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WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 



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5. AL'LIUM, L. GARLIC. ONIOX. 



[The ancient Latin name of Garlic.] 



Perianth of 6 entirely colored sepals, distinct or united at the base, 1- 

 nerved, becoming dry, more or less persistent. Filaments subulate-fili- 

 form, more or less dilated below, the inner or alternate ones often mem- 

 branaceously dilated, trifid or with a slender cusp or tooth at summit, on 

 each side. Style filiform ; stigma simple or sometimes trifid. Capsule 

 mcmbranaceous, trigonous, or somewhat 3-lobed. Seeds few, roundish 

 and angular ; testa black, rugose or minutely granular-dotted. Herbs 



FIG. 244. The Ten O'clock, or Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatura). 



