Liliaceae

B. longistyla (Miscz.) Grossh., Fl. Kavk. 1:234 (1928). Syn: Hyacinthus longistylus Miscz. in Acta Inst. Agr. Kub. 5:157 (1927);B. araxina Woronow in Bull. Jard. Bot. URSS 26:615 (1927). Ic: Wendelbo, Tulips & Irises of Iran 47, f. 48(1977). Map 43.
Leaves c. 5, ± as long as scape, to 3(-4) cm broad, green, margin ciliolate to scabrid or smooth. Raceme 12-25-flowered, lax. Pedicels 10-20 mm. Flower buds purplish. Perianth with purplish tube and white,green-veined lobes,nodding to patent, (9-)10-12 mm, campanulate, lobes 1/2-2/3 x tube. Fruiting raceme conical; lowermost pedicels (4-)5-8 cm, patent. Valves of capsule c. 15 mm, broadly ovate, retuse at apex. Fl. 5. Hillsides, steppe, 1 750-2300 m.
Described from S. Transcaucasia.
E. Anatolia. B9 Bitlis: d. Tatvan, above Pelli, 1750m,Peşmen 3103! Van: 8 km from Van to Giirpinar (Havasor), 2000 m, D. 44721! 5 km S. of Van, 2300 m, Campbell 101!
N.W. & W. Iran, Transcaucasia. Ir.-Tur. element. Turkish material here referred to B. longistyla differs from that from Iran in being more slender, with narrower leaves and shorter pedicels.