406 LILIACE^J. [Allium. 



Pastures and waste dry places, from the Clyde and Aberdeen southd., not 

 frequent ; S. and E. Ireland ; Channel Islands; fl. June-July. — Bulb small. 

 Leaves 8-24 in., strict. Scape longer, cylindric. Flowers £ in., green or 

 pink, sometimes replaced by bulbils {A. compac'tum, Thuill.) ; pedicel 

 slender, tip thickened. Filaments exposed. Bulbils £ in., green or purplish. 

 — Distrib. Europe (excl. Greece), Canaries ; introd. in N. America. 



2. A. sphseroceph'alum, L. ; leaves terete or flattened or grooved 

 above, spathes 2 shortly beaked, head globose dense-fld. 



St. Vincent's Rocks, Bristol ; Channel Islands; fl. June-Aug. — Habit of A. 

 vineale, but ribs of leaf rough when young, and heads dense, globose, red- 

 purple, without bulbils. — Distrib. From Belgium southd. (excl. Greece). 



** Leaves not fist ular, glaucous. 



3. A. Scorodopra sum, L. ; leaves flat keeled, edges scabrid, sheaths 

 2-edged, spathes 2 shortly beaked, head with bulbils, anthers not exserted. 

 A. arena' Hum, Sm. Sand Leek. 



Dry pastures and copses, rare, York and Lancaster to Fife and Perth ; 

 Ireland ; fl. May-Aug. — Bulb ovoid, with small stalked bulbils. Leaves 

 6-8 in., ^-§ in. broad. Scape slender. Head lax-fld.; bulbils purple; 

 pedicels slender. Perianth § in., segments red-purple, margins white, keel 

 of outer scabrid. — Distrib. Europe (excl. Spain, Greece). 



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

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

 bulbils, anthers exserted. Wild Leek. 



Rocky banks, naturalized; fl. July-Aug. — Bulb large, with often stalked 

 bulbils. Leaves 1-2 ft., 1-1| in. broad. Scape 3-6 ft., very stout. Heads 

 globose, 3-4 in. diam., very many-fld., pedicels unequal. Perianth \ in , 

 white or greenish.— Distrib. Switzerland, Europe S. of the Alps, 

 W. Asia. 



A . Ampelop'rasum proper (A . holmen'se, Mill.) ; head compact, bulbils 0. Steep 

 holmes in the Severn.— Var. bulbiferum, Syme ; head compact, bulbils 

 few. Guernsey.— Var. A. Babingto'nii, Borrer {A. Halle'ri, Bab.) ; flowers 

 few, bulbils very many, pedicels sometimes proliferous. Dorset and 

 Cornwall, ? wild ; Roundstone and Great Aran Is., Ireland. 



Section 2. Codonop'rasum. Perianth-segments erect or spreading 

 Filaments all simple or obscurely 3 -fid. 



4. A. Schoenop'rasum, L. ; leaves fistular, head dense-fld. without 

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



Rocky pastures, very rare, Northumbd., Lancashire, Brecon, Cornwall ; 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. Stamens con- 

 nate at the very base. Capsule globose, small. — Distrib. Mid. Europe 

 (excl. Turkey), N. Asia", Himalaya, N. America. 



