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9. AL'LIUM, L. Garlic. Onion. (Celtic all, hot or burning.) 

 Flowers in a dense umbel, with a membranous, 2-leaved spatbe ; peri- 

 anth deeply C-parted, segments mostly spreading, ovate, the 3 inner 

 somewhat smaller; ovary angular; stigma acute; capsule 3 lobed. — 

 Strong-scented, bulbous plants. Lvs. mostly radical. Umbel on a 

 scape. 



5 Leaves flat, lanceolate, perishing before flowering. Capsule 3-seeded. Native No. 1 



«j Leaves flat, linear. Filaments simple. Ovary crested with a crown of 6 lvs. Native. (*) 



* Stamens conspicuously longer than the sepals. Umbel nodding No. 2 



* Stamens equaling the sepals in length. Umbels with bulblets or flowers Nos. 3, 4 



* Stamens evidently shorter than the sepals. Umbels with flowers only Nos. 5, 3 



§ Leaves flat, lanceolate or lance-linear. Filaments tricuspidate. Cultivated Nos. 7,8 



5 Leaves terete and hollow. — Stem leafy half way up. Filaments tricuspidate No. 9 



— Scape nuked. Filaments not tricuspidate Nos. 10 — 14 



1 A. tricoccum Ait. Lance-leaved Garlic. Scape terete ; lvs. lanceolate- 

 oblong, flat, smooth ; umbel globous ; ovule and seed solitary in each cell of the 

 3-celled capsule. — 2£ A strong-scented plant, common in damp -woods, N. H. to 

 Va. and Wis. Bulb oblong, acuminate. Lvs. 5 to 8' long, an inch or more wide, 

 acute, tapering into a petiole, all withering and disappearing before tho opening 

 of the flowers. Scape a foot or more high, bearing a thin, 2-leaved, deciduous 

 spathe at top, with an umbel of 10 to 12 white fls. Jn., Jl. 



2 A. cernuum Roth. Nodding Garlic. Scape angular ; lvs. linear, flat, very 

 long : umbel cernuous ; stam. simple, much longer than the perianth. — Mid. S. 

 and W. States. This is our handsomest species. Bulb 6 to 8" diam. Scape 

 mostly 4-angled, smooth, slender, 15 to 24' high, mostly recurved at top. Umbel 

 12 to 20-flowercd. Pedicels 1 to 8" long. Fls. rose-colored. Ova. 6-toothed, 

 becoming a roundish, 3-seeded capsule. Jl. 



3 A. stellatum Nutt. Lvs. radical, linear, about equaling tho nearly terete 

 scape; umbel many-flowered, erect (when in flower, nodding before); petals ob- 

 long-ovate, acute, equaling the stamens ; filam. subulate, simple ; ova. 3-lobed, 

 each lobe bearing 2-teeth, or 2-crested above; caps. 3-angled, 3-celled, 6-seeded. 

 — Mo., 111. to Can. W. Alow specie?, in gravelly soils. Scape and lvs. 10 to 15' 

 high. Fls. roseate. Bulb oblong-ovate, eatable. 



4 A Canadense Kalm. Scape terete; lvs. linear; umbel capitate, buibiferous,- 

 filam. simple, dilated at base. — U In woods. Lvs. radical, $ as long as the 

 scape, smooth, nearly flat above. Scape 12 to IS' high, round, smooth, bearing 

 a spathe of 2 ovate, acute bracts at top, with a head of bulbs and flowers. Tho 

 bulbs are sessile, each furnished with a bract beneath, and among them are a few 

 whitish flowers on slender pedicels. Jn. 



5 A. niutabile Ms. Lvs. linear-setaceous, thin, sheathing at base, shorter than 

 the terete scape ; umbel many-flcwered, erect ; spathe 3-leaved, purplish ; segm. 

 ovate-lanceolate, longer than the stamens ; Clam, simple ; ova. crested ; caps. 

 2-lobed, 3-seeded. — Damp woods, Ga., Fla. and Ala. Common at Montgomery. 

 Bulb small, an inch or two in tho ground, clothed with a thick net- work of fibers. 

 Scape 12 to 20' high, strict Fls. 20 to 40, white or roseate. Perianth 2" long. 

 Filam. purple, anth. white. Tastes strong of garlic. Mar. — May. 



6 A. striatum Jacq. Scape slender, 3-angled, longer than the linear, striate leaves 

 which are sheathing at base; spathe of 2 ovate bracts; umbel few (3 to T)-ftow- 

 ered; segm. ovate-lanceolate, with midvein greenish purple, near twice longer than 

 tho stamens ; filam. dilated at base ; caps, downy, perfecting, 2 or 3 seeds in each 

 cell. — Woods and prairies, 111. (Hall, Lapham), and S. States. Scape 8 to 12' 

 high. Lvs. 1 to 3" wide. Pedicels 1 to 2 — 3' long, seldom more than 5 in num- 

 ber. Fls. larger than in our other wild species, spreading about 10", white. 

 Mar. — May. 



7 A. sativum L. Common Gaelic. Bulb compound ; st. leafy to the mid- 

 dle ; lvs. linear-lanceolate ; spathe 1-leaved, long-acuminate ; umbel buibiferous ; 

 stam. tricuspidate. — Gardens. Tho bulb is composed of several smaller ones sur- 

 rounded by a common membrane, acrid and very strong-scented St. 2f high. 

 Fls. small, white. Used in seasoning and sometimes in medicine. Jl. J Sicily. 



8 A. pcrrum L. Leek. St. compressed, leafy; lvs. sheathing at bas«, 



