DIVISION R 
1. Crow-Garlick, 
Allium fyloeftre tenuifoliuin, 
The root is {mall, roundifh, covered with a 
‘red fkin, and of a very ftrong tafte, 
The leaves are very long, lender, hollow, and 
OF a pale green. 
The ftalk is round, upright, and a foot high. 
The head is fmall, and is frequently compofed 
altogether of little flefhy fubftances, which thoot 
ut leaves in the manner of roots, and take root 
when they fall: fometirnes there are among thefe 
fmall, greenith flowers, 
It is common in paftures, and fometimes 
among corn, It flowers in June, 
C. Bauhine calls ic Adium campeftre juncifolium 
capitatum purpurascens majus. Others, Alinn 
Lylvefire juncifolium, 
2. Purple Mountain-Garlick. 
| Allium monianum purpureum majus, 
* The root is a large, round bulb, with many 
fibres at the bottom. 
The leaves are long, and fomewhat broad, flat” 
at the upper-fide, and hollowed underneath, and 
of a fine deep green. : 
The ftalk is upright, round, and two feet 
high, 
The head is round and large, purplifh: in co- 
Jour, and compofed of numerous flefhy fubftances, 
as in the other, with a few faint red flowers be- 
tween and among them. ‘ 
It is common on hills in 
ties, and flowers in July.’ 
Ray calls it Mlium montanum bicorne purpureum 
Ddroliferum. 
Our northern coun- 
3. Striped Garlick, 
Allium flore ftriato. 
The root is a fmall, roundifh bulb, of a white 
colour. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale | 
green, 
The ftalk is a foot and half high, round, and 
green. 
The flowers ftand in a clufter at the top; and 
they are of a greenith white, ftreaked with purple, 
DIVISION jy, 
Common Garlick: 
» Minn hortenfe, 
The root is comnpofed of numerous fmall pieces, 
enclofed in one common fkin. 
The leaves are long and narrow, and of a pale 
green. 
The ftalk is round, upright, and \fmooth; 
At the top ftand a great number of flowers» 
collected into a round, cluttered head: ‘they: are 
{mall and whitifh. 
The BRITISH 
HERBAL 
BRITISH WPE CTE Ss, 
We have it among corn in Efex. 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Alliten montanum Licorne floré 
exaltide.  Clufius, Moly montanuin lertium 34 
name others have followed, 
It lowes 
4. Purple Garlick, 
Allium latifolian Slore Ppurpurafcente; 
Thé root is round, fimple, and large, 
The leaves are numerous, broad, and of a deep 
green. 
The ftalk is a foot and half high, 
The flowers ftand at its top in a great round 
clufter; and they are purple, 
We have it in the Weftern counties not un- 
common, It flowers in June, 
Ray calls it Winn Holmenfe {pberico capite. 
5- Broad-leaved Wild Garlick, 
Allium fylveftre latifolinis album, 
The root is round and whitifh. 
The leaves are oblong, very broad, and of BH 
fine deep green, 
The ftalk is of a pale green, three fquate, and 
ten inches high, 
The flowers ftand at the top in a clutter 3 and 
they are fmall and white. 
It is common in damp ground; and flowers 
in April. 
_ C. Bauhine calls it Allium Syloefre latifolium. 
Our people, Ramfons, 
6. Great Mountain Garlick, 
Allium montanum elatins. 
The root is compofed of feveral. {mall piéces; 
covered with one common fkin, which is tough 
and redifh. 
The leaves are broad, ftriated, and of a deep 
green. 
The ftalk is two feet and a half high, round, 
Steen; and juicy. 
At its top ftands a head, compofed of flefhy 
tubercles, of a blackith purple, with a few Pale- 
purple flowers between them, 
Tt is found in the’north of England, flowering 
in April; i 
FOREIGN SPECIES, 
It isa native of the Eaft, but for its uf is 
cultivated €véry,whete in gardens, 
Some are fond of the root in food; and it ig 
excellent in medicine, ; 
A fyrup of garlick isa great remedy. in afthmas, 
It is alfo aperient, and good in all obftruions of 
the vifcera, and is recommended ,againtt conta. 
gious diforders, 
GENUS 
