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2 — 3, radical, ovate-lanceolate, with a sheathing petiole ; flowers 

 6 — 12, globular, pure white, in a terminal, drooping, loose, i-sided 

 raceme, with an angular peduncle ; berries red. — Woods on a light 

 soil ; not common. A universal favourite in gardens for the 

 beauty and fragrance of its blossoms. * (Name from the Latin 

 co)wailis, a valley.) --F1. May, June. Perennial. 



6. Si-MKTHis, a genus represented by the one species S. 

 planifolia (Variegated Simethis), a slender plant with fibrous roots ; 

 radical, grass-like, recurved leaves, 6 — 18 in. long, and a forked, 

 corymbose cyme, about the same height, of rather large, 6-mer()us 

 flowers, purple outside, white inside ; jruit a 3-chambered, 

 6-seeded capsule. — Formerly in fir-woods near Bournemouth and 

 in Kerry, very rare. — Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



7. Allium (Garlic).— Bulbous, strong-smelling plants, with 

 radical leaves and flowers in an uinbel or head, with a membranous, 

 I — 2-leaved spathe and a leafless peduncle ; perianth of 6 free, 

 spreading segments ; jruit a 3-chambered, 3 — 6-seeded capsule. 

 (Name, the Classical Latin name of some species of the genus.) 



1.* A. Ampeloprasum (Wild Leek).— The largest species, 3 — 4 

 feet high, with a large hulh with large, stalked, lateral "cloves" or 

 bulbils; a stout, leafy sttiiii ; distichous, flat, linear, folded, glaucous 

 leaves with cylindrical sheaths ; a globose umbel of greenish-white 

 flowers in a long pointed spathe, often with bulbils ; the 3 outer 

 filaments broader, 3-fid. — Rocky places ; rare, merely naturalised. 

 — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. A. Scorodiipraswn (Sand Leek)- — A smaller plant, 2 —3 feet 

 high, with a slender, leafy stem; flat., linear, keeled, glaucous 

 leaves with 2-edged sheaths ; a loose head of red flowers in 2 short, 

 pointed spathes, with red bulbils. — Sandy woods and fields in the 

 north ; rare. — Fl. May — luly. Perennial. 



3. A. spharocephalwn (Small Round-Seaded Garlic). — A similar 

 but smaller species, with hollow leaves : round, compact umbels of 

 red flowers without bulbils. — Bristol arid jersey ; very rare. — Fl. 

 June — August. Perennial. 



4. A. vinedle (Crow Garlic). — A similar plant with hollow, 

 smooth leaves round in section ; and dtjnse, globose beads of red 

 //o7f)(»r^ with greenish or red bulbils. — ^\'aste ground; common. — 

 I'l. June, July. Perennial. 



5. A. olerdeeiim (Field Garlic).— Ab.iut afoot high, with fleshy, 

 solid leaves, semicircular in section, grooved above and ribbed 

 beneath; and a loose head of pale greenish or brownish pink 

 fl<nvers in 2 spathes of unequal length, ■ivith bulbils ; stamens not 

 3 lid. Biirders of fields; uncommon. — PI. July, August. Perennial. 



