420 88. LILIACEJ5. 



8. AL'LIUM Linn. Garlic. 



* Alternate stamens broader and ^-pointed, the middle point 

 alone bearing an anther. POHRUM Tourn. 



f Stem-leaves flat or keeled, not hollow. 



A. Ampelop' rasum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. linear, spath 

 long, umbel globose compact, stain, exserted, anther-bearing 

 point of 3-pointed filaments as long as the undivided part, bulb 

 compound of 2 4 divisions. E. B. 1657. Bulb with large off- 

 sets within its coats. St. 2 6 feet high. L. long, linear. 

 Spath parting at the base, and falling off in one piece before the 

 fl. open ; horn 1 2 in. long. Fl. pale purple, the keel of the 

 outer Bubentarginate segments greenish and roughish. Germen 

 rather globose ; transverse projections at about the middle ; 

 lower spaces slightly excavated. Head-bulbs very rare, when 

 present small, the size of peas. Steep Holmes Islands in the 

 Severn (remains of former cultivation). Cliffs in Guernsey. 



p. viii. k 



fl. A. Babingtonii (Borr.) ; st. leafy below, 1. acutely keeled, 

 spath long-pointed, umbel loose irregular with hemispherical 

 bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-bearing point of 3-pointed filaments 

 rather shorter than the undivided part and with an incurved tip 

 when young, bulb compound of few (2) divisions. E. B. ti. 

 2906. St. 46 feet high. L. long, linear, broad. Heads 

 large, with many bulbs about as large as hazelnuts (a character 

 quite constant in cultivation). Spath usually deciduous in two 

 pieces or persistent ; horn 1 2 in long. Fl. pale reddish 

 purple, rather few, more conical than in the preceding, only 

 slightly opening ; outer segments with a green keel, ovate- 

 oblong, with callous points, edges and back rough with minute 

 pellucid points ; inner segments slightly emarginate and with- 

 out points. Lengthened stalks 1 2 in. long, bearing secondary 

 heads, are usually present. Gerinen rather conical ; transverse 

 projection below the middle ; lower spaces rather deeply ex- 

 cavated. Koundstone sparingly, and South Isles of Aran plen- 

 tifully, Co. Galway. Cornwall. P. VIII. E. 1. 



2. A. Scorodop' rasum (L. !) ; st. leafy below, 1. flat, sheaths 

 2-edged, spath short and broad with a very short point, umbel 

 globose with many spherical small bulbs, stam. included or 

 equalling the perianth, anther-bearing point of 3-pointed fila- 

 ments shorter than the undivided part or the lateral points, 

 bulb with many purple offsets. E. B. S. 2905. A. arenarium 

 Sm. St. 2 3 feet high. Heads small. Fl. few, purple - f seg- 

 ments all with a minute apiculus, outer with the edged and keel 



