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Island in the Severn (remains of former cultivation). Gt. Arran 

 Island, Galway. Mr. Andrews. Cliffs in Guernsey. P. VIII. E.I. 



2. 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 apex 

 when young, bulb compound of few (2) divisions. E. B. S. 2906. 

 A. Halleri Bab., not G. Don. St. 46 feet high. L. long, linear, 

 broad. Heads large, with many bulbs about as large as a Hazel- 

 nut. 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 without points. Lengthened stalks 1 2 in. 

 long, bearing secondary heads are usually present. Germen 

 rather conical, nectarial projections below the middle, lower 

 spaces rather deeply excavated. Roundstone, and S. Isles of 

 Arran plentifully, Galway. Cornwall. P. VIII. E. I. 



3. A. Scorodoprasum (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 L. !, 

 Sm. St. 2 3 feet high. L. with scabrous margins. Heads 

 small. Fl. few, purple ; segments all with a minute apiculus, 

 outer with the edges and keel rough. Head-bulbs deep purple. 

 Sandy woods and fields in the north. P. VI. VII. E. S.? 



ft Stem-leaves hollow. 



4. A. vineale (L.) ; st. leafy below, L terete slightly channeled 

 above, spath 1-valved short with a slender long point, umbel 

 globose with many bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-bearing point 

 of 3-pointed filaments equalling the undivided part and half as 

 long as the lateral points. E. B. 1974. R. I. t. 404. A. are- 

 narium Fries. St. 2 feet high. L. faded at the time of flower- 

 ing. Heads of few pale rose-coloured fl. with green keels and 

 long stalks. Head-bulbs small, oval, acute, greenish. /3. A. com- 

 pactum (Thuil.) ; umbel without fl., head-bulbs with a leaflike 

 point. Waste ground and dry fields. |8. is the more common. 

 P. VII. Crow Garlic. 



5. A. sphcerocephalum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. subcylindrical 

 channeled above smooth, spath 2-valved short, umbel globose 

 without bulbs, stam. twice as long as the perianth, anther-bearing 



