HEXA^DIaA JIONOGYNIA. 



881 



ALLIUM. GiiN. PL. 557. 



Corolla 6-paitita, pa- 



Spatha multiflora. 



Cap- 



tens. 



Umbella congesta. 



sidcL siipera. 



i. Canadense. 



Corolla parted, ex- 



pan din 





Spat he mtiny 



iiowered. Umbels clus 

 tered. Capsule superior. 



a; scapo nudo, tereti 



foliis linearibtis 



? 



Scape naked, terete : 



bulhiicro. 

 08. 



3 



capitulo I leaves linear : head 



Sp. pi. S. p 



o bulbs 



Walt. p. 121. 



Leaves linear, flat, smooth, straiglit, about a span lona;. Scnpe te- 

 rete, scarcely Ioniser than the leaves, fapitidum composed of bulbs. 

 floirers tew, pedicellate, white. Fetals oval, i^itamens simple, as 

 long as the corolla, Linn. 



Grows from Canada to Carolina. Pursh. 



Flowers June. 



/ 



2. CeRxNuum. Muhl. Cat, 

 4. scapo subancipiti ; 



Scape somewhat anci 

 f(jliis linearibus; unibella | pitous ; leaves linear 

 mu It] flora, nutantc ,• stain- 

 inibus simplicibus, excr- 



tis ; se minibus solitariis. 

 E. 



umbel many flowered. 



nodding ; 



stamens sim- 



ple, exserted ; seeds soli 



tary. 



Bulb tunlcated. Leave-t all radical, 8 

 wide, flat, striate, sheathinjr at base. 



12 inclies lonn^, 5 lines 



. „ ^<:"P^ 1—2 feet high, slightly 



compressed, bent near the summit. Uiiibels u!an_) flowered, fetals 

 lanceolate, rose coloured. Filaments longer than the petals. Jin- 

 thers incumbent, simple. St>/le as Ion- as the stamens. ki>"ia &ir». 

 pie. Capsule nearly globose. Seed:, solitary. 



Found on the mountains of Carolina, by Dr. Macbride. 

 Flowers July. 







S 



A. scapo niido, subtri- 

 quetro; foliis linearibus, 

 concavis, dorso striatis : 



*. 



Scape naked, slightly 



; leaves linear, 



3 angled 



concave, streaked on X\m 



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