332 86. LILIACEiE. 



9 — 12 in. Fl. large, white, greenish externally. — Fields and 

 orchards, rare. P. IV. V. E. 



6. Gage A Salisb. 



1. G. Intea (Ker); radical 1. usually solitary linear-lanceo- 

 late flat, bracts 2 opposite, peduncles umbellate simple glabrous, 

 segments of the perianth oblong obtuse, bulb ovate solitary. — 

 E. B. 21. R. X. 477. Ornithogalum L. — St. about 6 in. high, 

 shorter than the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, one often exceeding 

 the yellow flowers. Bulb often inclosing many small round off- 

 sets. — Woods and thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 



7. SciLLA Idnn. Squill. 



1. S. autumnalis (I;.) ; 1. linear many, raceme lax, peduncles 

 ascending, bracts O.—E. B. 78. R. x. -leS.— Height 4—6 in. 

 Fl. purplish-blue with a green line down the back, in perfection 

 before the 1. appear. — Dry pastures in the south and west. P. 

 VIII. Autumnal Squill. E. 



2. S.verna (Huds.); 1. linear channeled hooded at the end 

 many, raceme few-flowered corymbose, bracts lanceolate as long 

 or longer than the peduncles. — B. B. 23. R. x. 463. — Height 

 4 — 5 in. Fl. blue. L. as long or longer than the stalk. — 

 Western and northern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. 



[S. bifolia (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate usually only 2, raceme lax 

 slightly corymbose, ped. erect, bracts 0. — JS. B. 24. — Said to 

 grow in the west of England. P. IV.] 



8. Allium Linn. Garlic. 



* Stam. alternately broader and 3~pointed, the middle point 

 alone bearing an anther. Porrdm Tourn. 



t Stem-leaves flat or keeled, not hollow. 



*1. A. Ampeloprasum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. linear, spath 

 long, umbel globose compact, stam. exserted, anther-bearing 

 point of 3-pointed filaments as long as the undivided part, bulb 

 compound of 2 — 4 divisions. — E. B. 1656. — Bulb with large ofi- 

 sets within its coats. St. 2 — 6 feet high. L. long, linear. Spath 

 calyptriform, parting at the base, and falling off in one piece be- 

 fore the fl. open; horn 1 — 2 in. long. Fl. pale purple, the keel 

 of the outer subemarginate segments greenish and roughish. 

 Germen rather globose ; nectarial projections at about the 

 middle ; lower spaces slightly excavated. Head-bulbs rare, 

 when present small, the size of Peas. — Cliffs on Steep Holmes 



