142 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ° Allium. 
Beng. Gundeena. 
Pers. Gundana. 
Arab. Koomass, 
3. A. sativum, Willd. 2. 68. — 
Stem flat-leaved. Umbel bulbiferous. Bulb compound. 
Stamens three-pointed. . 
Sans. Lusoona, Mahoushwdha, &c. 
Beng. Lusoon, but generally pronounced Rusoon. 
Pers. Seer. 
4. A. cepa. Willd. 2. 80. 
Scape naked, gibbous near the base, longer than the 
colummar leaves. 
Arab. Besel, or Bassul. 
5. A. ascalonicum: Willd. 2. 75. te 
Biennial. Scape naked, round, a little swelled below, 
and longer than the sub-columnar leaves. Umbels round, ig 
many-flowered, Stamens alternately swelled at the base. 
Petals equal, expanding, shorter than the stamens, = ,_—| 
Beng. Peeaj. 
Sans. Pulandoo, Fe 
This very useful onion, is much cultivated in India 
during the latter part of the rains, and the cool, dry — 
months of October, November, December, January, an 
February, by planting the smaller bulbs, and offsets, or 
by the seed. The dry roots are universally sold in every — 
market over India, and form a very considerable partof 
the diet of the natives. The general price in Calcuttais _ : : 
about two shillings the hundred weight. 
Root biennial, or more, consisting ofa fascicle of seve- . 
ralovate oblong bulbs, generally (as found in the markets,) 
about as large as the first joint of the middle finger, Leaves — 
somewhat bifarious, fistulous, more than semicylindrical, 
tapering, pointed, compressed toward the apex, smooth’ 
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