34 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
corymbed, perianth funnel-form, with a spreading limb much 
longer than the tube. Stamens 6, inserted in the top of the 
tube, shorter than the lobes, curved upward. Ovary 3-celled, 
many-ovuled, style longer than the stamens, curved upward, 
stigma knobbed. Fruit a 3-celled, 3-angled capsule.* 
1. H. fulva, L. Day Liry. Scapes stout, branched above, with a 
few bract-like leaves, smooth, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves very long, strap- 
shaped, acute, channeled. Flowers short-pediceled, tawny-yellow, 
perianth lobes oblong, netted-veined, lasting only one day. Intro- 
duced from Asia and common in old gardens.* 
vil. ALLIUM, L. 
Stemless herbs from coated bulbs with the characteristic 
odor of onions. Bulbs solitary or clustered. Leaves narrowly 
linear or slender-tubular, with a bloom. Flowers small on 
slender pedicels, in terminal umbels on naked scapes, the 
umbels often bracted or enclosed in a spathe. Perianth 
6-parted, persistent ; stamens 6, inserted on the base of the 
perianth, filaments filiform or dilated below. Ovary sessile, 
3-celled. Style thread-like, jointed; stigma entire. Fruit a 
3-celled, 3-valved, few-seeded capsule. Flowers sometimes 
changed into bulblets.* 
1. A. canadense, L. Merapow Gartic. Bulbs ovoid, the outer 
coats of white and thin, dry, netted fibers. Leaves narrowly linear, 
flat, or concave above. Scape cylindrical, 1 ft. high. Bracts of the 
umbel 2-3, ovate, acuminate; umbel consisting mostly of sessile 
bulblets. The few flowers long-pediceled, rose-colored. Perianth 
about as long as the stamens. Filaments dilated below. Capsule 
shorter than the perianth, 6-toothed, ovules 2 in each cell. On moist 
soil.* 
2. A. striatum, Jacq. Srripep Witp Onron. Bulbs clustered, 
outer coat membranaceous. Leaves linear, concave, striate on the 
back. Scape 6-12 in. high. Umbel 3-10-flowered, bracts 2, pedicels 
1-2 in. long. Perianth nearly white, longer than the stamens, the 
outer segments green-keeled on the back. Capsule not toothed, 
seeds several in each cell. Low pine barrens.* 
3. A. vineale, L. Fretp Gartic. Bulb mostly solitary. Leaves 
cylindrical, hollow, very slender. Scape slender, sheathed below the 
middle by the bases of the leaves. Umbels often crowded with 
bulblets. A troublesome weed in moist meadows and fields east- 
ward, giving milk a strong flavor of onions or garlic. 
