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small deciduous leaves. Umbel or head small when bearing 

 bulbs, few-flowered ; fiedicels capillary, half an inch, or one 

 inch long. Bulbs often numerous, obovate, spreading, sessile. 

 Corolla deep rose-coloured mixed with green. Stamens ex- 

 serted ; JilamenU flattened ; the lateral ones with 2 lateral pro- 

 cesses. &2//<? filiform; «r^§•ma simple. Ca^sw/e triangular. 

 Hau. In meadows and pastures j very common. Introduced. 



Wild Garlic. 

 A very pernicious weeds v/hich it is difficult to extirpate. 



3. A. trijlorum R af.t scape naked, terete, shorter than 

 the leaves; leaves lanceolate, nerved ; umbel few flowered. 

 R af. in Med. Rep. XI. p. 362. Pursh Fl.L^. 223. 



Hab. In shady woods on the high mountains of Pennsylvaniac 

 May — June. Pursh. . Mountain Leeks. 



4. A. cernuum Roth: scape naked, quadrangular, um- 

 belliferous; leaves linear, nearly flat; umbel cernuous ; sta- 

 mens simple; germen 6-toothed, Roth in Annals of Bot, 

 II. p. 27. Bot. Mag. t. 1324. Pursh Fl. I. p. 732. 

 M uhl. Cat. p. 34 .? Elliott Sk. I. p. 385 ? 



Bulb tunicated. Z-ffaTf"* all radical, 8 — 12 inches long, 3 lines 

 broad, flat, striate, sheathing at the base. Scafie 1 — 2 feet 

 high, slightly compressed, bent near the summit- Umbel many- 

 flowered. Petals lanceolate, rose-coloured. Filaments longer 

 than the petals. Cafisul'e nearly globose. Seeds selitary. Ell. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania. July. Muhlenberg, 



I am doubtful about the synonyms of Mu hlcnber g and 

 Elliott. They probably refer to a distinct plant from the 

 one described by Roth. 



5. A. tricoccum -4i t.: scape naked, nearly terete; leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong, flat, smooth ; umbel globose ; seeds soli- 

 tary. Willd. Spec. II. p. 81. /lit. Kew. I. p. 428. 

 Pursh FL I. p. 223. 



Bulb large, oblong. Leaves about 4 inches long, and an inch or 

 more broad. Scafie a foot high, striate. S/iath 1 -leaved, de- 

 ciduous. C7/;j6f/ spreading, about 10-flowered; fiedicels half 

 an inch long. Corolla white. Stamens not exserted; filaments 

 all simple. Ca^5w/e obtusely triangular ; cells l-seeded. 



Hab. In shady woods, especially on mountains. Near Williams 

 College. Deivey. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. 

 June— July. 



233. HYPOXIS. L. 



Spath 2-valved. Corolla superior, G- parted, per- 

 sistent. Capsule elongated, narrowed at the base, 

 3-celled. many-seeded. Seeds roundish, naked. Gen. 



