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Island in the Severn (remains of former cultivation). Gt. Arran 

 Island, Galway. Mr. Andrews. Cliffs in Guernsey. P. VIII. E. I. 



2. A. Babingtonii (Borr.); St. leafy below, 1. acutely keeled, 

 spath long-pointed, umbel loose irregular with hemispherical 

 bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-bearing point of 3-pointed filaments 

 rather shorter than the undivided part and with an incurved apex 

 when young, bulb compound of few (2) divisions. — E. B. S. 2906. 

 A. Halleri Bab., not G. Don. — St. 4 — 6 feet high. L. long, linear, 

 broad. Heads large, with many bulbs about as large as a Hazel- 

 nut. Spath usually deciduous in two pieces or persistent ; horn 

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

 than in the preceding, only slightly opening; outer segments 

 with a green keel, ovate-oblong, with callous points, edges and 

 back rough with minute pellucid points; inner segments slightly 

 emarginate and without points. Lengthened stalks 1 — 2 in. 

 long, bearing secondary heads are usually present. Germen 

 rather conical, nectarial projections below the middle, lower 

 spaces rather deeply excavated. — Roundstone, and S. Isles of 

 Arran plentifully, Galway. Cornwall. P. VIII. E. I. 



3. A. Seorodoprasum (L. !) ; st. leafy below, 1. flat, sheaths 

 2-edged, spath short and broad with a very short point, umbel 

 globose with many spherical small bulbs, stam. included or 

 equalling the perianth, anther-bearing point of 3-pointed fila- 

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

 with many purple offsets. — E. B. S. 2905. A. arenarium L. !, 

 Sm. — St. 2 — 3 feet high. L. with scabrous margins. Heads 

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

 outer with the edges and keel rough. Head-bulbs deep purple. 

 —Sandy woods and fields in the north. P. VI. VII. E. S.? 



tt Stem-leaves hollow. 



4. A. vineale (L.) ; st. leafy below, I. terete shghtly channeled 

 above, spath 1-valved short with a slender long pomt, umbel 

 globose with many bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-bearing point 

 of 3-pointed filaments equalling the undivided part and half as 

 long as the lateral points.— E. B. 1974. fl. J. t. 404. A. are- 

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

 ing Heads of few pale rose-coloured fl. with green keels and 

 long stalks. Head-bulbs small, oval, acute, greenish.— ^. A. com- 

 pactum (Thuil.) ; umbel without fl., head-bulbs with a leaflike 

 point.— Waste ground and dry fields. ^. is the more common. 

 P. VII. Crow Garlic. 



5 A sphoerocephalum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. subcylindrical 

 channeled above smooth, spath 2-valved short, umbel globose 

 without bulbs, stam. twice as long as the perianth, anther-beanng 



