ALLIITM. 357 



point. — Waste ground and dry fields. |3 istte more common 

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



4. A. spheeroceph'alum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. suboylindrical 

 channelled above, spatb 2-valved sbort, unibel 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. 8. 

 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 Rocks, Bristol. Sands in 

 Jersey. P. VII. 



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

 2-valved, 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. — U. B. 

 488.— Height 1—2 feet. L. (of the Bristol plant) thick, fleshy, 

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

 4 ribs beneath. Segments of perianth blunt. — j3. A. complanatum 

 (Bor.) ; stam. shorter than the perianth, 1. of equal thickness 

 throughout curved upwards at the sides so as to appear chan- 

 nelled with many ribs on each side. A, carinatum Sm., JH. B. 

 1658. — Borders of fields, rare. /3. Mountains in the North. 

 P. VII. VHI. E. Si 



6. A. carinatum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. nearly flat, umbel 

 nearly without bulbs, stam. much exceeding j)erianth. — ^Height 

 1 — 2 feet. L. erect, slightly channelled below, flat in the upper 

 part, slightly furrowed (not keeled) beneath. Perianth-segm. 

 blunt, rose-coloured. — Newark. Seguden, Carse of Gowrie. 

 P. VIH. E. S. 



*** Stam. all simple and distinct. Spath 2-valved, short. 

 Leaves hollow. 



7. A. Schomoprdsum (L.) ; st. leafless or with one leaf, 1. terete 

 or slightly flattened above subulate, spath ovate pointed about 

 equalling the flowers, umbel many-flowered globose without 

 bulbs, stam. about half the length of the lanceolate segments of 

 the perianth. — £. B. 2441. — St. about 6 in. high. L. straight, 

 mostly with smooth ribs. Pet. lanceolate. Barren bulbs 

 with leaves. Fl. pink. Forming dense tufts. — (3. A. sibiricum 

 (L.) ; 1. curved and bent downwards with crenulate ribs, pet. 

 lanceolate-attenuate, barren bulbs single-leaved, style longer 

 than the young germen. K B. S. 2934. Height 6 in. to 2 feet. 

 Heads large. Possibly a distinct species. — ^Meadows and pas- 



