356— WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
the middle, much longer than the leaves; leaves subterete, fistular, 
somewhat ventricose ; umbel globose, usually capsule-bearing ; ; spathe 
1-or cages 2-valved, ot a dent ieguiahiae 
Oni Oni 
Fr. -Ognn Germ. Die Zwiebel. Span. Cebolla. 
depressed or pide oe ie large (2—3 inches i in horizontal ficowe port tga 7 2-3 
oct al high, prea. often ai : mooth, 
glaucous. Leaves 6 inc esto a foot ‘oot or more in length. Umbel 2 ter: 
Siew filiform. Sutie nish-white. lance- oblong, white nite a green reel. 
ater 
erect ; filaments white, the 3 inner ones much dilated at base, pgrked toothed. 
Gardens and fields : cultivated. Native country unknown. Fl. July. Fr. September. 
bs. species—universally known and cultivated, as a culinary 
vegetable—is by far the fnost valuable of the genus. The culture is car- 
ried to a great extent in some favorable localities—as at Wethersfield, 
gar expre 
popular remedy for the pang in eduidran Its stimulating quality i is 
thus playfully alluded to, by SHaxspEareE, in the Taming of the Shrew : 
“ oe if the boy have not a woman’s gift, 
Tor. 6 5 
Oni 
Which in a cpr being close co conveyed, 
1 in despite enforce a watery eye,?? 
* * Umbel bearing only flowers and capsules. 
¢ Leaves flat. 
4, A. Sees rum, L. Scape rising from the centre of a simple bulb, terete, 
to the middle; leaves bro oad, so: mewhat channelled or folded, and 
keeled, acute; umbel globose ; meri with a rough keel ; stamens a lit- 
tle exserted. 
Leex Auuium. Leek. Garden Leek. 
Fr. Porreau. Germ: Gemeiner Lauch. Span. Puérro. 
dle-sized. -Seape 2-3 eot high. stout and solid. Leaves distichously arranged 
peg come half of the scape, Pile ree te 4 s long, and about an inch wide at base with the 
margin sometimes ciliate. Spathe with along acumination. Umbel globose, dense, rather 
large (2 inches or more in diameter): pedicels of the flowers clavate. Calyx pale violet- 
purple. Filaments white. 
. Gardens: cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. July. Fr. September. 
Obs. hich is regarded as a pi of national embiail 
by the Welsh fe 1s Pat hotieadt by the the poet, Gay 
“« Leek to the Welsh, pp Deeen by butter ’s dear, vd 
Of Irish swains potato is 
Oats for their feasts the Scottish arckneards igen 
Setarated for use in soups. 
+ t¢ Leaves terete, hollow. 
