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the perianth-segments, anthers yellow; dry hill-sides, 

 frequent. A. oleraceum, L., Field-garlic; umbel globu- 

 lar, with bulbils, spathe longer than the umbel, flowers 

 whitish-green, stamens included; fields, frequent. A. 

 carinatum, L. ; resembling oleraceum, but flowers bright 

 pink, filaments much longer than perianth-lobes, leaves 

 flatter; dry places, not common. A. pulchellum y Don 

 (paniculatum, Gaud.), resembling the last, but umbel 

 without bulbils; Western Switzerland, Ticino, Jura, 

 Pyrenees. A. flavum, L. ; flowers yellow, umbel without 

 bulbils, anthers exserted ; Jura, Auvergne, Puy-de-D6me, 

 Pyrenees. 



E. Root-stock a horizontal rhizome, with the bulbs on 

 its upper surface ; umbel without bulbils : A . narcissi- 

 florum, Vill. (grandiflorum, Lam.) ; umbel few-flowered, 

 flowers very large (about \ in.), pink or white, drooping, 

 stamens included, leaves linear, flat ; high ; Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees. A. fallax, Don (including acutangulum^ 

 Schrad., and angulosum, DC.) ; flowers small, numerous, 

 light purple, stamens about as long as perianth-segments, 

 stem 12-18 in., leaves linear, flat; Ticino, Western Swit- 

 zerland, Jura, Pyrenees. A. montanum, Schm. ; flowers 

 small, pink, anthers extruded, stem leafless, 8-10 in., 

 leaves angular ; rocky places ; Switzerland, rare. 



Several other species are escapes from cultivation. 



14. GAGEA, L. 



Flowers yellow, in umbels subtended by leafy bracts, on 

 a leafless scape springing from a bulb ; stamens attached 

 to the base of the perianth-leaves ; anthers basifixed. 



G. lutea, Ker, Yellow Star of Bethlehem ; bulb soli- 



