344 I- '■ 86. -LnLtAcEJE, 



'81, Al'litjm: Linn. Garlic. 



* Alternate stamens broader and i-pbinted, thi middle point 

 alone bearing an anther. Poebum Toum. 



. t ; Stsm-leaxes flat or keeledjnot ihollow.i ^ i , 



[*lk., A,mpeloprdsum (L.) ;: at, leafy below, X linear, spath 

 lpHg>, upihel globo.se comjiact, st^m.' exserted, anther-bearing 

 point of S-poin^ed^aiflLfints as long as the fjpd.iyided part, bulb 

 cpinpound of 2,— 4 cliYiaipas^. — JE.B. 1657. — ^i3,ulb wifb, large off- 

 sets -witbin lis , -coats. ,$t. ;2-v,6 feet iigli.- L.; long, lineair. 

 Spatb parting at the base^ and falling off in one piece before the 

 fl./tfp6n';'; horn 1 — 2 in. long. ' H. 'pale ptii'ple, thte ked of tlie 

 outeJ"yiiibemarginate segriients greenish and roughish. Germen 

 ratbdr globose; transverse projections at about the jniddlej 

 lower spaces slightly excavated. tKad-bulbsi^ery rare, when 

 present Small, the size of pSas.-^CHffa on Steep Holmes Island 

 in the Severn (remains of former cultivation). This is not an 

 Irish plant. Cliffs in Guernsey. P. VHI.] E. 



1. A. Babingtdnii (Boit.) ; st. leafy below, 1. acutely keeled, 

 spath loiigrpoihtedj: !«»iJe; loose irregnAar with, bemispherical 

 bulbs', stam.iexserted,'(»ifA«r-,56!Bn'»^^o«Vrf of 3-poiiited filaments 

 rather, shorter than the undivided'part;and JUiVA an incurved tip 

 when young,, ha&) compound of few (2) divisions. — E. JB. S. 

 2906. A. Salleri .Bah., not G. Don.— St. 4r-6 feet high. 

 L. Ibngtilinear, broad. Heads large, with many bulbs about as 

 large as hazelnuts '(a chaa:acter quite, constant; in cultiva- 

 tion). Spath usually deciduous in two pieces or persistent ; horn 

 1 — 2 in. long. Fl. pale reddish purple, rather few, more conical 

 than in the precediiigj'only slightly opening ; outer segments 

 with a green keel, ovate^oblpng, T^ith callous points, edges and 

 back -roligli ■n'ith minute peUu,cid points ; inner segments sUghtljr 

 emarginatOiand, withovit points. , L,engthened stalks 1 — 2 in.' 

 long, , bearing secondary . hfiads, , are , ^SHally present. GeMnen 

 rather conical ; transverse projection below the middle; lower 

 spaces rather deeply excavated. — Eoundstone, and South Isles 

 of AJanpleiitifully, Galway. OomwaU. P. VIII. E.I. 



' 2i A. Scorodoprdmm (L. \) ; st. leafy below,,!, flat, sheaths 

 2-edged, spath short and broad •mth a very short point. Umbel 

 globose with many 'spherical, 'small bulbs, stam. included, or 

 equalling the perianth, anther7bearing point of 3-pointed fila- 

 mfents shorter than the undivided part or the lateral points, bulb 

 ■with 'rtany purple Offsets.— ;B. S. S. 2005. A. arenariuiii L. !, 

 Sm. — St. 2 — 8 feet high. L'. with rough margins. Heads 

 small. Fl. few, purple ; segments all with a minute apiculus, 



