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PURPLE GARLIC 



Allium Schosnoprasum. Lily Family 



Bulbs narrowly ovoid, clustered. Stems: scape rather stout, bearing 

 below the middle one or two elongated, linear, terete, hollow leaves ; other 

 leaves basal ; bracts of the umbel two, broadly ovate. Flowers: in umbels, 

 capitate ; perianth of six equal, distinct, lanceolate, one-nerved segments. 



This handsome Purple Garlic with its large dense fiowcr- 

 heads and long hollow leaves is not at all common in the 

 mountains, but is frequently cultivated in cottage-gardens for 

 the sake of its beautifully coloured blossoms. Like all the 

 Garlics, it has a very pungent odour. 



