332 86. LILIACE.E. 



9 12 in. Fl. large, white, greenish externally. Fields and 

 orchards, rare. P. IV. V. E. 



6. GAGE A Salisb. 



1. G. lutea (Ker); radical 1. usually solitary linear-lanceo- 

 late flat, bracts 2 opposite, peduncles umbellate simple glabrous, 

 segments of the perianth oblong obtuse, bulb ovate solitary. 

 KB. 21. R. x. 477- Ornithogalum L. St. about 6 in. high, 

 shorter than the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, one often exceeding 

 the yellow flowers. Bulb often inclosing many small round off- 

 sets. Woods and thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 



7. SCILLA Linn. Squill. 



1. S. autumnalis (L.) ; 1. linear many, raceme lax, peduncles 

 ascending, bracts O.E. B. 78. R. x. 463. Height 46 in. 

 Fl. purplish-blue with a green line down the back, in perfection 

 before the 1. appear. Dry pastures in the south and west. P. 

 VIII. Autumnal Squill. E. 



2. S. verna (Huds.); 1. linear channeled hooded at the end 

 many, raceme few-flowered corymbose, bracts lanceolate as long 

 or longer than the peduncles. E. B. 23. R. x. 463. Height 

 4 5 in. Fl. blue. L. as long or longer than the stalk. 

 Western and northern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. 



[S. bifolia (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate usually only 2, raceme lax 

 slightly corymbose, ped. erect, bracts 0. E. B. 24. Said to 

 grow in the west of England.. P. IV.] 



8. ALLIUM Linn. Garlic. 



* Stam. alternately broader and 3-pointed, the middle point 

 alone bearing an anther. PORRUM Tourn. 



t Stem-leaves flat or keeled, not hollow. 



*l. A. Ampeloprasum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. linear, spath 

 long, umbel globose compact, stam. exserted, anther-bearing 

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

 compound of 2 4 divisions. E. B. 1656. Bulb with large off- 

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

 calyptriform, parting at the base, and falling off in one piece be- 

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

 of the outer subemarginate segments greenish and roughish. 

 Germen rather globose ; nectarial projections at about the 

 middle; lower spaces slightly excavated. Head-bulbs rare, 

 when present small, the size of Peas. Cliffs on Steep Holmes 



