Genus 3. 



LILY FAMILY, 



6. Allium carinatum L. Keeled Garlic. 

 Fig. 1247. 



Allium carinatum L. Sp. PI. 297. 1753. 



Similar to Allium vineale. Bulb ovoid, its coats 

 membranous. Stem terete, leafy up to about the 

 middle, 8'-2o' tall; leaves linear, channeled below, 

 flat toward the apex, prominently 3-5-nerved; bracts 

 of the umbel 2, narrowly linear, one much longer 

 than the other; umbel erect, bearing either bulbs or 

 capsules ; pedicels filiform, io"-2o ' long ; flowers 

 about 3" long, violet to rose; filaments not toothed. 



Roadsides, New Jersey and southeastern Pennsyl- 

 ania. Adventive from Europe. 



7. Allium vineale L. Wild Garlic. Field 

 Garlic. Crow Garlic. Fig. 1248. 



Allium vineale L. Sp. PI. 299. 1753. 



Bulb ovoid, 1' high or less, its coats membranous. 

 Stem i°-3° tall, bearing 2^4 narrowly linear terete 

 hollow somewhat channeled leaves below the middle 

 at flowering time, the early basal leaves similar, 

 numerous, 4'-io' long; bracts of the umbel 2, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, deciduous ; umbel few-many-flow- 

 ered, erect, the flowers often wholly or in part re- 

 placed by small ovoid bulblets which are tipped with 

 a long capillary appendage; pedicels 3"-i2" long, 

 filiform, the lower spreading or drooping; flowers 

 green or purple, about 2" long; perianth-segments 

 ovate-lanceolate, stamens included or slightly ex- 

 serted; filaments flattened, broad, the 3 interior ones 

 bearing a tooth on each side just below the anther; 

 capsule 3-lobed, shorter than the perianth. 



In fields and meadows, Rhode Island to Virginia, Ten- 

 nessee and Missouri. Naturalized from Europe. . A trou- 

 blesome weed in the Middle States, infesting pastures, and 

 tainting the flavor of spring butter. June-July. 



8. Allium canadense L. Meadow Garlic. 

 Fig. 1249. 



Allium canadense L. Sp. PI. 1195. I7S3. 



Bulb ovoid, solitary, usually less than 1' high, the 

 outer coats fibrous-reticulated. Scape terete, 8'-2° tall ; 

 leaves basal or nearly so, narrowly linear, flat _ or 

 flattish above, slightly convex beneath, i"-ij" wide, 

 usually shorter than the scape; bracts of the umbel 2 

 or 3, white, broadly ovate, acuminate; flowers usually 

 or often replaced by ovoid bulblets; pedicels, when 

 present, about i' long; flowers pink or white, the 

 perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, about as 

 long as the stamens; filaments widened at the base, 

 none of them toothed; capsule valves not crested. 



In moist meadows and thickets, New Brunswick to Min- 

 nesota, south to Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Colorado. 

 Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Wild garlic. May-June. 



