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bulbules. Perianth leaves connivent below, combined into a funnel- 
shaped bell, nearly straight or recurved at the apex when in flower, 
acute or subacute, pale purple. Stamens included, much shorter than 
the perianth; filaments all simple, subulate, monadelphous only at the 
very base. Capsule subglobular, very bluntly trigonous. Seeds 2 in 
each cell. 
Sus-Srecirs 1—Allium eu-Schcenoprasum. 
Prate MDXXXVII. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. X. Tab. CCCCXCVI. Fig. 1085. 
Billot, Fl. Gall. et Germ. Exsicc. No. 3223. 
A. Schcenoprasum, Linn. Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 2441. Reich. Ic. lc. p. 25. 
Fries, Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 64. Don, Monog. p. 27. Reich. 1c. p. 25. 
A. Schcenoprasum var. a, Bab. Man, Brit. Bot. ed. vi. p. 346. Hook. & Arn. Brit. FI. 
ed. viii. p. 453. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p, 832. 
Bulbs clustered, the barren ones with 2 to 5 leaves. Flowering 
stem naked, or with 1 leaf sheathing it below the middle. Leaves 
slender, straight, very slightly glaucous, with the ribs smooth or only 
faintly roughened. Perianth leaves gradually acuminate, slightly 
spreading at the tips. 
On rocks along the basaltic dyke in Northumberland, by way of 
Walltown, Craig Lake, Kirkwhelpington and Bavington to Spindle- 
stone ; according to Hudson it was foundin Westmoreland. In Scot- 
land it is reported to have occurred at Fast Castle, Berwickshire; and 
near Inverkeithing, Fife; but, though I have searched these stations 
diligently, I have never been able to find it in either, so probably it 
has been a casual escape from cultivation. Stated by Lightfoot to 
grow in Argyleshire. 
England, [Scotland]. Perennial. Summer. 
Bulbs growing in dense tufts, with white rather firm sheaths, the 
outside sheath sometimes grey. Leaves appearing in early spring, 
nearly as long as the scapes, about the thickness of a crowquill. Scapes 
hollow, 4 inches to 1 foot high, nearly erect. Spathe at first ovate- 
ovoid, acuminate, afterwards subglobose with a very short apiculus 
not deserving of the name of a beak, the whole more or less tinged 
with purple. Flowers numerous, in a very dense umbel, which is at 
first round-topped, but in fruit becomes slightly conical. Pedicels 
very slender, shorter than the flowers, lengthening but slightly in 
fruit. Perianth nearly } inch long, very pale purple with a darker 
keel, changing to rose-colour when dry. Filaments very slightly con- 
nected at the base, about half as long as the perianth leaves; anthers 
bluish-purple. Capsule a little larger than a hemp-seed, completely 
concealed within the connivent perianth segments, which are about 
