138 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Allium. 



A. ursinum. Linn. Sp. PL 431. fnikl.v.2.79. Fl. Br. 359. Engl. 



Bot. V. 2. t. 1 22. Hook. Scot. 101. Fl. Dan. t. 7b7. Fuchs. Hist. 



739. f. Matth.VaIgr.v.\.5\2.f. Camer. Epit.330.f. Ger.Em. 



\79.f. Dalech. Hist. 1546./. 2, 3. 

 A. n. 1228. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 110. 

 A, foliis radicalibus latissimis petiolatis, floribus umbellatis. Hall. 



All. 41. n. 18. Opusc.379.n. 21. 

 A. sylvestie latifolium. Baiih.Pin.74. Rail Syn. 370. Rudh.Elys. 



V. 2. 152. f. 8. 



In moist woods, hedges, and meadows, frequent. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Bulb white, slender, oblong. Stem none. Leaves 1 or 2, a span 

 long, erect, pointed, broad, smooth, entire, bright green, with a 

 stout central rib, and many fine, parallel, lateral ones, connected 

 by transverse reticulations. Footstalks semicylindrical, much 

 .shorter than the leaves, sheathing at the base. Flower-stalk 

 solitaiy, semicylindrical, about as tall as the leaves, bearing a 

 fiattish umbel of many pure-white Jlowers, with a pair of ovate 

 bracteas. Petals acute. Stam. awl-shaped, simple, slightly at- 

 tached to the bottom of each petal. Gcrmen turbinate, three- 

 lobed. Style a little elongated. 



Every part of the plant when trodden upon, or otherwise bruised, 

 exhales the strong odour of its genus ; and if cows feed upon it, 

 ever so sparingly, their milk is rendered intolerably nauseous ; 

 so that even the pretty flowers are seen with disgust, by those 

 who wish in vain to eradicate such a nuisance fi-om their pastures. 

 Pliny, who first has recorded the specific name, does not account 

 for its application. The coarseness of its qualities, like the man- 

 ners of some human beings, may, in both cases, justify the com- 

 parison. 



7. A Schoeno/jrasum. Chive Gailick. 



Stalk naked, round, the height of the foliage. Leaves cylin- 

 drical, somewhat tapering at the point. Stamens simple. 



Allium Schcenoprasum. Li7ui. Sp. PI. 432. fVilld. v. 2. 81. Fl. Br. 



360, Engl. Bot. v. 34. t. 2441. Light/. 160. Hook. Scot. 101. 



FL Dan. L971. 

 A.n. 1226. HaU. Hist v. 2. 108. 

 A. staminibus simplicibus, foliis radicalibus teretibus, scapi longi- 



tudine. HalLAU. 28. n. 12. Qpusc.3G\. n. 14, 

 Porrumsectivum juncifolium. Bauh.Pin.72. Rudb. Elys.v.2.l43. 



f.3. 

 P, sectivum. Fuchs. Hist. 635./. Trag. Hist. 743./. 742. Dalech. 



Hist 1542./. 

 P. sectile. Matth. Falgr. v. 1 . 502./. Camer. Epif. 322./. 

 Schcenoprason . Ger.Em. 176 /. Lob.Ic.l54./. Dod. Pempt.689./. 

 In meadows and pastures^ but rare. 



