PLend.ph. 15. ASPIIODELEyE. 120. Allium. 183 

 /3. biceps. Stem with 2 or 3 heads of bulbs. 



Ampeloprason sive Porriim sylvcstre, Gee. em. 176. 

 AmpeloprassutD, Park. 871. 



d. Leaves radical; scape nalied; umlells leaving capsules, 



7. Allium Jissile. Partible garlick. 



Umbel Is capsule-bearing, globose ; leaves awlshape ; scape 

 round ; bulbs soboliferous ; stamens as long as the peri- 

 gonium. 



Ascaloiiitides, Ger. em. 170. 

 Cepa Ascalonica, Park. Parad. 513. 

 Allium Ascalonicuui, Lin. S. P. 429. 

 Scallions. Shallots. 



Cultivated as a potherb. 



Bulb composed of many little bulbs, not enclosed in a 

 common tunick ; scape 12 in. high ; spathe membrana- 

 ceous ; Jlowers small, deep purple ; perigonium upright, 

 ovate, lanceolate; anthers ^eWow i stigrna h\unt. 



IX. 121. CEPA. Onion. 



Perigonium 6-sepaled, spreading; stamens 6, affixed to 

 the bottom of the sepales, simple at bottom, dilated at top ; 

 stigma acute ; capside 3-sided ; cells deeply 2-parted ; axis 

 threadshape, remaining after the opening of the valves; 

 seeds 2 or 3, roundish ; corculum peripherical, more than 

 half the length of the perisperm, curved or spiral; spermo- 

 dermis simple. — Root tunicated; bulbs simple or soboliferous; 

 leaves flat, linear or round, radical or cauline ; flower um- 

 belled, terniinal, often bearing bulbilles instead of capsules ; 

 spathe bivalve, dry, membranaceous, many-flowered, crowd- 

 ed ; bractece 0. 



a. Leaves cylindrical^ radical ; scape naked. 



1. Cepa esculenta. Esculent oniofz. 



Vmlells capsule-bearing, globose ; scape fistulous^ bellied 

 below; leaves round, shorter than the scape. 



Cepa alba, Ger. em. 169. 

 Allium Cepa, Lin. S. P. 432. 

 Allium esculentura, Salisb. Prod. 255. 

 Silver-skinned onion. Deptford onion. 



Cultivated for kitchen use, in marsh land. 

 Bulb oblong, ovate, scarcely acrid, sweetish, containing 

 a saccharine principle analogous to manna ; scape simple. 



