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9. AL'LIUM, L. GARLIC, ONION, (Celtic all, hot or burning.) 

 Flowers in a dense umbel, with a membranous, 2-leaved spathe ; peri- 

 anth deeply 6-parted, segments mostly spreading, ovate, the 3 inner 

 somewhat smaller; ovary angular; stigma acute; capsule 3 lobed. 

 Strong-scented, bulbous plants. Lvs. mostly radical. Umbel on a 

 scape. 



3 Loaves flat, lanceolate, perishing before flowering. Capsule 3-seeded. Native No. 1 



Leaves flat, linear. Filaments simple. Ovary crested with a crown of 6 Ivs. Native. (*) 



* Stamens conspicuously longer than the sepals. Umbel nodding No. 2 



* Stamens equaling the sepals in length. Umbels with bulbiets or flowers Nos. 3, 4 



* Stamens evidently shorter thaa the sepals. Umbels with flowers only Nos. 5, 6 



5 Leaves flat, lanceolate or lance-linear. Filaments tricuspidate. Cultivated Nos. 7, 8 



| Leaves terete and hollow. Stem leafy half way up. Filaments tricuspidate No. 9 



Scape naked. Filaments uot tricuspkl&te Nos. 1 01 2 



1 A. tricoccum Ait. LANCE-LEAVED GARLIC. Scapo terete ; Ivs. lanceolate- 

 ofoiong, fl:it, smooth- umbel globous ; ovule and seed solitary in each cell of the 

 3-celled capsule. 2 A strong-scented plant, common in damp woods, N. H. to 

 Va. and Wis. Bulb oblong 1 , acuminate. Lvs. 5 to 8' long, an inch or more wide, 

 acute, tapering into a petiole, all withering and disappearing before the opening 

 of the flowers. Scapo a foot or more high, bearing a thin, 2-leaved, deciduous 

 spathe at top, with an umbel of 10 to 12 white fis. Jn., JL 



2 A. cermitxm Roth. NODDING GARLIC. Scape angular ; Ivs. linear, flat, very- 

 long: umbel cernuous ; stam. simple, much longer than the perianth. Mid. S. 

 and W. States. This is our handsomest species. Bulb <> to 8" diam. Scape 

 mostly 4-angled, smooth, slender, 15 to 24' high, mostly recurved at top. Umbel 

 12 to 20-fiovvered. Pedicels 7 to 8" long. Fls, rose-eolored. Ova, 6-toothed, 

 becoming a roundish, 3-seeded capsule. Jl. 



3 A. stellattim Nutt. Lvs. radical, linear, about equaling the nearly tereto 

 scape ; umbel many -flowered, erect (when in flower, nodding before) ; petals ob- 

 long-ovate, acute, equaling the stamens; filam. subulate, simple; ova. 3-lobed, 

 each lobe bearing 2-teeth, or 2 -crested above ; caps. 3-angled, 3-celled, 6-seeded. 

 Mo., 111. to Can. W. A low species, in gravelly soils. Scapo and Ivs. 10 to 15' 

 high. Fls. roseate. Bulb oblong-ovate, eatable. 



4 A. Caiiadense Kalm. Scape terete; Ivs. linear; umbel capitate, bulbifer&us; 

 filam. simple, dilated at base. If In woods. Lvs. radical, $ as long as the 

 scape, smooth, nearly flat abova Scapo 12 to 18' high, round, smooth, bearing 

 a spathe of 2 ovate, acute bracts at top, with a head of bulbs and flowers. The 

 bulbs are sessile, each furnished with a bract beneath, and among them are a few 

 whitish flowers on slender pedicels. Ju. 



5 A. mutabile MX. Lvs. linear-setaceous, thin, sheathing at base, shorter than 

 the terete scape' umbel many-flowered, erect; spathe 3-leaved, purplish; segm. 

 ovate-lanceolate, longer than the stamens; filam. simple; ova. crested; caps. 

 S-lobed, 3-sseded. Damp woods, Ga., Fla. and Ala. Common at Montgomery. 

 Bulb small, an inch or two in the ground, clothed with a thick net- work of fibers. 

 Scape 12 to 20' high, strict Fls. 20 to 40, white or roseate. Perianth 2" long. 

 Filam. purple, anth. white. Tastes strong of garlic. Mar. May. 



6 A. striatum Jacq. Scape slender, 3-angled, longer than the linear, striate leaves 

 which are sheathing at base ; spathe of 2 ovate bracts ; iimbel few (3 to Tj-flow- 

 wed; segm. ovate-lanceolate, with midvein greenish purple, near twice longer than 

 the stamens ; filam. dilated at base ; caps, downy, perfecting, 2 or 3 seeds in each 

 cell. Woods and prairies, 111. (Hall, Lapham), and S. States. Scape 8 to 12' 

 high. Lvs. 1 to 3" wide. Pedicels 1 to 2 3 f long, seldom more than 5 in num- 

 ber. Fls. larger than in our other wild species, spreading about 10", white. 

 Mar. May. 



7 A. sathrum L. COMMON GAELIC. Bulb compound ; st. leafy to the mid- 

 dle ; Ivs. linear-lanceolate ; spathe 1-leaved, long-acuminate ; umbel bulbiferous : 

 stam. tricuspidate. Gardens. The bulb is composed of several smaller ones sur- 

 rounded by a common membrane, acrid and very strong-scented. St. 2f high, 

 Fls. small, white. Used in seasoning and sometimes in medicme. Jl. $ Sicily. 



8 A. pdrrurn L. LEEK. St. compressed, leafy ; Ivs, 



