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bulbules. Periimtli leaves connivent below, combined into a funnel- 

 shaped bell, nearly straight or recurved at the apex when in flower, 

 acute or subacute, pale purple. Stamens included, much shorter than 

 the perianth ; filaments aU simple, subulate, monadelphous only at the 

 very base. Capsule subglobular, very bluntly trigonous. Seeds 2 in 

 each cell. 



Sub-Species I. — Allium eu-ScliCEnoprasum. 

 Plate lEDXXXVn. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. X. Tab. CCCCXCVI. Fig. 1085. 



Billot, Fl. (Jail, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 3223. 



A. SclicBnoprasum, Linn. Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 2441. Beicli. Ic. I.e. p. 2-5. 



Fries, Snmm. Veg. Scand. p. 64. Bcyn, Monog. p. 27. EeicJi. 1. c. p. 2.5. 

 A. SchoenopTasum var. a, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. vi. p. 346. Hoolc. & Am. Brit. Fl. 



ed. viii. p. 453. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 832. 



Bulbs clustered, the barren ones with 2 to 5 leaves. Flowering 

 stem naked, or with 1 leaf sheathing it below the middle. Leaves 

 slender, straight, very slightly glaucous, with the ribs smooth or only 

 faintly roughened. Perianth leaves gradually acuminate, slightly 

 spreading at the tips. 



On rocks along the basaltic dyke in Xorthumberland, by way of 

 Walltown, Craig Lake, Kirkwhelpington and Bavington to Spindle- 

 stone ; according to Hudson it was found in Westmoreland. In Scot- 

 land it is reported to have occurred at Fast Castle, Bei'wickshii-e ; and 

 near Invei'keithing, Fife ; but, though I have searched these stations 

 diligently, I have never been able to find it in either, so probably it 

 has been a casual escape from cultivation. Stated by Lightfoot to 

 grow in Ai'gylesliire. 



England, [Scotland]. Perennial. Summer. 



Bulbs growing in dense tufts, -vvith white rather firm sheaths, the 

 outside sheath sometimes gi'ey. Leaves appearing in early spring, 

 nearly as long as the scapes, about the thickness of a crowquill. Scapes 

 hollow, 4 inches to 1 foot high, nearly erect. Spathe at first ovate- 

 ovoid, acuminate, afterwards subglobose ■\^^th a very short apiculus 

 not deserving of the name of a beak, the whole more or less tino-cd 

 Avith purple. Flowers numerous, in a very dense umbel, which is at 

 first round-topped, but in fruit becomes slightly conical. Pedicels 

 very slender, shorter than the flowers, lengthening but slightly in 

 fruit. Perianth nearly i inch long, very pale purple with a darker 

 keel, changing to rose-colour when dry. Filaments very slightly con- 

 nected at tlie base, about half as long as the perianth leaves; anthers 

 bluish-purple. Capsule a little larger than a hemp-seed, completely 

 concealed witliin the connivent perianth segments, which are about 



