412 LILIACEAE. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, absent at flowering time. 1. A. lricoccum. 
Leaves linear, present at fowering time. 
Bulb-coats membranous, not fibrous reticulated. 
Umbel capitate; pedicels shorter than the flowers. 2. A. Schoenoprasum. 
Umbel loose; pedicels much longer than the flowers. 
Flowering umbel nodding. . 3. A. cernuum, 
Flowering umbel erect. 
Leaves flat or channeled, all nearly basal. 4. A. slellatum., 
Leaves terete, hollow, several on the stem; flowers often replaced by bulblets. 
5. A. vineale, 
Bulb-coats fibrous-reticulated, 
Capsule not crested. : 
Flowers mostly replaced by bulblets; scape 1°-2° tall. 6. A. Canadense. 
Flowers rarely replaced by bulblets, 
Scape 1°-2° tall; pedicels 8'’-12"' long; perianth segments thin. 
7. A. mutabile. 
Seape 4'-8’ tall; pedicels 4'’-6'' long: perianth-segments rigid in fruit. 
8. A. Nuttallii. 
Capsule-valves with 2 short crests. g. A. reliculatum. 
1. Allium tric6ccum Ait. Wild Leek. (Fig. 992.) 
Allium tricoccum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 428. 1789. 
Bulbs ovoid, clustered, 1/-2’ high, seated on 
a short rootstock, their coats fibrous-reticulated. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, appearing 
early in the spring, but withering and disappear- 
ing before flowering time, 6’-12’ long, 1/-2 
wide, narrowed at both ends, tapering into a 
long petiole; scape 4’-15/ tall; bracts of the um- 
bel usually 2, at first enclosing the flowers, 
membranous, acuminate, deciduous; umbel 
many-flowered, erect; pedicels slender, becom- 
ing rigid, 6’’-10’’ long; flowers white; perianth- 
segments oblong, obtuse, 2’’-3’’ long; filaments 
lanceolate-ssibulate, about as long as the peri- 
anth; ovule 1 in each cavity of the ovary; cap- 
sule deeply 3-lobed, about 3’ broad, 1%4//-2’/ 
high, its valves not crested; seeds globose, 
black, smooth. 
In rich woods, New Brunswick to Minnesota, 
south to North Carolina and Tennessee. Often 
grows in large beds. Ascends to 4500 ft. in North 
Carolina. June-July. 
2. Allium Schoendéprasum L,. Chives. Chive Garlic. (Fig. 993.) 
Allium Schoenoprasum I,. Sp. Pl. 301. 1753. 
Bulbs narrowly ovoid, clustered, 1’ high or 
less, their membranous coats not fibrous-reticu- 
lated. Scape rather stout, 8’-2° high, bearing 
below the middle 1 or 2 elongated linear terete 
hollow leaves about 14’ in diameter, or the leaves 
all basal; bracts of the umbel 2, broadly ovate, 
veiny; umbel many-flowered, capitate, the pedi- 
cels 1//-3’’ long; flowers rose-color, longer than 
the pedicels; perianth-segments 4//-6’’ long, 
lanceolate, acuminate; stamens much shorter 
than the perianth; filaments subulate, half- 
terete; ovules 2 in each cavity of the ovary; 
capsule obtusely 3-lobed, about half as long as 
the perianth. 
In moist or wet soil, New Brunswick to Alaska, 
south to Maine, northemm New York, Michigan, 
Wyoming and Washington. Also in Europe and 
Asia. June-July. 
