HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Allium. 133 



N. octavus, Matth. ed. Baiih. 860./. 



Pseudonarcissus anglicus. Ger. Em. 133./. 



In rather moist woods and thickets. 



Perennial. March. 



Bulb nearly globular^ with a blackish coat. Leaves several, erect, 

 about a foot high, rather glaucous, with a blunt keel and flat 

 edges. Bractea close to the base of the germen, undivided. 

 Flower large, a little drooping, unpleasantly scented. Pet. pale 

 yellow, nearly erect, longer than the tube of the nectary, which 

 is funnel-shaped, and almost as long as its deep-yellow, crisped 

 and crenate, somewhat angular, cup. Stam. from near the bot- 

 tom of the tube, shorter than the cup. Anth. oblong, conver- 

 ging. Germen globose, with 3 furrows. 



The double Yellow Daffodil, so extremely common in gardens, 

 evidently, by its greener leaves, and the uniform golden yellow 

 of the^ott'er*, belongs to a different species. 



187. ALLIUM. GaiHck. 



Linn. Gen. \Q2. Juss.oS. Fl.Br.3b5. Tourn.t.206. Lam.t.242. 

 Gcprtn. t. 16. 



Nat. Ord. Spathace^s. Linn. 9. Asphodeli. Juss. 16. 



Cal. none. Pet. 6, inferior, ovate-oblong, somewhat spread- 

 ing, regular; the 3 innermost rather the smallest. Filam. 

 awl-shaped, more or less flattened, undivided or 3-cleft, 

 rarely 5-cleft, about as long as the corolla. Anth. soli- 

 tary, central, oblong, incumbent. Gcrmeii superior, tur- 

 binate, short, angular, or lobed. Style simple, cylindri- 

 cal or angular, erect. Stigma acute. Caj^s. short and 

 broad, with 3 lobes, 3 cells, and 3 membranous valves 

 with central partitions. Seeds few, roundish, angular, 

 with a black brittle skin. 



Whole herb fetid when bruised, with its appropriate onion 

 or garlick scent. Bidbs coated. Stem leafy or naked. 

 Leaves flat or tubular. Fl. numerous, in a dense umbel, 

 red, white, or yellow. Bractea sheathing, broad, wither- 

 ing, with many smaller internal ones. Some bidbs often 

 intermixed with the flowers. 



* Stem leafy. Leaves^at. 



1 . A. Ampeloprasum. Great Round-headed Garlick. 



Umbel globose, without bulbs. Stem leafy below. Leaves 

 flat. Three alternate stamens deeply three-cleft. Keel 

 of the petals rough. 



A. Ampeloprasum. Lhxn. Sp. PL 423. fVilld. v. 2. 63. Fl. Br. 355. 

 Engl. Bot. V.24. t. 1657. Fl. Grccc. r. 4. II. ^ 312. 



