184 MONOCOTYLEDONS. ASPItODELE^. Allium. 



segments either of a different form or absent. Ovary superior, 

 3-cellecl; cells \ — 2, many-seeded. Style \. Stigma ^\m\i\e. 

 Capsule 3-celled, o-valved, bearing the septa in the middle. 

 Integument of the seed black, crustaceous and brittle. Albu- 

 men fleshy or cartilaginous. 



1. ORNITHOGALUM. 

 Perianth 6-partite. Stam. dilated at the base, hypogynous. 



* Flowers yellow. 



1. O. luteum, stem angular bearing two leaves (immediately be- 

 low the umbel), flowerstalks forming an umbel undivided gla- 

 brous, leaves of the perianth lanceolate, p. 102. — PFoods,rare. 



** Flowers ichite or greenish. 



2. O. umlellatian, flowers in a corymbus, peduncles longer than 

 the bracteas, filaments subulate, p. 102. — Banks. 



2. SCILLA. 



Perianth 6-partite; segments spreading, deciduous. S'/aw. fili- 

 form, glabrous, perigynous. Seeds spherical. 



1. S. verna, root solid, corymb hemisphaerical few-flowered, 

 bracteas lanceolate obtuse, leaves linear channelled, p. 103. — 

 Bocks near the sea. 



3. HYACINTHUS. 



Perianth tubular, 6-cleft or 6-partite, the extremities only 



spreading. Stam. filiform. Caps, obtusely triangular. 

 1. H. non scriptus, raceme cernuous, perianth 6-partite the 



extremities revolute. p. 102. — Woods. 



4. ALLIUM. 



Flowers umbellate, terminal, arising from a 2-leaved spatha. 

 Perzcfw/ A 6 partite, generally patent. 



* CauUrie leaves plane. Stam. alternately tricuspidatc. 



1. A. arenarium, umbels bearing bulbs compact sphaerical, leaves 

 linear with cylindrical sheaths, spatha short obtuse, petals 

 roughish on the keel. p. 100. — Sandy hills. 



■** Cauline leaves plane. Stam. all simple. 



2. A. carinatum, umbels bearing bulbs lax, leaves linear keeled, 

 spatha very long unequal. /). 101. — Mountains. 



*** Catdine leaves rounded. Stam. alternately tricuspidatc. 



3. A. vineale, umbel bearing bulbs, leaves fistulose. p. 101. — 

 Pastures. 



**** Cauline leaves rounded. Stam. all simple. 



4. A. oleraceum, umbel bearing bulbs lax, leaves grooved above, 

 spatha with two very long points, p. 101. — Pastures. 



