324 86. LILIACEZ. 
ments shorter than the undivided part or the lateral points, bulb 
with numerous purple offsets.—E. B. 8.2905. A. arenarium L.|, 
Sm.—St. 2—3 feet high. L. with scabrous margins. Heads 
small. Fl. few, purple; the segments all with a minute apiculus, 
outer with the edges and keel rough. Head-bulbs deep purple. 
—Sandy woods and fields in the north. P. VI, VII. E. 8.? 
+t Stem-leaves hollow. 
4. A. vineale (L.); st. leafy below, J. terete slightly channeled 
above, spath 1-valved short with a slender elongated point, umbel 
globose with numerous bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-bearing 
powit of 3-pointed filaments equalling the undivided part and half 
as lony as the lateral points—E. B. 1974. R.I.t.404. A. are- 
narium Fries—St. 2 feet high, L. faded at the time of flower- 
ing. Heads with few pale rose-coloured fl. with green keels and 
long stalks. Head-bulbs small, oval, acute, greenish.—f. A. com- 
pactum (Thuil.); umbel without fl., head-bulbs terminating in a 
Sale point.—Waste ground and dry fields. P. VII. Crow 
arlick. 
5. A, spherocephalum (L.); st. leafy below, 1. subcylindrical 
channeled above smooth, spath 2-valved short, umbel 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.S. 2813.—St. 1—2 feet high. L. usually faded before the 
time of flowermg. Heads with numerous rose-coloured or purple 
fl., keels darker and rough. A. descendens (L.) scarcely differs.— 
St. Vincents Rocks, Bristol. Mr. H. O. Stephens. Sands in 
Jersey. P. VII. E, 
** Stam. all simple, not 3-pointed, connected at the base. 
Spath 2-valved, 1 valve with a long point. St.-l. narrow. 
6. A. oleraceum (L.); st. leafy below, 1. channeled above 
ribbed beneath, spath with 1 of the points very long, umbel with 
bulbs, stam. equalling or shorter than the perianth.—E. B. 428. 
—Height 1—2 feet. L. (of the Bristol plant) thick, fleshy, solid, 
nearly flat but slightly and broadly channeled above, with 4 ribs 
beneath. Segments of periauth obtuse.—8. complanatum (Fries) ; 
stam. shorter than the perianth, |. of equal thickness throughout, 
curved upwards at the sides so as to appear channeled, with nu- 
merous ribs ou both sides. Perhaps a distinct species. A. cari- 
natum Sm., HL. B. 1658.—Borders of fields. 8. Mountains in the 
north. P. VII. VIII. 
[A. carinatum (L.) has protruded stamens. } 
