LXXXIV. 

 ALLIUM SATIVUM. 



Common Garlic. 



Class VI. Hexandkia. — Order T. Monogynia. 

 Nat. Ord. LiLiACEiE. 



Gen. Char. Periafitfi inferior, petaloid, of six, ovate, 

 spreading pieces. Spathe many-flowered. Capsule 

 three-sided. 



Spec. Char. Bulbs compound. Stamens three-pointed. 



Description. — The bulb is nearly ovoid, with obtuse projec- 

 tionSj covered with thin, membranous, reddish white integuments, 

 beneath which are found several small bulbs, connected together 

 and situated on a kind of plate or disk, from which proceed a 

 number of descending fibres constituting the true root. The 



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