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** Leaves notfistular, glaucous. 



3. A. Scorodop'rasum, L. ; leaves flat keeled, edges scabrid, sheaths 

 2-edged, spathes 2 shortly beaked, heads bulbiferous, stamens not exserted. 

 A. arcnarium, Sm. Sand Leek. 



Dry pastures and copses, rare, York and Lancaster, to Kirkcudbright, Berwick, 

 Fife and Forfar ; fl. May- Aug. Bulb ovoid, with small stalked bulbils. 

 Leaves 6-8 in. ^-f in. broad. Scape slender. Head lax-flowered ; bulbils 

 purple ; pedicels slender. Perianth J in., segments red-purple, margins 

 white, keel of outer scabrid. DISTRIB. Europe, except Spain. 



4. A. Ampelop'rasum, L. ; leaves distichous folded, edges scabrid, 

 sheaths cylindric, spathe 1 with a compressed long beak, head often bul- 

 biferous, anthers exserted. Wild Leek. 



Rocky banks. &c. , England, naturalized only ; wild in W. Ireland ; fl. July- 

 Aug. Bulbs large, with often stalked bulbils. Leaves l-2ft., 1-1 in. broad. 

 Scape 3-6 ft., very stout. Heads globose, 3-4 in. diam., very many-flowered, 

 pedicels unequal. Perianth gin., white or greenish. DISTRIB. Switzerland, 

 Europe S. of the Alps, W. Asia. 



VAR. 1, Ampelop'rasum proper; head compact, bulbils 0. Steep Holmes in 

 the Severn. VAR. 2, bulbif' erum, Syme ; head compact, bulbils few. Guern- 

 sey. VAR. 3, Babinato'nii, Borrer (sp.); flowers few, bulbils very many, 

 pedicels sometimes proliferous. A. Hulleri, Bab. Dorset and Cornwall, 

 doubtfully wild ; Roundstone and Great Arran Is., Ireland. 



SECTION 2. Codono'prasum. Perianth-segments erect or spreading. 

 Filaments all simple or obscurely 3-fid. 



5. A. Schceno'prasum, L. ; leaves fistular, heads dense-flowered, 

 bulbils 0, spathes 2 shortly beaked, stamens included. Chives. 



Rocky pastures, very rare, N. of England and Cornwall ; absent from Ireland ; 

 a native? Watson; fl. June-July. Bulbs narrow, small, tufted on short 

 rootstocks. Leaves 4-10 in., few, terete or grooved above. Scapes 6-14 in., 

 stout or slender, hollow. Perianth ^-^ in., campanulate, pale purple; 

 pedicels short, bulbils 0. Stamens connate at the very base. Capsule 

 globose, small. DISTRIB. Mid. Europe, N. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. 



VAR. 1, Schceno'pi asum proper; leaves straight, ribs smooth or scaberulous, 

 perianth-segments gradually acuminate. N. of England. VAR. 2, sibir'i- 

 cum, L. (sp. ) ; larger, leaves recurved, ribs more scabrid, perianth-segments 

 abruptly acuminate. A. arenarium, Sm. inEng. Bot. Kynance Cove. 



6. A. olera'ceum, L. ; leaves nearly flat or ^-terete sheathing ' the 

 cylindric scape to the middle, heads lax-flowered bulbiferous, spathes 2, 

 beaks slender unequal, stamens equalling the perianth. Field Garlic. 

 Borders of fields, &c., rare, from Fife and Forfar to Devon and Kent; absen 



from Ireland; fl. July. Bulbs small. Leaves very slender, variable in 

 breadth and thickness, flat towards the tip, with many striae, ribs rough. 

 Scapes 10-18 in., very slender. Heads lax-flowered ; pedicels flexuous, 

 spreading ; spathes 2-4 in. Perianth campanulate, segments obtuse, pale 

 olive-green pink or brownish. Stamens included, filaments shortly connate, 

 subulate. UISTRIB. Europe, W. Siberia, Himalaya. 



VAR. 1, olera'ceum proper ; leaves narrow .^-terete subfisfcular grooved above. 

 Devon, Somerset, Gloucester. VAR. 2, complana'tum, Fries (Boreau, sp.) ; 



