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H.fulva Linn. : leaves linear, carinate ; 3 segments of the perianth 

 obtuse and undulate ; outer nerves of the segments branching. 



HAB. Wet meadows. Penn. July. If. Scape 3 4 feet high. 

 Leaves very long. Flowers large, fulvous. Introduced. 



Day Lily. 



3. ALLIUM. Linn. 



Flowers umbellate, terminal, arising from a2-leavecl spathe. 

 Perianth 6-parted, generally spreading. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



1. A. vineale Linn. : stem slender, a little leafy ; cauline leaves 

 rounded, fistulous; umbel bulbiferous ; stamens alternately tricuspi- 

 date. 



HAB. Meadows. N. S. June, July. If. Stem 2 feet high. 

 Flowers rose coloured. Introduced. 



2. A. triflorum Raf. : scape naked, terete, shorter than the leaves ; 

 leaves lanceolate, nerved ; umbel few-flowered. * 



HAB. Mountains. Penn. Pursh. May, June. If. 



Mountain Leeks'. 



3. A. cernuum Roth : scape naked, square, umbeliferous ; leaves 

 linear, nearly flat ; umbel cernuous ; stamens simple ; germ 6-toothed. 



HAB. Banks of the Seneca Lake, N. Y. Gray. Penn. July. If. 

 Scape 1 2 feet high. Flowers rose coloured. 



4. A. canadense Linn. : scape naked, terete ; leaves linear, flat, 

 smooth ; head bearing bulbs and flowers ; stamens simple, as long as 

 the perianth. 



HAB. Wet meadows. Can. to Car. May, June. If. Scape 

 18 inches high. Leaves very long and narrow. Flozcers rose 

 coloured. 



5. A. tricoccum Ait. : scape naked, nearly terete ; leaves lanceolate- 

 ' oblong, flat, smooth ; umbel globose ; seed solitary. 



HAB. Mountain woods. Mass, to Vir. . June, July. If. Scape 

 a foot high. Flowers white, in a spreading umbeL 



4. ASPARAGUS. Linn. 



Perianth 6-parted. Stamens 6. Style very short. Stig- 

 mas 3. Berry 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 



Hexandria* Monogynia. 



A. ojjicinalis Linn. : unarmed ; stem herbaceous, erect, rounded, 

 much branched ; leaves setaceous, fasciculate and flexible ; peduncles 

 jointed in the middle. 



HAB. Rocky shores. N. Y. June. If. Stew 12 feet high. 

 Floicers small, greenish-white, subaxillary, solitary, drooping. 

 Berries scarlet. Introduced. 



