142 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA., Allium. 



Beng. Gimdeena. 

 Pers. Gundana. 

 Arab. Koomass. 



3. A. sativum. Willd. 2. 68. 



Stem flat-leaved. Umbel bulbiferous. Bulb compound. 

 Stamens three-pointed. 

 Sans. Lwsoona, Mahousliwdha, &c. 

 Beng- Lwsooo, but generally pronounced Rusoon. 

 Pers. Seer. 



4. A. cepa. Willd. 2. 80. 



Scape naked, gibbous near the base, longer than the 

 colunimar leaves. 

 Arab. Besel, or Bassul. 



5. A. ascalonicum. Willd. 2. 75. 



Biennial. Scape naked, round, a little swelled below, 

 and longer than the sub-columnar leaves. Umbels round, 

 many-flowered. Stamens alternately swelled at the base. 

 Petals equal, expanding, shorter than the stamens. 



Beng. Peeaj. 



Sans. Pwlandoo. 



This very useful onion, is much cultivated in India 

 during the latter part of the rains, and the cool, dry 

 months of October, November, December, January, and 

 February, by planting the smaller bulbs, and offsets, or 

 by the seed. The dry roots are universally sold in every 

 market over India, and form a very considerable part of 

 the diet of the natives. The general price in Calcutta is 

 about two shillings the hundred weight. 



i?oof biennial, or more, consisting of a fascicle of seve- 

 ral ovate oblong bulbs, generally (as found in the markets,) 

 about as large as the first joint of the middle finger. Leaves 

 somewhat bifarious, fistulous, more than semicylindrical, 

 tapering, pointed, compressed toward the apex, smooth 



