Liliaceae

A. fuscoviolaceum Fomin in Monit. Jard. Bot. Tiflis 14:50 (1909). Ic: Grossh., FL Kavk. ed. 2, 2: t. 13 f. 6, 6b (1940). Figure 7. Map 25. Bulb ovoid, 0.75-1.5 cm diam.; outer tunics papyraceous, grey. Stem (30-) 40-70 cm. Leaves 3-4, fistulose, 2-3 mm broad, semicylindrical, canaliculate, usually somewhat scabrid on margin of channel. Spathe 2-valved; valves with short beak, 2 x shorter than umbel. Umbel globose or hemispherical, 2-3 cm diam., many-flowered, dense. Pedicels subequal, 2-3 x perianth and slightly scabrid beneath it, bracteolate at base. Perianth oblong-ovoid; segments brownish vinous-purple, dark wine-red or more rarely light purple with darker mid-vein, c. 4 mm, connivent, oblong, smooth, outer ones obtuse, keeled. Filaments somewhat longer than perianth segments, ciliate; median cusp of inner filaments equalling lateral cusps and half as long as narrowly linear basal lamina. Style purple, exserted. Capsule broadly elliptic, c. 4 mm. Fl. 6-8. Dry stony slopes, roadsides, 830-2510 m.
Type: [Turkey A9 Kars} in prov. Kars, in monte Askjar-dagh prope Sary-kamysch, S. Michailowsky (holo. TBI).
E.Anatolia. A8 Erzurum: 2 km S.W. of Oltu, Marais, cult.! A9 Erzurum: nr Oltu, 1360 m, A. Baytop & Sariyar (ISTE 41206)! Kars: Ani to Kars, on Russian frontier, 1400 m, Akeroyd 200! B9 Bitlis: Nemrut Da., 2450 m, Tatli (ANK632)! Van: Erek Da., 2510 m, Meriçli (ISTE 33098)! B1O Kars: lğdir:Aralik arasi, 830 m, A. Baytop & Çubukçu (lSTE 42326)! Ağri: mt. Ararat (Büyük Ağri Da.), Kjellquist 6Î Transcaucasia, ?N. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. Not recorded by Wendelbo in Rech. fil, FL Iranica 76 (1971) but cited from Iran by Vvedensky in Fl. URSS 4:241 (1935) and Grossh., FL Kavk. ed. 2, 2:123 (1940). Close to A. sphaer-ocephalon, differing by its scabridulous leaves, numerous bracteoles at base of pedicels, ciliate filaments and less dense umbei A specimen from B6 Sivas (Bünyan to Pinarbaşi, 1400 m, Koyuncu AEF 5094!), previously determined by me as A. fuscoviolaceum and cited by Koyuncu in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 38:419 (1980), has minutely papillose (not smooth) perianth segments, and has therefore not been cited here.