ORDER 148. -LILIACB^E. 71 1 



9. AL'LIUM, L. GARLIC. ONION. (Celtic all, hot or burning.) 

 Flowers in a dense umbel, with a membranous, 2-leaved spathe ; peri- 

 anth deeply 6-parted, segments mostly spreading, ovate, the 3 inner 

 somewhat smaller ; ovary angular ; stigma a"cute ; capsule 3-lobed. 

 Strong-scented, bulbous plants. Lvs. mostly radical. Umbel on a 

 scape. 



Leaves flat, lanceolate, perishing before flowering. Capsule 8-seeded. Native No. 1 



Leaves flat, linear. Filaments simple. Ovary crested with a crown of 6 Ivs. Native. (*) 



* Stamens conspicuously longer than the sepals. Umbel nodding No. 2 



* Stamens equaling the sepals in Jength. Umbels with bulblets or flowers Nos. 8, 4 



* Stamens evidently shorter than the sepals. Umbels with flowers only Nos. 5, 6 



Leaves flat, lanceolate or lance-linear. Filaments tricnspidate. Cultivated Nos. 7, 8 



Leaves terete and hollow. Stem leafy half way up. Filaments tricuspidate No. 9 



Scape naked. Filaments not tricuspidate .Nos. 10 12 



1 A. tricoccum Ait. LANCE-LEAVED GARLIC. Scape terete ; Ivs. lanceolate- 

 oblong, flat, smooth ; umbel globoug ; ovule and seed solitary in each cell of the 

 3-celled capsule. If. A strong-scented plant, common in damp woods, N. H. to 

 Va. and "Wia. Bulb oblong, acuminate. Lvs. 5 to 8' long, an inch or more wide, 

 acute, tapering into s a petiole, all withering and disappearing before the opening 

 of the flowers. Scape a foot or more high, bearing a thin, 2-leaved, deciduous 

 spathe at top, with an umbel of 10 to 12 white fls. Jn., Jl. 



2 A. cernuum Roth. NODDING GARLIC. Scape angular ; Ivs. linear, flat, very 

 long ; umbel cernuous ; stam. simple, much longer than the perianth. Mid. S. 

 and W. States. This is our handsomest species. Bulb 6 to 8" diam. Scape 

 mostly 4-angled, smooth, slender, 15 to 24' high, mostly recurved at top. Umbel 

 12 to 20-flowered. Pedicels f to 8" long. Fls. rose-colored. Ova. 6-toothed, 

 becoming a roundish, 3-seeded capsule. JL 



3 A. stellatum Nutt. Lvs. radical, linear, about equaling the nearly terete 

 scape ; umbel many-flotoered, erect (when in flower, nodding before) ; petals ob- 

 long-ovate, acute, equaling the stamens; filam. subulate, simple; ova. 3-lobed, 

 each lobe bearing 2-teeth, or 2-crested above ; caps. 3-angled, 3-celled, 6-seeded. 

 Mo., 111. to Can. "W. Alow species, in gravelly soils. Scape and Ivs. 10 to 15' 

 high. Fls. roseate. Bulb oblong-ovate, eatable. 



4 A. Canadense Kalm. Scape terete ; Ivs. linear ; umbel capitate, buJbiferous ; 

 filam. simple, dilated at base. 2f In woods. Lvs. radical, f as long as the 

 scape, smooth, nearly flat above. Scape 12 to 18' high, round, smooth, bearing 

 a spathe of 2 ovate, acute bracts at top, with a head of bulbs and flowers. The 

 bulbs are sessile, each furnished with a bract beneath, and among them are a few 

 whitish flowers on slender pedicels. Jn. 



5 A. mutabile MX. Lvs. linear-setaceous, thin, sheathing at base, shorter than 

 the terete scape ; umbel many-flowered, erect ; spathe 3-leaved, purplish ; segm. 

 ovate-lanceolate, longer than the stamens; filam. simple; ova. crested; caps. 

 %-lobed, 3-seeded. Damp woods, Ga., Fla. and Ala. Common at Montgomery. 

 Bulb small, an inch or two in the ground, clothed with a thick net- work of fibers. 

 Scape 12 to 20' high, strict. Fls. 20 to 40, white or roseate. Perianth 2" long. 

 Filam. purple, anth. white. Tastes strong of garlic. Mar. May. 



6 A. striatum Jacq. Scape slender, B-angkd, longer than the linear, striate leaves 

 which are sheathing at base ; spathe of 2 ovate bracts ; umbel few (3 to *l)-flow- 

 ered; segm. ovate-lanceolate, with midvein greenish purple, near twice longer than 

 the stamens ; filam. dilated at base ; caps, downy, perfecting, 2 or 3 seeds in each 

 ceU. Woods and prairies, HL (Hall, Lapham)," and S. Statea Scape 8 to 12' 

 high. Lvs. 1 to 3" wide. Pedicels 1 to 2 3' long, seldom more than 5 in num- 

 ber. Fls. larger than in our other wild species, spreading about 10", white. 

 Mar. May. 



7 A. sativum L. COMMON' GARLIC. Bulb compound ; st. leafy to the mid- 

 dle ; Ivs. linear-lanceolate ; spathe 1-leaved, long-acuminate ; umbel bulbiferous ; 

 stam. tricuspidate. Gardens. The bulb is composed of several smaller ones sur- 

 rounded by a common membrane, acrid and very strong-scented. St. 2f high. 

 Fls. small, white. Used in seasoning and sometimes in medicine. Jl. \ Sicily. 



8 A. porrum L. LEEK. St compressed, leafy; Ivs. sheathing at base, 



