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,te 59] ALLIUM LLOYDIA 177
.ong, gradually broadened from the middle to the base,
aments inserted on the bases of the segments, simple,
iger than the segments, outer narrowly awl-shaped, inner
ice-shaped. Ovary broadly inversely heart-shaped style
;
>truding. Capsule J in. diameter.
Locality. Temperate region.
Distribution. From Kashmir to Sikkim, N. Asia to Japan,
rope, N.W. America.
Allium Wallichii,
Kunth.
Bulbs small, clustered. Stem-base clothed with leaf-sheaths,
aves basal, 4-6, linear or narrowly sword-shaped, flat, 2-3
-f in., longer than the stout, 3-angular, l-2^> ft. long,
Bering stem. Flower-head 2-3 in. diameter, lax-flowered.
>wer-stalks 1-14 in. long, much longer than the star-shaped,
:ple flowers. Spathes as long as the flower-stalks. Perianthments
linear, J in. long, narrow, blunt, bent back, longer
in the simple filaments, which are inserted on their bases.
Locality.
Gilgit.
Distribution. Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to
:kim.
LLOYDIA, Salisb.
ber Edward Lloyd, an antiquary of the 18th century, who discovered
the following species in Wales.)
ig. 5. Lloydia serotina, Eeichb. Mountain Spiderwort.
^ small, hairless herb. Bulb i-1 in-, neck very long.
ims 3-6 in. high, slender, bearing a few small leaves and
r 2 nearly erect flowers. Radical leaves 1-3, linear, 4-10 in.
g. Perianth bell-shaped, J-f in. long. Segments 6,
ersely egg-shaped or spoon-shaped, broad or narrow,
binct, at length spreading, white with violet veins or yellow,
3 rounded. Stamens 6, at the base of the segments, and
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ch shorter. Anthers attached at the base. Ovary oblong,
elled. Style thick, straight, tip minutely 3-lobed. Capsule
bose, i in. diameter. Seeds many, small, flattened.
Blowers. June, July.
locality. Aporwat, big rocks on open hill-side, above
000 ft., common; Tosh Maidan, on rocks; below
Shah ki Alam, 11,000 ft.
distribution. Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim,
000-17,000 ft., high mountains of Asia, Europe and
America.
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