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six ovate spreading pieces: umbellate, with a spatha or sheath 
of one or two leaves. 
Attium urstnum. JBroad-leaved Garlic. This plan 
may soon be discovered by its strong scent, which is par- 
ticularly disagreeable when gathered. I have seen it in large 
beds covering the rocks above a little stream, the whole air 
filled with the smell, and the water of the rapidly running 
stream tasting strongly of garlic. The leaves are large and 
long, on foot-stalks, and all proceeding from the root. The 
umbel of white flowers is very pretty. The root is formed of 
long fibres from a small bulb, and is very difficult to eradi- 
cate from ground of which it has once taken possession. 
Moist shady woods are its favourite situations, and its pretty 
star-like white flowers enliven such places. In the south it 
appears in flower in May, later in the north. 
HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
MoNocHLAMYDEZ. POLYGONACEA. 
RUMEX. (Dock and SorrzEt.) 
Generic Character. See page 139. 
Rumex Acetosa. Common Sorrel. This plant is very 
