HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Allium. 133 



N. octavus. Matth. ed. Bauh. 860./. 



Pseudonarcissus anglicus. Ger. Em. 133./". 



In rather moist woods and thickets. 



Perennial. Marcli. 



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

 about a foot higli, 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. Antli. oblong, conver- 

 ging. Germen globose, with 3 furrows. 



The double Yellow Daffodil, so extremely common in gardens, 

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

 of the Jlowers J belongs to a different species, 



187. ALLIUM. Garlick. 



Linn. Gen. \i)'A. Juss.oo. FL Br. 3j5. Tvurn.t.206. Lam. t. 242. 

 Gcertn. t.\Q. 



Nat. Oi'd. Spathaccd'. Limi. 9. Asphodcli. Juss. 16. 



Cal. none. Pet. G, inferior, ovate-oblong, somewhat spi'cad- 

 ing, regular; the 3 innermost rather the smiillcst. 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. Germen superior, tur- 

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

 cal or angular, erect. Stigma acute. Caps, short and 

 broad, ^vith S lobes, 3 ce'ls, and 3 membranous valves 

 with central })artitions. Seeds few, rountlish, angular, 

 with a black brittle skin. 



Whole herb fetid when bruised, with its appropriate onion 

 or gai'lick scent. Bulbs coated. Stem leafy or naked. 

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

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

 ing, with many smaller internal ones. Some bulbs often 

 intermixed with the flowers. 



* Stem leaj)/. Feaves flat. 



1. \. ^J/upcloprasifm. Great llound-hcaded (iailick. 

 I iiii)t! globose, without bulbs. Stem leafy below. Leaves 



flat. Three alternate stamens deeply three-cleft. Keel 



of" the petals rough. 

 A. .\m|H«h)prasum. Linn. Sp. Vl. \i:\. Udld. v.2.Cy?>. I/.lh.SJ^. 



Kngl. Hut. V. 21. t. I Cm/. /••/. Greer, r. 1. 11. /.3i2. 



