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ALLIUM CowaBi. 

 Peruvian AUmm, 



HBXANDRIA MOSOGYmA. 



Nat.ord. ASPHODELE.S. Sroujn prod, 1. ^74. 

 ALLIUM. Cor. ^-partita patens. I^atha multiflora. UmbeUa con 

 gesta. Cap*, supera. Gen. pi. 657. 



Die. FoUa radicalia. Scapus nudu$. 

 A. Coaani, scapo nudo semiterete, foliis lanceolatts acuminatia flaccitUs 



ciliatts va^nantibus, umbella fastigiata, petalis obtusis. 



Radix bulbosus. Folia radicalia, lanceotata, acuminata^ ciliata,Jlac- 

 cida, vaginantia, bremora scapo nudo, semiterete, glabro. Umbellse spa- 

 tha hincfissa, omta, eumminata, pedicellis brevior. Corolla alba, patens, 

 petalis obUmgis, obtusis. Stamina petalis bremora, pistiUo sutKequaUa^ JiUi- 

 mentis subulatis. 



Roots of this new species of Allium were sent to the 

 Horticultural Society from Peru, in 1823, by James Cowan, 

 Esq. along with many other singular bulbous plants, from 

 elevated situations in that country. Of these we have lately 

 had the advantage of describing (foL 724) & curious new 

 mountain species of Amaryllis. The subject of this ar- 

 ticle flowered this summer in a cold frame in the garden of 

 the Society at Chiswick, and we had there an opportunity 

 of examining it. 



Although several species of the same genus had been 

 discovered in North America, some of which are said to be 

 identical with those of Europe or Asia, none had been 

 known to be natives of the southern part of the new world 

 before the arrival of the kind we are now describing. It is 

 nearly related to th^ common Allium ursinum of this coun- 

 try, from which it is distinguished by its leaves being cili- 

 ate, a little undulated, and much more flaccid, with quite 

 a different outline ; its petals are obtuse, not pointed. 



Root bulbous. Leaves at the surface of the ground, 

 lanceolate, with a long point, cUiate, flaccid, sheathing, 

 shorter than the scape, which is naked, half rounds and 



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