364 88. LlLIACEiE. 



7. Scil'la Linn. Squill. 



1. S. autumndUs (L.) ; 1. linear many, raceme lax, peduncles 

 ascending, hracU O.—H. B. 78. M. x. 463.— Height 4—6 in. 

 El. purplish hlue 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. ver'na (Huds.) ; 1. linear channelled hooded at the end 

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

 as or longer than the peduncles. — -B. £. 2.3. H. x. 463. — Height 

 4 — 5 in. El. hlue. L. as long as or longer than the stalk. — 

 Western and Northern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. E. S. I. 



8. Al'iitjm Linn. Garlic. 



* Alternate stamens broader and ^pointed, the middle point 

 alone bearing an anther. Poeetjm Tourn. 



t Stem-leaves flat or keeled, not hollow. 



"A. Ampelop'rasum (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. 1657. — Bulb with large off- 

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

 Spath parting at the base, and falHngofi'in one piece before the 

 fl. open ; horn 1 — 2 in. long. El. pale purple, the keel of the 

 outer subemarginate segments greenish and roughish. Germen 

 rather globose; transverse projections at about the middle; 

 lower spaces slightly excavated. Head-bulbs very rare, when 

 present small, tlie size of peas. — Steep Holmes Islands in the 

 Severn (remains of former cultivation). CliflTs in Guernsey. 

 P. VIII. % 



tl. A. Babingt6nii (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 ^inth an incurved tip 

 when young, bulb compound of few (2) divisions. — E. B. 8. 

 2906. — St.' 4 — 6 feet high. L. long, linear, broad. Heads 

 large, with many bulbs about as large as hazelnuts (a character 

 quite constant in cultivation). Spath usually deciduous in two 

 pieces or persistent ; horn 1 — 2 in. long. El. pale reddish 

 purple, rather few, more conical than in the preceding, only 

 shghtly 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 with- 

 out points. Lengthened stalks 1 — 2 in. long, bearing secondary 



