ALLIUM. 



f;i\our. The Uavts are certainly nut remarkably ftriated at 

 the back, as in the real Jlriatum, of which we (hall next 

 ipeak. 



A.. Jlriattim. Streaked-leaved GarUck. (See our n. 37.) 

 Jacq. Coll. V. 5. 51. Ic. Rar. t. 366. Willd. n. 35. 

 Ait. n. 27. — Stalk naked, flightly triangular. Leaves 

 linear, fomewhat channelled ; convex, with many furrows, 

 but no keel, beneath. Umbel level-topped. Petals oblong- 

 lanceolate. Stamens fimple. — Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, flowering in the garden in September and Oftober. 

 Whole plant fmooth, without much fcent. Bulb the fize of 

 a liSzel-nut, white, coated. Leaves about four, all radical, 

 fix inches or more in length, linear, bluntifh, obhque, but 

 little channelled ; rather convex and ftriated at the back, 

 but not triangular. A tranfverfe feclion, under a magnifier, 

 frews a fingle row of perpendicular tubes, each running be- 

 hind one of the furrows ; but the leaf is not itfelf hollow, or 

 tubular. Stalk radical, obfcurely triangular, flender, ereft, 

 as tall as the leaves, or taller. IJmbel of (evenjlo-wers, more 

 or lefs, the partial ftalks an inch and a half long. Sheath of 

 t\7o erect, ovate, pointed, membranous valves. Petals long- 

 knceolate, rather acute, fpreading, white with a gi-een 

 lougitudinal Kne in the middle. Filaments awl-(liaped, equal, 

 Sorter than the petals. Anthers oblong, incumbent, yellow. 

 Jacquin. 



This figure and defcription furely do not fuit our grac'ile. 

 But whether the Jlriatum does really come from tlie Cape, 

 or from Virginia and Carolina, we are quite in the dark. 

 Purih's Jlriatum is our ornithogaloides, n. 57. Curt. Mag. 

 t. 1524. anfwers better to his defcription than t. 1035, but 

 we cannot prove them the fame. We have endeavoured to 

 nnravel the original materials which concern thefe three 

 fpecies, but havmg had no means of comparing frefh fpeci- 

 mens, nor having indeed feen any at all of Jacquin's plant, 

 we are unable to attempt good fpecific charafters, and there- 

 fore leave the whole for future examination, fatisfied of one 

 thing, at leaft, that thefe fpecies are not at prefent well un- 

 derftood. To illuftrate them, great attention to the outline 

 of the petals, fhape and infertion of the Jlamens, and form of 

 the germen, circumftances not yet well obferved in Allium, 

 will be found of primary importance. 



39. A. pedemontanum. Red Piedmontefe Garlick. Willd. 

 n. 37. (A. nigrum ; Allien. Pedem. v. 2. 158. t. 25. f. i. 

 A. rofeum ; Lmn. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 432, but not Sp. PI. 

 v. I. 296.) — Stalk obfcurely quadrangular. Bulb cylin- 

 drical. Leaves linear, obtufe, keeled at the back. Umbel 

 rather denfe, of few flowers. Petals elliptical. — Native of 

 mountainous fituations in Piedmont. Specimens from Al- 

 lioni and Bellardi prove this fpecies, as diftindl from nigrum 

 as from rofeum, to have been confounded by Linnseus with 

 the latter, which has a globofe, very prolific bulb, a fome- 

 what leafy Jlem, and far more numerous, brighter-coloured, 

 Jloiuers. 



39,40. A. flellatum. Miflburi Garlick. Ker in Curt. 

 Mag. t. 1576. Ait. Epit. 363. (A. angulofum ; Purfli 

 n. 4, excluding the fynonyms.) — Stalks fomewhat two- 

 edged, recurved before llowering. Bulb ovatu-oblong. 

 Leaves linear, triangular, Iharply keeled. Umbel many- 

 flowered, lax, level-topped. Stamens combined at the bale. 



Geimen deprefled, bluntly triangular Found on the banks 



of the Miflburi, by governor Lewis and Mr. Nuttall, 

 flowering in July, and imported by Mr. Frafer, in whofe 

 nurfery it bloomed in June 1813. Purfh by miftake fays 

 tiie foiuers are white. In the Botanical Magazine they are 

 reprefented of a deep pink, and the herbage fomewhat 

 glaucous. T^t Jialks are two or wore. The Jkiath is of 



only one valve ; but Mr. Kcr doubts' the permanency of that 

 character. 



A. cernuum. Bowed-umbelled Garlick. " Roth. Nov 

 PI. Spec, in Roem. Archiv. n. 3. 40. Catal. Bot. fafc. 2! 

 33. t. 2." Sims and Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 2". Ker 

 in Curt. Mag. t. 1324. Ait. Epit. 363.— Stalk angular; 

 recurved at the fummit. Leaves linear, flightly channelled, 

 pomted. Umbel drooping, many-flowered. Stamens fimple, 

 twice as long as the corolla ; tumid at the bafe. Germen 

 turbmate — Native of mount Caucafus, according tu Mr. 

 Alton, who fays it was introduced into England in 1801. 

 The bulbs are oblong, tapering, aggregate. Stalk eighteen 

 mches lugii ; roundifli, comprelfed, and recurved, at the 

 top. Leaves bright-green, narrow. Flowers wliite, with 

 a delicate rofe -coloured tinge. Petals ovate. Stamens un- 

 equal at firft, but finally all about twice the length of the 

 corolla. Germen three-horned. Ker. 



A. rubellum. Reddifh Iberian Garlick. Marfch. Taur.- 

 Caucaf. v. I. 264. — « Stalk nearly naked, round. Leaves 

 femi-cylindrical, channelled. Sheath ftiort. Umbel convex, 

 many-flowered. Stamens fimple, half as long as the co- 

 rolla." — Gathered by Mr. Steven in Georgia. Bulb the 

 fize of a filberd. Stali with one or two leaves flieathing the 

 bafe, on which account the author cited doubts whether this 

 fpecies and the following might not be referred to the third 

 feftion ; but there are many of the fourth whofe foliage, 

 when the bulb is deep, becomes in fome degree cauline. 

 Leaves a line broad, rather fleihy. FlowerJIalis flender, 

 much longer than the Jloiuers, which are hardly fo big as 

 thofe of A. Ampeloprafum, of a pale purple, with acute 

 petals. 



A. faxatile. Stone Garlick. Marfch. Taur.-Caucaf. 

 v. I. 264. Sims and Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 436, ex- 

 cluding the fynonym of Ginelin. — " Stalk almoft naked, 

 round. Leaves femi-cylindrical. Sheath pointed, longer 

 than the umbel. Stamens fimple, longer tlian the corolla." 

 — Frequent on the lime-llone rocks of Taurida, flowering in 

 July and Auguft. Bulbs aggregate, oblong, with dark 

 brown coats. Stalk with a few flieathing leaves at the bafe, 

 like the foregoing. Petals fpreading. There is a variety* 

 with purplifli Jlcwers, on the eaftern mountains of Cauc3fu<;. 

 This fpecies is very clofely related to A.Jlellerianuni, Willd. 

 n. 49, fee our n. 5 1 ; but differs in having a long av.-1-fliapcd 

 Jlieath. Marfchall. 



A. bifiih 



Jonquil-leaved Garlick. Redout. Liliac. 



t. 286. Curt. Mag. t. 1381. Ait. Epit. 363 Bulb cy- 

 lindrical. Stalk round. Leaves two-ranked, femi-cylindrical, 

 channelled, ncutc. Umbel denfe, convex. Petals oval. 

 Filaments awl-fliaped, the length of the corolla ; three of 

 them broader at the bafe. — Native country not known. Ti'.e 

 plant is laid to be quite hardy, and of cafy culture, flowering 

 in June and July. Mr. Ker remarks its great refembiance 

 to fenefeens, (fee n. 32,) Curt. Mag. t. 1 150, next to which 

 perhaps it ought to be placed, though akin alfo to our laft, 

 from which the fliortnefs of the Jheath diftinguilhes the pre- 

 fent plant. The narrow and thick leaves are verv different 

 irora fenefeens ; and Redoute has obferved that the inner ones 

 are channelled on both fides ; which may, as Mr. Ker 

 thinks, be occafioned by preflure in an early Itate. 



40,41. A., trijlorum. Three-flowered Garhck, or Moun- 

 tain Leeks. Purfli n. 5. — " Stalk naked, round, (hortcr 

 than the leaves, which ai-e lanceolate and ribbed. Umbel of 

 few flowers." — In Ihady woods, on the high mountains of 

 Pennfylvania, flowering in May and June. Perennial. 

 Purlh. 



44, 4C. A. huHeim. Milk-white Gftrlick. Sm. Prodr. 



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