138 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Allium. 



A. ursinum. Linn. Sp. PL 431. mild.v.2.79. Fl.Br.359. Engl. 



Bot. V. 2. 1. 122. Hook. Scot. 101 . Fl. Dan. t. 757. Fuchs. Hist. 



739./. Matth.Valgr. V. \. 512. f. Catner. Epit. 330. f. Ger. Em. 



179./. Dalech. Hist. 1546./ 2, 3. 

 A. n. 1228. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 1 10. 

 A. foliis radicalibus latissimis petiolatis, floribus umbellatis. Hall. 



All.4\.n.l8. Opusc.379.n.2]. 

 A. sylvestre latifolium. Bauh.Pm.74. RaiiSyn.370. Rudb. Elys. 



v. 2. 152./. 8. 



In moist woods, hedges, and meadows, frequent. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Bulb white, slender, oblong. Stem none. Leaves 1 or 2, a span 

 long, erect, pointed, broad, smooth, entire, bright green, with a 

 stout central rib, and many fine, parallel, lateral ones, connected 

 by transverse reticulations. Footstalks semicylindrical, much 

 shorter than the leaves, sheathing at the base. Flower-stalk 

 solitary, semicylindrical, about as tall as the leaves, bearing a 

 flattish uinbel of many pure-white Jiowers, with a pair of ovate 

 bracteas. Petals acute. Stam. awl-shaped, simple, slightly at- 

 tached to the bottom of each petal, Germen turbinate, three- 

 lobed. Style a little elongated. 



Every part of the plant when trodden upon, or otherwise bruised, 

 exhales the strong odour of its genus ; and if cows feed upon it, 

 ever so sparingly, their milli is rendered intolerably nauseous ; 

 so that even the pretty flowers are seen with disgust, by those 

 who wish in vain to eradicate such a nuisance from their pastures. 

 Pliny, who first has recorded the specific name, does not account 

 for its application. The coarseness of its qualities, like the man- 

 ners of some human beings, may, in both cases, justify the com- 

 parison. 



7. A. Schoenoprasum. Chive Garlick. 



Stalk naked, round, the height of the foliage. Leaves cylin- 

 drical, somewhat tapering at the point. Stamens simple. 



Allium Schcenoprasum. Linn. Sp. PI. 432. Willd. v. 2. 31. Fl. Br. 



360. Engl. Bot. v. 34. t. 2441. Light/. 160. Hook. Scot. 101. 



H. Dan. t.97\. 

 A. n. 1226. Hall. Hist. V. 2. \08. 

 A. staminibus simplicibus, foliis radicalibus teretibus, scapi longi- 



tudine. Hall. All. 28. m. 12. Opusc. 361. n. 14. 

 T'orrum sectivum juncifolium. Bauh.Pin.72. Rudb. Elys. v. 2. 143. 



/3. 

 P.sectivum. Fuchs. Hist. 635./. Trag. Hist. 7 43./. 7 42. Dalech. 



Hist. 1542./. 

 P. sectile. Matth. Valgr. v. 1 . 502./. Camer. Epit. 322./. 

 Schoenoprason. Ger.Em.\76./. Lob.Ic.\54,/, Dod.Pempt.6S9./. 



In meadows and pastures, but rare. 



