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HEXANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. Allium. 327 



Sandwich. • [Sea-mew Craggs, at the head of Winandermere. 

 Mr. Gough.] P. June, July; 



(3) Leaves round; umbel hearing lulls. 

 A. Filaments 3-pointcd. 



Dod. 683. 1-Ger. em. 179- I-P*t. 66. 1-ParL 871. l-Fucbs. 

 737-Lomc.\96.l-Trag.7i8. 



- Bulls tapering, bowed back, often running out into long 

 hair-like points, compacted into a close head. Blots, small, violet* 

 -Filament t with 2 long bristles projecting beyond the flower. 

 Linn, Stem about 2 feet high. Leaves smooth, hollow, slender, 



vineale* 



very long. Umbel Sheath of 1 leaf, broad at the base, ending in 

 an awl-shaped point, about an inch long, scored with green lines. 

 Bulbs numerous, white. Blossoms few, small. Mr. Woodward. 



Cro<w Garlic. Meadows and pastures. [Near Norwich. Mr. 

 Crowe.— Huntingdonshire and Derbyshire. Mr. Woodward.] 



P. June. 



* 



Var. 1. With a double head of bulbs. 



Lob. obi. 78. 2-Park. 871./. 3-H. ox. iv. 14. 4. 



Near Worcester. Stokes. 



A. Filaments undivided : leaves semi-cylindrical, rough, olera ceuxn. 



furrowed underneath. — (Leaves not rough.) 



E. hot. 488-//«//. it All. I. 2. m opusc. p. 3&6-Clus. i. 154. 

 1-Ger. em. 188. 6-H. ox. iv. 14. 2-J. B. ii. 56l. 1. 



Root a solid bulb. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, upright, or only a 

 little bent towards the top, smooth, not scored, solid. Leaves 

 hollow. Bulbs egg-shapei, forming a roundish knob ; from be- 

 tween these arise several thread-shaped fruit-stalks, each sup* 

 porting a single flower, which is drooping ; cylindrical, but some- 

 what bell-shaped BIoss. whitish green, with 3 dark purple 

 streaks on each petal. Very minute white dots, hardly visible 

 to the naked eye, are scattered over the whole plant. Linn. 

 Leaves and leaf -stalks deeply furrowed. Bulbs numerous. Fruit* 

 stalis, some upright. Eloss. j. ale, with purple lines. Germen 



prism-shaped, O'-angled. Style slender, longer than the blossom. 

 Excepting that the leaves can hardly be called rough, it corre- 

 sponds very exactly with A. oleraceum. Mr. Woodward. Sta- 

 mens shorter than the petals. 



Wild Garlic. Meadows, pastures, and amongst corn. [Bay- 

 dale, near Darlington. Mr. Robson.J P. July.t 



* The young shoots arc eaten in sal lads, or boiled as a pot-herb. 



+ The tender leaves are very commonly boiled in soups, or fric-4 with 



*ther herbs.— Cows, goats, sheep, and swine eat it. 





