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15. ALLIir.u, L. OxtoN. IjEEK. 

 * Bulb cespifose, crowning a rhisome. 



1. A. trieoe'eum, Ait. (Wild Leek.) Leaves 2 or 3, 

 fiat, lance-ohlong , 5-9 inches long, 1-2 inches wide, appear- 

 ing in early spring and withering hefore the flowers are 

 developed. Sepals white. Pod strongly 3-lohed. Scape 9 

 inches high. — Rich woods. 



2. A. SehoBnop'rasum, L. (Chives.) Leaves linear, 

 hollow. Scape- naked, or leafy at the base. Flowers rose- 

 purple, in a globular umbel. Sepals lanceolate, pointed. 

 Ovary not created. — Margin of rivers, Atl. Prov. and north- 

 ward. 



3. A. eer'nuum. Roth. (Wild Onion.) Scape naked,' 

 angular, nodding at the apex, bearing a loose or drooping 

 umbel of roserooloured flowers. Leaves linear, flattened, 

 sharply keeled. Capsule 6-crested, — N.W. 



* * Bulbs mostly solitary. Leaves narrowly linear. 



4. A. Canadense, Kalm. (Wild Gaelic.) Leaves nar- 

 rowly linear. Ovary crested with 6 teeth. Umbel few- 

 lowered, often bearing a head of bulbs instead oj' flowers. 

 Sepals pale rose-colour. — Along river-banks ; rather rare. 



5. A. Stella' turn, "Nutt. Scape terete, 6-18 inches high, 

 slender, bearing an erect umbel. Stamens and style exserted. 

 liulb-coats membranous. Capsule 6-crested. — N.W. , not 

 very common. 



6. A. retieula'tum. Eraser. Scape 3-8 inches high. 

 Bulbs densely and coarsely fibrous coated. Stamens not 

 exserted. Capsule crested. — N. W. 



16. HEHEROCAL'LIS, L. D ay-Lily. 

 H. fulva, L. (Common Day-Lily.) Innsr divisions of the 

 tawny orange perianth wavy and obtuse. — Escaped from 

 gardens occasionally. 



Order CVI. JUNCA'CE.ffi. (Rdsh Family.) 

 Grass-like or se'dge-like plants, with, however, flowers 

 similar in structure to those of the last Order. Perianth 

 greenish and glumaceous, of 6 divisions in 2 sets of 3 each. 



