Allium. \ ASPHODELE.E. 



1. Allium. Linn. Onion. 



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Perianth inferior, petaloid, of six ovate spreading pieces. Cap- 

 sule triquetrous. (Flowers umbellate, arising from a two- 

 leaved spatha.) — Name from the Celtic all, which signifies 

 acrid, burning. ( Theis.) Hexandria. Monogynia. 



* Stem-leaves plane. 



1. A. armarium, Linn. Sand Garlic. Umbels bearing 

 bulbs, compact, spherical ; leaves linear, with cylindrical 

 sheaths; three alternate stamens 3-cleft; leaves of the spatha 

 short, obtuse. Br. Fl. 1. p. 153. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 134. E. 

 Bot. t. 1358. 



Sand-hills at Portmarnock and Feltrum-hill. South Isles of Arran ; 

 Messrs. Thomson and Ball. FL July. % .—Stem two to three feet 

 high, leafy below, rounded, glabrous. Heads dense, with purple 

 flowers, rather small. Spatha often of three very short, ovate, obtuse 

 segments. 



2. A. carinatum, IAnr\. Mountain Garlic. Umbels bearing 

 bulbs, lax; leaves linear, keeled; stamens all simple; leaves of 

 the spatha very long, unequal. Br. Fl. 1. p. 154. E. Fl. 

 v. ii.p. 135. E. Bot.t. 1G58. 



In a field on the north side of the Royal Canal, above Phibsborough- 

 bridge ; Dr. Scott. FL July. U .—Three feet high. Stems rounded, 

 glabrous, leafy below. Flowers upon long wavy peduncles, pale 

 brownish-white. 



^ jj* Stem-leaves rounded. 



3. A. vineale, Linn. Croiv Garlic. Umbel bearing nume- 

 rous bulbs; leaves fistulose ; stamens deeply 3-cleft. Br. FL 1. 

 p. 154. E. FL v. ii. p. 137. E. Bot. t. 1974. 



Too common in meadows and pastures about Dublin. Fl. Juno. 

 2J,, — Stem one and a half to two feet high. Bulbs numerous. Spatha 

 of two rather small deciduous leaves. Flowers on lougish peduncles, 

 which are thickened upwards, few, erect, reddish, green on the keels, 

 shorter than the stamens, whose filaments as well as the anthers are 

 protruded. 



* # sjc Leaves all radical. 



4. A. ursinum, Linn. Broad-leaved Garlic or Ramson$. 

 Umbel nearly plane ; leaves ovato-lanceolate, on footstalks ; 

 scape triangular. Br. Fl. 1. p. 154. E. Fl. v. ii.p. 137. E. 

 Bot. t. 122. 



Woods and hedge-banks, frequent. FL June. %. — Flowers white. 

 Umbels without bulbs, level topped. Spatha of two ovato-lanceolate 

 leaves. 



