Pe. Original Articles. 
ON THE ALLIUMS OF INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN. 
4 By J. G. eerie 
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iberia, I propose now to report the result, giving descriptions only 
- of those species which sau not been intelligibly denatbed aisesd dy, and 
“ hea the other, 
e general classification of this large and intricate 
: es it, scoml to me best to define 
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enies A. Horosuter. Bulbs se pa arate, short ovoid, or globos 
ye Motrom. Stamens ali simple e, spathe-valves det, “not 
4 tailed, perianth rotate when pra ande d. 
Group 2. Cazoscorpum. Stamens all simple, spathe-valves short, 
tailed, perianth campanulate - “te fullest expansion, with filaments 
inserted a Righer up than in the last. 
: 3. Coponoprasum. Stamens all simple, spathe-valves with 
| Along distinct tail, usually much exceeding the umbel, , perianth seg- 
 Ments as in the ] ast. 
as cup 4. Porrum. Filaments of the three inner stamens with 
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long side cusps, overtopping the intermediate antheriferous oe 
2 Bite e-valves short, 
™ the tw m Et 
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not tailed; expanded perianth campanulate, 
sae Syyzutsr. Bulbs exspitose, long, ovoid-cylindrical, 
" into | Haced on a distinct rhizome, spathe-valves not lengthened out 
Group 5. <Awneumsum, Filaments simopl ianth-segments 
: ple, perianth-segm 
aan geal my ane anded. : 
sp ilaments simple, perianth permanently 
, i palate, with the Alcnahts springing from a distinct space above 
| — 7. Micropoy, Filament of inner stamen obscurely three- 
Of ;Petianth permanently campanula 
hese ay ‘St ae Ben two Sephainled in East Asia are Codo- 
2 he and Porr hich are almost restricted to Europe, No 
Siberia the Orient, a scarcely extend beyond the Caucasus into 
: — 1. Motrom. 
- ROBUSTUM et Kir., Kunth Enum., iv., 446, 689; 
Grifith, asian’, Kashmir, Falconer, 1101; Kis- 
[Octoven, 1874.}' 
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