Liliaceae

A.opacum Rech. fil. in Ark. Bot.n.s. l(5):302, t. 1 (1949). Map 15. Bulb ovoid, 1 cm diam.; outer tunics brown, inner tunics white, shiny,
membranous. Stem 16-23 cm, erect, ±flexuous, finely sulcate-striate, at first green, then yellowish. Leaves filiform, less than 1 mm broad, cylindrical, often as long as stem, glaucous. Valves of spathe scarcely dilated at base, ±unequal, 1.4-4 cm , herbaceous, often 2 x as long as umbel. Umbel 1.5-3.5 cm diam., many-flowered; pedicels unequal. Perianth campanulate; segments pale yellow with a non-coloured midvein, ± subpruinose, opaque, never shiny, c. 4 mm, ovate-elliptic, acute at apex. Filaments pale yellowish, not exserted or scarcely longer than perianth segments. Capsule depressed spherical-triquetrous, 3 ments pale yellowish, not exserted or scarcely longer than perianth segments. Capsule depressed spherical-triquetrous, 3 mm, longer than perianth segments. Fl. 5-8. Open places in forest, rocky ground, 800-1660 m.
Type: [N. Syria] inter urbem Aleppo et oppidum Antakieh (Antakya), Kasr el Benat, in rupestribus calc, c. 320 m, 29 v 1933, Samueisson 5508 (holo. S!).
S. Anatolia. C6 Gaziantep: Osmaniye, Nur Da. above Fevzipaşa, 800-1000 m, Koyuncu (AEF 2145)! Adana/Gaziantep: Osmaniye to Fevzipaşa, 1100 m, A. Baytop et al. (ISTE 4003)! C7 Adiyaman: d. Kahta, Nemrut Da., 1660 m, Tuzlaci & Saraçoğlu (lSTE 42216)! E. flanks of Akdag, 33 km from Adiy-aman, 1300 m, Kit-Tan 2002!
Latakia. E. Medit. element. Very closely related to A. chloranthurn and similar in its geographical distribution. According to Rechinger (loc. cit., i 949) it differs from A. chloranthum mainly in its opaque, subpruinose (not translucent and shiny) perianth segments.