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the perianth-segments, anthers yellow; dry hill-sides, 
frequent. A. oleraceum, L., Field-garlic; umbel globu- 
lar, with bulbils, spathe longer than the umbel, flowers 
whitish-green, stamens included; fields, frequent. A. 
carinatum, L.; resembling oleraceum, but flowers bright 
pink, filaments much longer than perianth-lobes, leaves 
flatter; dry places, not common. A. pulchellum, Don 
(paniculatum, Gaud.), resembling the last, but umbel 
without bulbils; Western Switzerland, Ticino, Jura, 
Pyrenees. A. flavum, L.; flowers yellow, umbel without 
bulbils, anthers exserted; Jura, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome, 
Pyrenees. 
E. Root-stock a horizontal rhizome, with the bulbs on 
its upper surface; umbel without bulbils :—A. xarczsst- 
florum, Vill. (grandifiorum, Lam.); umbel few-flowered, 
flowers very large (about } in.), pink or white, drooping, 
stamens included, leaves linear, flat; high; Dauphiny, 
Pyrenees. A. fallax, Don (including acutangulum, 
Schrad., and angulosum, DC.); flowers small, numerous, 
light purple, stamens about as long as perianth-segments, 
stem 12-18 in., leaves linear, flat ; Ticino, Western Swit- 
zerland, Jura, Pyrenees. A. smontanum, Schm.; flowers 
small, pink, anthers extruded, stem leafless, 8-10 in., 
leaves angular; rocky places ; Switzerland, rare. 
Several other species are escapes from cultivation. 
14. GAGEA, L. 
Flowers yellow, in umbels subtended by leafy bracts, on 
a leafless scape springing from a bulb; stamens attached 
to the base of the perianth-leaves; anthers basifixed. 
G. lutea, Ker, Yellow Star of Bethlehem; bulb soli- 
