ALLIUM 
Nepal Fragrant Allium. 
HEXAHJDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Asphou£le.£. 
ALLIUM L. Supra vol. 9, fol, 758. 
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A. fragrans ; scapo terete, foliis linearibus carinatis obtusis contortis, pedun- 
culis nudis, staminlbus planis. Vent. Cels. t. 26. Pers. syn. 1.357. 
13. Nepalensc ; iimbella (J-Hora, aiilheris liiteis. 
tolia peddlin, dehili'i, dij/'usa, lincai id, obtusn, (jhaiccficcntia, apice cou- 
tortu. iicdpus (flahcr, crectus, teres, foliis paido /iiiiijior, Ju/iantyri colore, hasi 
ruhesccns. Uml)ella 6-Jiora, sputhd hrevi, scoriosd, dipln/lld. I'cdiiilli 
recti, rirjidi, graciles, clongati. Peiiaiithiiiiu ()-Jidn>n, turhiiitition , htciniis 
alhis, patcntibiis, obtusis, (vqiialibus, concacis, tubo riridi. Stamina ('), jx ri- 
anthii fere longitudine, erccta, tubi apice inserta. Filamenta lincari-luncco- 
lata, alba, basi viridia. Antherse polline luteo. Ovarium cylindrac.cum , 
6-costatum, glaberrinmm. Stylus staminum longitudine. Stigma simplex, 
parvum, depressant. Obs. Flores Jragrantissim. 
This plant was raised in 1823, in the Chiswick Garden, 
from seeds presented to the Horticultural Society by the 
Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company. 
Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered in a 
green-house, in October last. 
We are unable to distinguish it from the 4///«w^/r^/^'ri//i!* 
of the French, which is a native of Africa, by any other 
differences than those which we have indicated ; that is to 
say, by the yellow, not purple colour of the pollen, and by 
the small number of flowers in each head. We have com- 
|)arcd it with numerous living plants received by the 
Horticultural Society from Paris, as the A. fragrans oi 
Ventenat, and we MA them agree in almost every other 
particular, especially in the ulaucous colour of the leaves 
and stems, in the twist at the extremity of the former, and 
in the colour and size of their flov/ers. 
