LILJACKiE. 



393 ORNITHOGALDM. 



3 .\. VINEA'LE. 



Stem slender, with a few leaves ; cmiline lenves terete, fistulous ; vmhel 

 bulbiferous ; stamens exsert ; _^/«7nt'««i- allcrnately tricuspid;ite, llie middle 

 point beariii(T the anther. Meadows. N. York. J.eaves (J— 12 inches Icinw. 

 Scape I — 'Z i'eet high, bearing a spathe of '2 small bracts at top, and an umbel 

 of flowers with which bulbs are sometimes intermixed. Ferianth purple. 

 June. Cruw Garlic. 



4. A. CE'rNUUM. Roth. 



Sfrt/;« quadrangular; /ewce.s- linear, flat ; W7nte/ cernuous ; .<itamens simple. 

 N. Y. Dr. Beck. Leaves radical, half as long as the scape. Scape 1 — 2feet 

 hiffh, bearing at top a nodding umbel of 15 — 20 rose-colored flowers. Ovary 

 d-Toothed, becoming a roundisli, 3-seeded ciipsule. Jl. jXoddlng Garlic. 



5. A. ('rpA. — Scape fistulous, swelling towards the base, longer than 

 the terete, fistulous leaves. Cep, in the Celtic, signifies a head. iNative of 

 Hungary. The root bears a tunicated bulb, compressed, or round, or oblong, 

 in fiiiure. 'I'he scape, wliich appears the second year, is 3 — 4 feet high, 

 straight, smooth, stout, bearing at top a large, round umbel of greenish white 

 fiowiTs. Universally cultivated for the kitchen, and its peculiar merits as a 

 pot-herb are, no doubt, well known to our readers. Culture iias produced 

 numerous varieties. Bienn. Cornmun Union. 



6. .\. SCHiENOPRA'SUM — Sca/)c equaling the round, subulate leaves. 

 Gr. o-yjoivoi, a rush, and Trgao-OK, a leek. The leaves resemble rush leaves 

 June. Gives. 



7. A. AsCALO'nICUM. — Sca/^e terete ; /cr/iTS subulate ; ?/7Hifc/ globose ; 

 stamens tricuspidate. Native about Ascalon, Palestine. It has a soboliferous 

 bulb, small, fistulous leaves, and seldom floweis. July. Shallot. 



8. A. PORRUM. — Stem compressed, leafy; leaves sheathing at base; 

 stinnens tricuspidate. INative of Sw tzeiland. Root bearing a scaly, cylin- 

 drical bulb. Stem 2 feet high, bearing long, linear, alternate, sheathing leaves, 

 and at the top, a large umbel ol small, white flowers. July. Leek. 



9. A. SATi'V'UM. — B7/7i compound ; s cm leafy, bulbiferous; stamens 

 tricuspidate. Native of Sicily. The bulb is composed of several smaller ones 

 surrounded by a common membrane, acrid and very strong-scented. Slem 

 2 feet high Flowers small, white. Used as seasoning and sometimes in 

 medicine. July. Gonnnoa Garlic. 



10. A. PROLI'FERUM. — Scrt/)« fistulous, twisted ; /eaves fistulous ; ?/?«- 

 hels bulbiferous and proliferous ; stamens tricuspidate, the middle point 

 antheriferous. A curious species, native of the W. Indies. Scape 2 — 3 feet 

 high, producincr several bulbs among, or instead of, the white flowers. July. 



8 . O R N 1 T H O' G A L U M . 

 Perianth deeply 6-jiaitecl, spreading aliove tlie middle; 

 filaments dil.ited at (he hase ; capsule roundish, angidar. 



Gr, oQVi^oi, a bird, and yaXa, milk; why so called we know not. Leaves 

 radical. Scape naked, racemose or corymbed. 



O. UMBELLA'TUM. — F/o?cer5 corymbose ; wr^^/iine/cs longer than bracts; 

 jilamnits subulate. From England, but naturalized in many parts of this 

 country. Leaves linearand narrow, emarginate, as long as the scape. Scape 

 near a foot high. Flowers few, in a kind of loose corymb. Petals and 

 sepals white, beautifully marked with a longitudinal green stripe on the 

 outside. May. Star of Bethlehem. 



