Liliaceae

F. uva-vulpis Rix in Kew Bull. 29:651, f. 3 (1975). Ic: Iran. J. Bot. 1(2): t. 5 (1977), as F. assyriaca; Hooker fil., Ic. PI. 39: t. 3831 (1980), as F. assy- riaca. Bulb to 3 cm diam., with few bulblets. Stem 10-20 cm, smooth. Leaves 3-5, shining green, all alternate, lowest 8-12 x 1-2 cm, narrowly lanceolate, acute. Radical leaves narrowly lanceolate. Flowers solitary, perianth narrowly campanulate, usually rounded, outside purplish-grey, glaucous, inside yellowish; segments 20-28 mm, outer 6-7 mm broad, ovate to ovate-lanceolate,obtuse or acute, inner 6-12 mm broad, obovate, obtuse. Nectaries 4 x 1.3 mm, 1 mm above perianth base. Filaments 6-9 mm, papillose, swollen. Style 5-7 mm, 3-4 mm diam., stout, undivided, papillose. Capsule not winged. Water meadows, c. 1450 rn.
Type: Iraq: Rowanduz: Haji Omran, in cultivated ground and cornfields, 2100 m, 14iv 1958, [O.] Polunin 5059 (nolo. E! iso. K!).
S. E. Anatolia. B9 Siirt: above Şirnak, 1450 m, D. 42615 (in fruit)!
N. Iraq, N.W, Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.