Allium.] HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 139 



7. CoNVALLARiA. Linn. Lily of tlie Valley, or Solomon's seal. 



1. C mr/jdlis, L. {Lilly of the Valleu); scape semi-cylindri- 

 cal, leaves 2 ovato-lanceolate radical, flowers racemed globoso- 

 campanulate drooping, E. Bol. t. 1035. 



Wood.s and coppices, particular!}' in a light soil : frequent in England 

 and in several places in Scotland. Fl. INlay. "^ . — Floivers very pure 

 white, fragrant, segments recurved. Berries red, globose. 



2. C. verticilldta, L. narroiv-leaved Solomon's seal); leaves 

 lanceolate whorled, flowers cylindrical. 2?. Bot. t. 128. 



Woods and glens, very rare, and only found in Scotland. Den of 

 Rcchip, 4< miles N.E. of Dunkeld, Mr A. Bruce. It has been pointed 

 out to Mr James 3IacHab-ds indigenous in the woods at Blair in Athol. 

 Fl. June. If. — 2 f. high. Leaves numerous, bright green, 3 — 4 in a whorl. 

 Flowers solitary, or with branched footstalks, drooping. 



3. C. miiltijiora, L. {common Solomons seal); leaves ovato- 

 elliptical alternate half-embracing the rounded stem, peduncles 

 axillary one- or many-flowered, flowers cylindrical, filaments 

 hairy. E. Bot. t. 279. 



Woods and coppices, in various parts of England and the south of 

 Scotland : also at Kingusie, 7 miles from Aberdeen. Fl. May, June. 

 '^ — 2 f. high, bare of leaves below. Leaves large, marked with longi- 

 tudinal nerves, secund ; i\\e flowers drooping in an opposite direction, 

 white, greenish at the tips. Berries bluish-black, 



4. C. Polt/gondtum, L. {angular Solomons seal); leaves ovato- 

 elliptical alternate half embracing the angular stem, peduncles 

 mostly single-flowex'ed, flowers cylindrical, filaments glabrous. 

 E. Bot. t. 280. 



Woods in England, rare ; in Yorkshire, Somerset, and Kent. Fl. 

 May, June. 1^ — Smaller than the last. Flowers greener, fragrant. 



8. Allium. Linn. Onion. 



* Stem-leaves plane. 



1. A.*Ampeloprdsum, L. {great round-headed Garlic); um- 

 bels globose without bulbs, leaves linear keeled acuminate, 3 

 alternate stamens deeply 3-cleft. E. Bot.t. 1657. 



Rare ; on Holmes Island in the Severn, Hay : the remains of ancient 

 cultivation, Borrer. Fl. Aug. If. — 2 — 3 f. high, with broad acuminated 

 leaves, and large heads of purplish-white^o?6-ers : allied to A. Porrum, 

 the Leek, in habit, but differing in its perennial and clustered young 

 bulbs. The specific name, afi-TriXo;, a vine, and -yr^aaov, a leek, means 

 onion of the vineyard, Porrum, says Theis, is from pori, to eat, m. 

 Celtic ; whence comes our word Porridge. 



2. A. arendrium, L. {Sand- Garlic); umbels bearing bulbs 

 compact sphairical, leaves linear with cylindrical sheaths, 3 al- 

 ternate stamens 3-cleft, leaves of the spatha short obtuse. E. 

 Bot. t. 1358. 



Mountainous woods and fields, in sandy soil, principally in the north 

 of England. Perthshire and Angus-shire. Portmarnock sands, Ireland. 



