HLOROPHYTUM.] L1L1ACEM. 267 



Leaves fistular : 



Leaves basal only ; heads dense with 



flowers only A. asealonicum. 



Leaves subdistichous ; heads dense, with 



flowers and bulbils . . . . A. Cepa. 



Leaves flat : 



Heads bearing flowers only ; bulb long, 

 cylindric, simple : 



Heads lax ; filaments simple, linear . A. tuber osum. 



Heads' dense ; filaments 2-toothed . A. ampeloprasum. 

 Head lax, bearing both flowers and 



bulbils ; bulb short, compound . A. sativum. 



1. A. aacalonlcnm. Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 142, F. B. I. 



vi, 337 ; Watt E. D. ; A. DC. UOng. PL Cult. 55 ; Prain Beng. PI. 

 1075 ; Cooke FL Bomb, ii, 775. Vern. Piydj, Palandu (The 

 Shallot). Root consisting of a fascicle of several small ovate- 

 oblong bulbs. Leaves basal only, fistular, shorter than the scapes. 

 Scapes 1-2 ft. long, tapering from the swollen base. Umbels 

 globular, dense, with flowers only. 



2. A. Cepa. Linn. ; Roxb. 1. c. ii, 142 ; F. B. I. vi, 337 ; Watt 

 E. D. ; A. DC. 1. c. 5? ; Duthie in F. and G. Crops PL Hi, p. 5 ; 

 Prain Beng.. PL 1075 ; Cooke, FL Bomb, ii, 775. Vern. Piydj 

 (Onion) s Leaves fistular, bifarious. Umbels dense, with both 

 flowers and bulbils An important cold-season crop of Northern 

 India. 



3. A. tuberosum, Roxb. I. c. 141 ; F. B. I. vi, 343 ; Wait 

 E. D. ; Prain Beng. PL 1076. Vern. Banga gandina (Hind.) 

 {Indian Leek). Bulb long, cylindric, simple. Leaves flat. Um- 

 bels lax, bearing flowers only. Filaments simple, linear. The 

 plant is much cultivated in Bengal. Roxburgh states that the 

 Hindus use it as an article of diet as leeks are in Europe. Reg el 

 -cites A. tuberosum as a synonym of A. odorum, L. and Sir Joseph 

 Hooker has suggested that it might possibly be the cultivated form 

 of that plant. 



4. A, ampeloprasum, Linn. ; F. B. I. vi, 337 ; Prain Beng. 

 PL 1076 ; Cooke FL Bomb, ii, 775. A. Porrum, L. ; Roxb. I c. 

 141 ; Watt E. D. A. ampeloprasum, var. Porrum, A. DC, UOrig. 



