CLASS VI. ORDER I.] ALLIUM. 485 



Striated, the lower half sheathed with leaves. Leaves flat, linear, some- 

 what fleshy, solid, obtusely keeled at the back, and concave above, or 

 channeled, the margins slightly thickened and rough below, and the 

 sheaths numerously striated. Bractea of two persistent pieces, one 

 rather short, the other contracted into a long slender beak. Umbel 

 bearing bulbs amongst the flowers, which are elevated on long slender 

 peduncles of unequal lengths, and spreading. Perianth of six equal 

 pieces, ovate, acute, of a dirty white colour, and a brown keel. Stamens 

 with simple awl-shaped filaments, about as long as the perianth, pale, 

 and united by a membrane at its base. Sti/le very short, with an 

 obtuse stigma. Capsule and seeds rarely perfected. 



Habitat. — Sandy and mountainous situations on the south-east 

 coast, and the northern counties of England; banks of the Isla, 

 Scotland, and on the north side of the Royal Canal above Phibs- 

 borough bridge, Ireland. — Dr. Scott. 



Perennial ; flowering in July. 



" This species," Smith says, " is nearly related to the following, 

 though diff"ering in the flatter form of its leaves, and somewhat in size. 

 I have doubts of their being essentially distinct." 



** Stem leafy, leaves rounded, 

 a. Filaments simple. 



4. A. olera'ceum, Linn. (Fig. 551.) Streaked Field Garlic. Stem 

 round, leafy to the middle ; leaves linear, rounded, fistulose, channeled 

 above, below numerously striated; umbels lax, bearing bulbs; bracteas 

 long, tapering, persistent ; stamens simple, nearly as long as the obtuse 

 pieces of the perianth. 



English Botany, t. 488.— English Flora, vol. ii. p. 1 36.— Hooker, 

 British Flora, vol. i. p. 160. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 268. 



Bulb roundish. Stem from two to three feet high, smooth, striated, 

 erect, leafy to the middle. Leaves very narrow, linear, hollow, 

 rounded, flattened above, and somewhat channeled, round at the back, 

 and numerously striated, and more or less roughish all over. Bracteas 

 two mostly unequal pieces, persistent, thin and dilated at the base, the 

 point, long, slender, tapering. Umbel bearing bulbs amongst the 

 flowers, which are elevated on long slender peduncles, generally of 

 unequal lengths, waved and spreading. PmanfA of six equal pieces, 

 ovate, obtusely pointed, of a dirty white or pinkish colour, with an 

 obtuse keel. Stamens on simple awl-shaped filaments, about as long 

 as the perianth, united at the base by a pale thin narrow membrane. 

 Style short, simple, with an obtuse stigma. Capsules and seeds rarely 

 perfected. 



Habitat. — Borders of fields and waste places in Essex, Gloucester- 

 shire, Norfolk, Yorkshire, and Westmoreland, in England; and St. 

 David's, Scotland. 



Perennial ; flowering in July. 



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