144 A FLORA OF MANILA 



* 1. A. CEPA L. Cebolla (Sp.) ; Sebuyas (Tag.) ; Onion. 



Leaves shorter than the scape, cylindric, hollow, 8 mm in diameter or 

 less, narrowed upward to the slender apex. Scape inflated, usually about 

 30 cm high, about 1 cm thick in the middle, narrowed at both ends. Flowers 

 very numerous in a dense globose umbel, the pedicels 5 to 7 mm long. 

 Perianth-segments oblong, acuminate, 5 to 6 mm long, white or nearly so. 

 Filaments longer than the petals. (Fl. Filip. pi. 87, A. tricoceum.) 



Cultivated by Chinese gardeners at all seasons for the Manila market. 

 Cultivated in all warm countries ; a native of Europe. ' 



*2. A. PORRUM L. Cuchai (Tag.) ; Puerro (Sp.) ; Leek. 



A rank-scented, bulbous, glabrous plant. Leaves flat, fleshy, 20 cm long 

 or more, about 5 mm wide. Scapes very sligthly compressed, slender, solid. 

 Umbels many-flowered, 3 to 4 cm in diameter. Flowers white, fragrant, 

 about 1 cm in diameter. 



Cultivated by Chinese gardeners for the Manila market, occasionally 

 flowering. A native of the Mediterranean region, now cultivated in most 

 warm countries. 



In addition to the above the garlic (Sp. Ajo; Tag., Vis., Bauang= Allium 

 sativum L.) is extensively cultivated in some parts of the Philippines, but 

 I have seen no growing specimens in our area. 



C O^cJiy (live W(«i»sp^ SANSEVI ERIA Thunberg J 



Rootstock short, often stoloniferous. Leaves numerous, narrow, erect, 

 fleshy, flat, nerveless, often mottled. Scape erect, stout, racemose^ the 

 flowers in alternate fascicles. Perianth-tube long, slender, the lobes narrow. 

 Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth-lobes; anthers dorsifixed. 

 Ovary superior, 3-celled; style slender; stigma simple; ovules 1 in each 

 cell. Fruit membranaceous, dehiscent. (In honor of R. de Sangro, Prince 

 of Sanseviero.) 



Species about 10 in tropical Asia and Africa, a single introduced one in 



1. S. ZETLANic^(L,) Willd. Buntot-tigre (Tag.); Bowstring Jtiemp. 



Leaves erect, fleshy, flat, acuminate, dark-green mottled with gray, 

 glabrous, 0.4 to 1.5 m high, 4 to 7 cm wide, base somewhat narrowed. 

 Scape erect, up to 80 cm high. Flowers numerous, pale-straw-colored, 

 usually tinged with green, 2.5 to 3 cm long, slender^ the perianth segments 

 nearly twice as long as the tube. (Fl. Filip. pi. i2S.) 



Frequently cultivated, and occasionally subspontaneou's, fl. Dec-Feb.; 

 widely distributed in the Philippines in and about towns. A native of 

 tropical Africa, now found in many other tropical countries. 



l ^StCL l^gAuui sjX CORDYLINECommerson"] 



Erect, simple or sparingly branched shrubs with elongated, , alternate, 

 petioled, costate, many-nerved- leaves somewhat crowded toward the ends 

 of the stems. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, the flowers racemosely 

 arranged on the long slender branches. Perianth tubular, 6-cleft, the lobes 

 narrow. Stamens 6. Ovary 3-celled, cells, 4- m 16-ovuled. Fruit a usually 

 1-seeded berry. (Greek "club.") 



Species about 10, Malaya to Australia and Polynesia, 1 in Brazil, a 

 single introduced one in the Philippines. 



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