164 80. 



opposite or lower side of the stem from the le. Peri, long, nar- 

 row in the middle, white, with green tips. Filaments and style 

 downy. Berries dark bluish purple. 



Very rare. In woods. " On the ruins of Mugdock Castle," Hopk. " Woods 

 at Bothwell," Pair.; " Corehotise woods," Mr. Dunlop. Cathcart. (E) P. 56. 



4. A'GRAPHIS. Blue-Bell. 



A. XUTANS, Link. Wild Hyacinth. Scape 812. in. high. 

 Le. long, linear, channelled. Fl. blue, drooping, in a one-sided 

 raceme, with 2 small linear bracts at the base of each, fragrant. 

 Segments of the peri, revolute at the apex. 



Very plentiful. In woods and thickets. (B) P. 46. Kelvin woods; Car- 

 myle, &c. 



5. A'LLIUM. Onion, Garlic, Leek 



*1. A. SCJKENOPBASUM, L. Chives, Chive-Garlic. Stems 

 tufted, naked, or with 1 le. 9 12 in. high. Le. long, narrow, 

 cylindrical, tubular. Umbel many-flowered, globose, without 

 bulbs. Spathas 2, ovate, pointed. St. half the length of the 

 lanceolate segments of the peri. Fl. purplish. 



Very rare. Island of Arran. Certainly left by cottars, when turned off their 

 holdings, as at East Glen Sannox, Arran. (L) P. 67. 



2. A. VINEALE, L. Crow-Garlic. Stems 1 2 ft. high. Le, 

 long, narrow, cylindrical, tubular. Umbel bearing numerous 

 bulbs, along with a few fl. Spatha of 1 le. , point long and slender. 

 St. longer than the reddish peri. Very seldom bearing fl. 



Not common. Waste places. (E) P. 6. "In Daldowie woods," Dr. Brown. 

 Banks of Ctyde above Carmyle, and on a bank below it, amongst some trees; 

 Dunglass rocks; Cumbrae and Arran. 



3. A. URSINUM, L. Broad-leaved Garlic, Ramsans. Scape 

 about 12 in. high, triangular. Le. thin, flat, ovato-lanceolate, 

 tapering into a footstalk. Fl. in a loose umbel, of about 12 white 

 fl. Spathas 2, ovate, quickly falling off before the fls. expand. 

 Peri, spreading. Segments lanceolate. Le. when bruised smell- 

 ing strongly of garlic. 



Frequent. Moist woods and hedge banks. (B) P. 4 6. Carmyle ; Cambus- 

 lang glen; Cathkin woods; Campsie glen, most abundant; Gourock, &c. 



6. ORNITHOGALUM. Star of Bethlehem. 



*O. UMBELLATUM, L. Common Star of Bethlehem. Stem 

 8 10 in. high. Le. long, linear, grooved, acuminate, weak. Fl. 

 corymbose, with a lanceolate bract at the base of each. Peri. 

 white, with a narrow green line on the outside of each segment. 



Very rare. Meadows and pastures. P. 5 6. " Border of a field at Barncluith," 

 Patr. Banks of the river Cart ; an escape. 



