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outer witli the edgeaand keel roupli. Head-biilbs deep piu-ple 

 —Sandy, woods aiid fields in the North. ■ P. VI. VII. ' E. 8. 1.' 



tt Stem-leaves hollow: . ■ ■ i • 



•8. A. vmedlJ{L.) : st. leafy below, /. terete slightly chaniielled 

 above, s{)ath l-valred shoi't with a •sleildei' long point, umbel 

 globose with many bulbs, stanaV exserted, antker-bearinr/ point 

 of :i-pointed JihmeMs ■equalling the midivifkd part and half ax 

 I'mff as the lateral poin's. — -E. B. 1974. i?. /. t. 404. A. are- 

 narium Fries. — St. '2 feet high. L. faded at the time of flower- 

 ing. Heads of few pale rose^?oloured fl. with green keels and 

 long stalks. Head-bulbs small, oyal,, acute, gi!eenish.—;/3. A.cm- 

 pactiitn (Thuil.) jumb^ijl' without fl., head-buljia wit?i a leaflike 

 point. — Waste ground and di-y fields. 0. ip' the more common 

 state. P. Vn. 'Crow Garlic. E. S. I. 



■ [j4. sphieroeeph'abim (L.) '; st. leafy belo*,' I. suboylindrical 

 channelled above smooth, spath 2-Valved short, urnbel globose 

 withoat hulbs, stam. twice as long as the perianth, anflver-bearing 

 point of 3-poiuted filaments as long as the undivided part longer 

 than the lateral points, bulb! accompanied bv stalked ofjsets. — 

 K B. S. 2813.— St. 1—2 feet high. L. usually faded before the 

 time of flowering. Heads of many rbse-coloured or purple fl. ; 

 keels, darker and rough. Sands in Jersey. P. Ml.] 



** Stam. all simple, not S-pointed, connected at the base. Spath 

 2- cahed, one valve with a long point. St.-l. narrow. 



4. A. ohrdceum, (L;) ; st. leafy" below, 1. channelled above 

 ribbed beneath, spath with one of the points very long, umbel 

 with bulbs, stam. equalling or .shorter than the perianth. — E. B. 

 488. — Height 1 — ^2 feest. L. (of the Bristol plant) thick, fleshy, 

 solid; nearly flat but slightly and broadly channelled above, with 

 4 riba beneath. , Seg'ments of perianth blunt.— 0. complanatum 

 (Fries); stam. shorter than the perianth, 1. of equal thickness 

 throughout, , curved upwards at the sides so as to appear chan- 

 nelled, with many ribs on «ach: side. Perhaps^a distinct species. 

 A. carinatmn'Sra., E. B. 1658; — Borders of fieldsprare. /3. Moun- 

 tains -iii the Xorth. P. VH. VHI. E. S. 



[4. carindtum (L.), not of Sm., has protruded stamens.] 



*** Stani. all simple and distinct. Spath 2-vahed, short. 

 Lenres hollow. 



o. A. Schaenoprdsum (L.) : st. leafless or ivith one leaf, 1. terete 

 or slightly flattened above subulate, spath ovate pointed about 

 equalling the flowere, umbel many-flowered globose witho.t 

 bulbs, stam. about half the length of the lanceolate segments of 



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