CHLOROPHYTU©. | LILIACEA., 267 
Leaves fistular :— 
Leaves basal only; heads dense with 
flowers only . ° - A. asealonicum, 
Leaves subdistichous ; hobds dense, with NY 
flowers and bulbils . . P - A. Cepa. 
Leaves flat :-— 
Heads bearing flowers only ; bulb long, 
cylindric, simple :— 
Heads lax ; filaments simple, linear. . A. tuberosum. 
Heads dense ; filaments 2-toothed . A. ampeloprasum, 
Head lax, bearing both flowers and 
bulbils ; bulb short, compound . A. sativum. 
1, A. ascalonicum, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 142, F. B. I. 
vi, 337 ; Watt E. D. ; A. DC. LD Org. Pl. Cult. 55 ; Prain Beng. Pl. 
1075 ; Cooke Fl. Bowls wt, 773.—Vern. Piydj, Palandu (The 
Shallot). Root consisting of a fascicle of several small ovate- 
‘oblong bulbs. Leaves basal only, fistular, shorter than the scapes, 
Seapes 1-2 ft. long, tapering from the swollen base. Umbels 
globular, dense, with flowers only. 
2.A.Cepa, Linn. ; Roxb. l. c. ti, 142; F. B. I. vi, 337 ; Watt 
E. D. ; A. DC. 1. c. 52 ; Duthie in F. and G. Crops Pt. iii, p. 6 ; 
Prain Beng. Pl. 1075 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 775.—Vern. Piydj 
{Onion).—Leaves fit yin, bifarious. Umbels dense, with both 
flowers and bulbils—An important cold-season crop of Northern 
India. 
3. A. tuberosum, Rozb. 1. c. 141; F. B. I. vi, 343; Wat 
E. D.; Prain Beng. Pl. 1076.—Vern. Banga gandina (Hind.) 
(Indian Leek). Bulb long, cylindric, simple. Leaves flat. Um- 
bels lax, bearing flowers only. Filaments simple, linear. The 
plant is much cultivated in Bengal. Roxburgh states that the 
Hindus use it as an article of diet as leeks are in Europe.—Regel 
cites A. tuberosum as a synonym of A. odorum, L. and Sir Joseph 
Hooker has suggested that it might possibly be the cultivated form 
of that plant. 
4. A.ampeloprasum, Linn. ; F. B. I. vi, 337 ; Prain Beng. 
Pl. 1076 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. wi, 775. A. Porrum, L. ; Roxb. kL e. 
141; Watt E. D. A. ampeloprasum, var, Porrum, A. DC. L’Orig. 
