LILIACE^E 203 



BELLEVALIA Lapeyr. 



B. romana Relchb. Plant 12-18 in. high. Bulb large, oval, brown. Leaves 

 4-5, very linear-lanceolate, channelled, longer than the stem. Flowers greenish- 

 white, violet at the base, always erect, in a cone-shaped spike, becoming loose 

 later. 



Fields and damp meadows. April- May. Rare. 



B. trifoliata Kunth. With usually 3 leaves, is still rarer, but occasionally 

 found in fields and vineyards near La Crau and between La Garde and Le 

 Pradet. April- May. 



B. Webbiana Part. Has been found near Bordighera, but is extremely 

 rare. It may be a hybrid B. romana x Muscari comosum. 



MUSCARI Mill. GRAPE HYACINTH. 



M. comosum Mill. Leaves broadly linear, 3-4, deeply channelled. Scape 

 naked, about a foot high. Spike finally very long and surmounted by a bunch of 

 deep violet sterile flowers, the lower flowers being reddish-brown and arranged 

 horizontally. 



Fields and uncultivated ground, very common. April-May. 



M. botryoldes Mill. Leaves erect, linear-lanceolate, narrowed at base, 

 channelled, as long as! the scape. Raceme short. Flowers bright blue, small, 

 not touching, upper ones sterile and paler in colour. 



Fields and uncultivated ground. Rare at Grasse, S. Dalmazzo di Tenda, etc. 

 April-May. 



M. racemosum Mill. Grape Hyacinth. Leaves linear, very narrow, almost 

 cylindrical, flaccid, longer than the flower-stem and often a foot long. Flowers 

 in a dense raceme, touching one another, very dark blue, except the sterile ones 

 above, which are brighter and with a sweet sickly scent. 



Cultivated and uncultivated ground from the sea to the mountains. March- 

 April. 



M. neglectum Guss. Leaves broader, less cylindrical, channelled and 

 spreading. Flowers dark blue, small, touching each other, in short oval heads. 

 Perianth very open. 



Fields, old walls, and vineyards, common. March-May. 



ALL1LM L. GARLIC. 



A. vineale L. Crow Garlic. Leaves hollow, subcylindrical. Spathe i- 

 valved, ovate-acute. Stamens longer than the flowers. Flowers pale rose, few, 

 in an umbel with many bulbils below. 



Fields and vineyards, common. June-July. 



A. sphaerocephalum L. Round-headed Garlic. Plant 1-2* ft. high. Bulb 

 ovoid and surmounted by several bulbils. Leaves hollow, half cylindrical. 

 Spathe 2-valved, short, acute . Flowers bright rose, numerous, in a dense globular 

 head. 



Dry hill-sides, stony places, and waste ground. May-July. 



A. paniculatum L. Leaves hollow, half cylindric. Spathe bivalved, very 

 long. Stamens equal to the obtuse, mucronate perianth segments. Flowers 

 rose, or whitish, numerous, outer ones pendent, pedicels very unequal. Capsule 

 elliptical, 2-sided. 



Dry fields and vineyards. June- August. 



A. Charmi'moly L. A small and very short species with ovate bulb. 

 Leaves broadly linear and grass-like, with a few cilia at the edges. Flower-,, 

 stem almost absent, the flowers appearing on the level with the sandy ground. 

 Flowers white, few, in a dense umbel. Perianth segments lanceolate. Capsule 

 almost spherical. 



Sea-sands and rarely on dry hills, rare. January-March. In some quantity 

 by the north side of the railway east of La Plage station (Var). 



