LILY FAMILY. 355. 
of a strong odor, with = A ers ?) bulbs. Scapes naked, or 
ith sheathing Jeaves below, solid or fistular. Leaves mostly narrow, 
channelled, semi-cylindrie, or eke often hollow, sometimes flat. Umbel 
terminal, embraced by a membranaceous | — 2-valyed 7. ea spathe- 
like involucre. Flowers sometimes changed into bulble 
* Umbel often densely bulb bearing, with or Lid flowers. 
Tt Lacves ‘flat. 
1. A. satr’vum, LZ. Scape terete, leafy to the middle; leaves lance- 
pera somewhat channelled ; spathe 1-valved, with a long acumination, 
ucous. 
CuntivateD Ariium. Garden or English Garlic. 
Fr. LiAil. Germ. Der Lauch. Knoblauch. Span. Ajo. 
Growing in bunches. Radical bulbs compound, consisting of small bulbous offsets, 
ealted a cloves. Scape 1-2 feet high, sm > ete, lower half ery ee + ota ox 
tension of the sheaths. Leaves 9-16 inc es long, distichously arra Heads 
bels bearing numerous small Sees oblong bulbs, each bulb with + nu inser ous potions 
ing. Calyx pale purple. 
Gardens : cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. July. Fr. September. 
Obs. Cultivated as an aoe of medicine and used by some to season 
food, for which purpose it is extensively used in the Spanish American 
parts of our continent. 
+ ¢ Leaves terete and hollow. 
2. A. vinea’le, L. Scape terete, slender, sparingly leafy to the mid- 
dle ; leaves terete, with a narrow channel on the upper side; spathe ab- 
ruptly acuminate. 
Vig (or edieens — Garlic. Field Garlic. Crow Garlic. 
Fr. Ail des Vignes. erm. Acker-Lauch. Wein-bergs-Lauch. 
Bulbs ane Scape wha feet high bed slender, with a few leaves che oni the middle* 
pedicels of the flowers filiform, clavate. Calyx deep one tinged with green. 
Pastures and cu Itivated service troduced. Native of Europe. Fl. June. Fy. Aug. 
Obs. Tradition says, es was introduced by the first Welsh 
immigra nts to Pease ay mage the purpose of supplying an early pas- 
ture. It is now completely naturalized, and was former indan 
“In some districts, as to ine insane It not only im 
gusting flavor to milk, butter, &c., but, by its abundance among the 
wheat, sevlouay fojuredt the flour,—and rendered the manufacture of it 
ifheult. Our best farmers, however, have now nearly subdued it, by the 
a judicious rotation of crops. A native 
improvement of their land, and a judi i _ 
species, the Meadow Garlic (A. Canaden’se, Kalm.), is frequent in moist 
meadows ; it has flat leaves borne at the base . 
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