous; segments withred, fine midvein or without midvein, narrowly elliptic oroblong-elliptic, 4.5–5.5(–6) × 1.5–2 mm, apex truncate toacute; outer ones boat-shaped. Filaments subulate, subequal,slightly longer than perianth segments, connate at base andadnate to perianth segments; inner ones wider than outer. Ovaryovoid, without concave nectaries. Style exserted. Fl. Jul–Jug. 2n= 32.Saline meadows, steppes, sandy places, sometimes stony placesand cliffs. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, E Nei Mongol [Mongolia,Russia].Allium spurium, A. spirale, and A. senescens are closely relatedtaxa, and have been united under the name A. senescens in treatments inother floras, e.g., FRPS and Fl. URSS.68. Allium spirale Willdenow, Enum. Pl., Suppl. 17. 1814.扭 叶 韭 niu ye jiuAllium austrosibiricum Frizen; A. burjaticum Frizen; A.glaucum Schrader ex Poiret.Bulbs clustered, conical-cylindric, 0.5–1.5 cm in diam.,attached to a subterranean, horizontal rhizome; tunic grayishwhite to yellowish brown or pale lilac-gray, membranous orscarious, usually entire. Leaves linear, spirally tortuous, shorterthan scape, 4–6 mm wide, flat, main veins and margins minutelyscabrous-denticulate, rarely smooth, apex obtuse. Scape(15–)20–40 cm, terete, subangular, narrowly 2-winged beneath