Ordeb 148.— LILIACBiE. 711 



9. AL'LIUM, L. Garlic. Onion. (Celtic all, hot or burning.) 

 Flowers in a dense umbel, with a membranous, 2-leaved spathe ; peri- 

 anth deeply 6-pai'ted, segments mostly spreading, ovate, the 3 inner 

 somewhat smaller; ovary angular; stigma acute; capsule 3-lobed. — 

 Strong-scented, bulbous plants. Lvs. mostly radical. Umbel on a 

 scape. 



§ Leaves flat, lanceolate, perishing before flowering. Capsule 8-seeded. Native No. 1 



§ Leaves flat, linear. ITilaments simple. Ovary crested with a crown of 6 lvs. Native. (*) 



* Stamens conspicuoasly longer than the sepals. Umbel nodding No. 2 



* Stamens equaling the sepals in length.. Umbels with bulblets or flowers Nos. 3, 4 



* Stamens evidently shorter than the sepals. Umbelswith flowers only Nos. 5, 6 



§ Leaves flat, lanceolate or lance-linear. Filaments tricuspidate. Cultivated Nos. 7, '8 



§ Leaves terete and hollow. — Stem leafy half way up. Filaments tricuspidate No. 9 



—Scape naked. Filaments not tricuspidate Nos. 10—12 



1 A. trio6oouin Ait. Lakoe-leaved Gaelic. Scape terete ; lvs. lanceolate- 

 oblong, flat, smooth ; umbel globous ; ovule and seed solitary in each cell of the 

 3-celled capsule. — If A strong-scented plant, common in damp woods, N. H. to 

 Va. and Wis. Bulb oblong, acuminate. Lvs. 5 to 8' long, an inch or more wide, 

 acute, tapering into a petiole, all withering and disappearing before the opening 

 of the flowers. Scaps a foot or more high, bearing a thin, 2-leaTed, deciduous 

 spathe at top, with an umbel of 10 to 12 white fls. Jn., Jl. 



2 A. cernuum Eoth. Nodding Gaelic. Scape angular ; lvs. linear, flat, very 

 long ; umbel cernuous ; stam. simple, much longer than the perianth. — Mid. S. 

 and TV. States. This is our handsomest species. Bulb 6 to 8" diam. Scapo 

 mostly 4-angled, smooth, slender, 15 to 24' high, mostly recurved at top.' Umbel 

 12 to 20-flowered. Pedicels 1 to 8" long. Fls. rose-colored. Ova. 6-toothed, 

 becoming a roundish, 3-seeded capsule. Jl. 



3 A. stell^tum Nutt. Lvs. radical, linear, about equaling the nearly terete 

 scape ; umbel many-flowered, erect (when in flower, nodding before) ; petals ob- 

 long-ovate, acute, equaling the stamens ; filam. subulate, simple ; ova. 3-lobed, 

 each lobe bearing 2-teeth, or 2-crested above ; caps. 3-angled, 3-oeUed, 6-seeded. 

 — Mo., 111. to Can. "W. A low species, in gravelly soUs. Scape and lvs. 10 to 15' 

 high. Fls. roseate. Bulb oblong-ovate, eatable. 



4 A. Canadense Kalm. Scape terete ; lvs. linear ; mnbel capiiaie, bidbiferous ; 

 filam. simple, dilated at base. — If In woods. Lvs. radical, f as long as the 

 scape, smooth, nearly flat above. Scape 12 to 18' high, round, smooth, bearing 

 a spathe of 2 ovate, acute bracts at top, with a head of bulbs and flowers. The 

 bulbs are sessils, each furnished with a bract beneath, and among them are a few 

 whitish flowers on slender pedicels. Jn. 



5 A. mutdbile Mx. Lvs. linear-setaoeous, thin, sheathing at base, shorter than 

 the terete scape; wrribel many-flowered, erect; spathe 3-leaved, purplish; segm. 

 ovate-lanceolate, longer than the stamens; filam. simple; ova. crested; caps. 

 S-Ioied, 3-seeded. — Damp woods, Ga., Fla. and Ala. Common at Montgomery. 

 Bulb small, an inch or two in the ground, clothed with a thick net- work of fibers. 

 Scape 12 to 20' high, strict. Fls. 20 to 40, white or roseate. Perianth 2" long. 

 Filam. purple, anth.- white. Tastes strong of garlic. Mar. — May. 



6 A striatum Jacq. Scape slender, 3-angled, longer than the linear, striate leaves 

 which are sheathing at base ; spathe of 2 ovate bracts; umiel few (3 to lyflow- 

 ered; segm. ovate-lamceolale, with midvein greenish purple, near twice longer than 

 the stamens ; filam. dilated at base ; caps, downy, perfecting, 2 oj- 3 seeds in each 

 cell — Woods and prairies, 111. (Hall, Lapham), and S. States. Scape 8 to 12' 

 high. Lvs. 1 to 3" wide. Pedicels 1 to 2 — 3' long, seldom more than 5 in num- 

 ber. Fls. larger than in our other wild species, spreading about, 10", white. 

 Mar. — May. * 



7 A. sativum L. Common Gaelic. Bulb compound ; st. leafy to the mid- 

 dle- lvs. linear-lanceolate ; spathe 1-leaved, long-acuminate; umbel bulbiferous; 

 stam. tricuSpidate. — Gardens. The bulb ia composed of several smaller ones sur- 

 rounded by a common membrane, acrid and very strong-scented. St. 2f high. 

 Fla. small, white. Used in seasoning and sometimes in medicine. Jl- X Sicily. 



8 A. p6rrum L. Leek. St. compressed, leafy; lvs. sheathing at ba»^ 



