184. 121. Cepa. 15. ASPHODELEiE. Plend.ph 



l3. riihra. Bulbs roundish, purplish, very acrid; scape 

 simple. 



Common onion. 



Cultivated. 



y. Hispanica. Bulls oblong, ovate, very sweet, large; 

 scape simple. 



Spanish onion. 



Cultivated from seed obtained from Spain and Portugal ; 

 but grows less, and becomes more acrid every year, de- 

 generating into the common onion. 



^. ramosa. Scape branched. 



2Vee onion. Bunch onion. 



Cultivated, but seldom. 



2. Cepa fistulosa. Pipey onion, 

 TJmhells capsule-bearing, globose ; leaves round, fistulous, 



ventricose; scape fistulous, as long as the leaves; outer' 

 sepales shorter than the inner. 



Cepa Hispanica oblonga, Ger. em. 160. 

 Cepa longa, Park. Par. 511. 

 Allium fistulosum, Lin. S. P. 434. 

 Long Spanish onions. TVelsh onions. 



Cultivated as a pot-herb, 



3. Cepa tenuifolia. Fine-leafed onion. 



Umhells capsule-bearing, crowded; leaves round, awl- 

 shape, threadlike ; scapes in tufts, as long as the leaves ; 

 sepales equal. 



Schoenoprasum, Ger. em. 176. 

 Allium Schoenoprasum, Lin. S. P. 482. 

 Allium teniiifolium, Salisi. Prod. 235. 

 Cives. Chives, 



Fields and pastures; perennial; June; also cultivated 

 for a pot-herb. 



BuUs cylindrical, in tufts ; leaves attenuated, 6 or 7 in. 

 high, acute, glaucous, sheathing; scape slightly curved; 

 umhells dense; spatlie purplish, ovate, persisting; ^ow/eri 

 crowded, whitish purple ; pistill very long. 



b. Leaves round, cauline j umhells hulh-hearing. 



4. Cepa oleracea. Pot onion. 

 Umhells bulb-bearing, lax ; leaves half-roijnd, furrowed ; 



scape round. 



