130 PETALOIDE^E. 



narrow bract at the base of the flower- stalk. Very abundant. 

 Scilla, Sm. (E. B. t. 377.) Hyacinihus nonscriptus, Linn. 

 Endymion, Bab. P. v. 



ALI.IU1M. ONION, GAELIC. 



1. A. vineale (crow Garlic.) In dry fields and waste ground. 

 Root-bulb ovate. Leaves few, long, hollow, and curling. Umbel 

 bearing small greenish bulbs mixed with the flowers, or bulbs 

 only ; flowers few, pale red. Park Hill. Daddyhole Plain. 

 Cliffs near Hope's Nose. Ilsham Down. (E. B. t. 1974.) P. 



VII. 



2. A. ursinum (broad-leaved G, or Ramsons.) In moist 

 woods and shady hedge-banks. Leaves nearly all radical, stalked, 

 ovate-lanceolate, long, flat, and spreading, bright green ; flower- 

 stem from 8 to 10 inches high, crowned by a loose umbel of nu- 

 merous, pretty, white flowers. Whole plant has a strong odour of 

 garlic when bruised. Torre Abbey drive. Cockington lanes. 

 Upton lanes. Bradley woods, in great abundance. (E. B. t. 

 122.) P. v. vi. 



SCXLiIiA. SQUILL. 



S. autumnalis (autumnal Squill.) In dry pastures. Bulb 

 large, coated. Flower-stems from 4 to 8 inches high, appearing 

 after the linear leaves have withered away, according to Bentham ; 

 but coming before the leaves show themselves, according to Ba- 

 bington ; flowers small, bright pinkish-purple. Park Hill, near 

 the stone seat. Daddyhole Plain. Warberry Hill. (E. B. t. 

 78.) P. vn. vin. 



OED. XCV. MELANTHACEJE, 

 COX.CHICUM. MEADOW-SAFFRON. 



C. autumnale (common Meadow- Saffron.) In wet meadows 

 and pastures. Root large and tuberous. Flowers several, bright 

 purple, appearing before the leaves. Leaves flat and lanceolate, 

 often a foot long, and as much as an inch or an inch and a half 

 broad, appearing in the spring together with the capsule which 

 then appears above the surface of the ground, the leaves soon af- 

 terwards withering away. Formerly in Torwood meadows, the 

 site of the present public gardens. (E. B. t. 133.) P. IX. X. 



