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heads, are usually present. Germen rather conical ; transverse 

 projection below the middle; lower spaces rather deeply ex- 

 cavated. — Roundstone sparingly, and South Isles of Aran plen- 

 tifully, Co. Galway. GomwaU. P. VIII. E. I. 



2. A. Scorodop'rasuvi (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 

 Sm. — St. 2 — 3 feet high. Heads small. Fl. few, purple ; seg- 

 ments 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. I. 



tt Stem-leaves hollow. 



3. A. vinedle (L.) ; st. leafy below, I. terete slightly channelled 

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

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

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

 long as the lateral points. — E. B. 1974. M. I. 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. — /3. A. com- 

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

 point. — Waste ground and dry fields. j3 is the more common 



P. Vn. Crow-Garlic. E.S.I. 



4. A. sphceroeeph'alum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. subcylindrical 

 chaimelled above, spath 2-valved short, umbel globose without 

 bulbs, stam. twice as long as the perianth, anther-bearing point 

 of .3-pointed filaments as long as the undivided part longer than 

 the lateral points, bulb accompanied by stalked offsets. — E. B. S. 

 2813.— St. 1—2 feet high. L. usually faded before the time of 

 flowering. Heads of many rose-coloured or purple fl. ; keels 

 darker and rough. — St. Vincent's Bocks, Bristol. Sands in 

 Jersey. P. VH. 



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

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



5. A. olerdceum (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 feet. L. (of the Bristol plant) thick, fleshy, 

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

 4 ribs beneath. Segments of perianth blunt. — /3. A. complanatwn 



