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ALLIUM STRIATUM. STREAK-LEAVED 
GaRLIC. 
TR Reese eee dee 
Clafs and Order. 
Hexanpria MonocyNias 
Generic Charafter.—Vide Nem 869. 
Specific Charager and Synonyms. 
ALLIUM frriatum ; foliis radicalibus, lineari-loratis, obtufulis, — 
canaliculato-concavis, infra convexulis ftriatulis ; 
{capo nudo ex tereti compreffo iftis fubaquali ; 
fpatha f{cariofo-membranacea, acuminato-ovata, 
umbeila laxa pauciflora triplo breviore ; corolla 
laciniis lanceolatis, patentibus ; filamentis fubulatis 
 brevioribus, zqualibus. G. : 
ALLIUM frriatum. Facq. Ic. 2. t. 366. Goll. 5. 51. Willd. 
Sp. Pl. 2. 77- 
‘Seclinitieesiie 
Descr. Bulb about:the fize of a filbert, tunicated, white ; 
leaves about feven or eight inches high, feveral, radical, up- 
tight, ftiffith, linear-lorate, attenuated upwards, bluntifh, 
toncave-channelled within, outwards convex, ftriatulate ; Scape 
about equal to thefe, from round compreffed, naked ; {pathe 
bivalved, valve {cariofe-membranous, ovate-acuminate, about 
three times fhorter than the umbel, which is few-flowered 
(6—7) lax; pedicles filiform, about an inch and a half long ; 
corolla patent; fegments lanceolate ; filaments fubulate, equal, 
fhorter than the corolla; fryle filiform; cap/ule trigonal- 
turbinate ;_/eed black, fhining, from orbicular varioufly preffed. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Satispury’s Botanic Garden 
at Brompton. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope. Has been known for 
fome years among the Nurferymen, but not by the true name. 
Blooms in May. Was moft probably imported by the way of 
Holland. Has not the leaft fcent of garlic (that we could 
perceive) in any part of it. G. 
