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middle. Leaves terete and hollow, slender, channeled above; 

 umbels many-flowered, erect, bulbiferous; flowers white; perianth 

 segments obtuse ; capsule deeply three-lobed. Franklin and Har- 

 rison. 



3. Allium cepa L. Common Onion. Scape exceeding the 

 leaves; bulb scaley; leaves hollow, sometimes terete, usually 

 broader than thick; flowers white. Sometimes persistent. 



4. Allium canadense L. Meadow Garlic. Scape 12 in. 

 high, terete, bulb small; leaves basal or nearly so, narrowly linear, 

 slight!}^ convex beneath; umbels bulbiferous; flowers pink or 

 white; perianth segments narrowly lanceolate. General. 



5. Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion. Bulbs narrowed 

 into a neck; leaves linear, flattened and slightly keeled, 1 ft. long; 

 scape slightly ridged, 1-2 feet tall, bearing a loose or drooping 

 few- to-many -flowered umbel; flowers rose-colored, to purple; 

 capsule 6-crested. General. 



6. Quamasia Raf. Wild Hyacinth. 



Bulbous herbs with linear leaves and a tenninal inflorescence 

 of rather large, blue, purple or white flowers. Perianth slightly 

 irregular of G blue or purple, spreading 3 to 7 nerved segments; 

 stamens united with the bases of the segments; anthers versatile, 

 introrse; capsule oval. 



1. Quamasia hyacinthina (Raf.) Britt. Wild Hyacinth. 

 Scape G-28 in. tall; leaves keeled; raceme elongated; bracts 

 longer than the pedicels; flowers pale blue; 3 nerved. General, 

 but rare in eastern Ohio. 



7. Ornithogalum L. Star-of-Bethlehem. 



Bulbous herbs with narrow, basal, fleshy leaves. Inflores- 

 cence in a terminal, bracted, corymb or raceme of white, \^ellowish 

 or greenish flowers; anthers introrse and versatile; stigma three 

 lobed or three ridged. 



Ornithogalum umbellatum L. Star-of-Bethlehem. Bulbs 



ovoid, tufted; scape slender, 4-12 in. high; leaves narrow, dark 

 green with lighter mid-rib ; flowers in a simple raceme or corymb, 

 erect or ascending; perianth segments white above and green and 

 white below; stamens ^ the length of the segments. Escaped 

 from gardens. Montgomery, Miami, Gallia, Franklin and 

 Auglaize. 



8. Muscari Mill. Grape-hyacinth. 



Low bulbous herjjs, with basal, linear, fleshy leaves and small,, 

 usually blue (rarely pink or white) flowers, in a dense raceme. 

 Perianth globular of united segments; stamens included; anthers 

 introrse; style short. 



1. Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. Grape-hyacinth. Leaves 

 linear, erect; flowers deep blue, pedicels shorter than the flowers. 

 Montgomery, Lake. 



