184 MONOCOTYLEDONS. ASPHODELE^. Allium. 



segments either of a different form or absent. Ovary superior, 

 3-celled; cells 1 2, many-seeded. Style 1. Stiff ma simple. 

 Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, bearing the septa in the middle. 

 Integument of the seed black, crustaceous and brittle. Allu- 

 we w fleshy or cartilaginous. 



1. ORNITHOGALUM. 



Perianth 6-partite. Stam. dilated at the base, hypogynous. 

 * Flowers yellow. 



1 . O. luteum, stem angular bearing two leaves (immediately be- 

 low the umbel), flowerstalks forming an umbel undivided gla- 

 brous, leaves of the perianth lanceolate, p. 102. IVoods^rare. 



** Flowers white or greenish. 



2. Q. umlellatum, flowers in a corymbus, peduncles longer thai} 

 the bracteus, filaments subulate, p. 102. Banks. 



2. SCILLA. 



Perianth 6-partite; segments spreading, deciduous. Stam. fili- 

 form, glabrous, perigynous. Seeds sphaerical. 

 1. S. verna, root solid, corymb hemispherical few- flowered, 

 bracteas lanceolate obtuse, leaves linear channelled, p. 1P3: 

 Rocks near the sea. 



3. HYACINTHUS. 



Perianth tubular, 6- cleft or 6-partite, the extremities only 

 spreading. Stam. filiform. Cap s. obtusely triangular. 



1. H. non scriptuSy raceme cernuous, perianth 6-partite fbe 

 extremities revplute. p. 102. Woods. 



4. ALLIUM. 



Flowers umbefjate, terminal, arising from a 2-leaved spathq. 

 perianth 6 partite, generally patent. 



* Cauline leaves plane. Stam. alternately tricuspidate. 

 \. A. arenarium, umbels bearing bulbs compact sphaerical, leaves 

 linear with cylindrical sheaths, spatha short obtpse, petals 

 roughish on the keel. p. 100.- Sandy hills. 



** Cauline leaves plane. Stam. all simple. 



2. A. carinatum, umbels bearing bulbs lax, leaves linear keeled, 

 spatha very long unequal, p. 101. Mountains. 



*** Cauline leaves rounded. Stam. alternately tricuspidate. 



3. A. vineale, umbel beaqng bulbs, leaves fistulose. p. 101. 

 Pastures. 



**** Cauline leaves rounded. Stam. all simple. 



4. A. oleraceum, umbel bearing bulbs lax, leaves grooved above, 

 spatha with two very long points, p. 101, Pastures. 



