138 HEXANDRIA—MONOGYNIA. Allium. 



A. ursinum. Linn. Sp. PL 431. Wllld.v.2.7^. Fl.Br. 359. Engl. 

 Bot. V. 2. t. 1 22. Hook. Scot. 101. FL Dan. t. 157. Fuchs. Hist. 

 739./. Matth.Valgr.v.\.5l2.f. Camer. Epit. 330. f. Ger.Em. 

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



A. n. 1228. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 110. 



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

 Jll.4\.n.\8. Opusc.379.n.2l. 



A. sylvestie latifolium. Bauh.Pin.7A. Raii Sijn.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 ^ 

 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 umbel of many pure-white /o^t•m•, with a pair of ovate 

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

 tached to the bottom of each petal. Gcrmen turbinate, three- 

 lobed. Style a little elongated. 



Eveiy 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 milk is rendered intolerably nauseous j 

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

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

 Piiny, 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. JVilld. v. 2. 81. FL Br. 

 360. EngL BoL v. 34. L 2441. Lightf. 160. Hook. Scot. 101. 

 FL Dan. t.97\. 



A.n. 1226. Llall. Hist. v. 2. 108. 



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

 tudine. Hall. All. 28. ji. 12. Opusc.36i. n. 14. 



Porrum sectivum juncifolium. Bauh. Pin. 72. Rudb. Elys. v. 2. 143. 

 /.3. 



P, sectivum. Fuchs. Hist. 635./ Trag. Hist 743./ 742. Dalech. 

 Hist. 1542./ 



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



Schcenoprason. 6'er.Ew. 176 / Lob. k, 154./ Dod. Pempt.6S9.f. 



In meadows and pasturey^ but rare. 



