2t6 HEXAXDRIA MONOGYNlA 



Perennial? Bulb ovoid, s.nall. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, slender, smooth, bearint 

 a few leaves. Leaves 8 to 12 or 13 inches long, sheathing at base. Spathe of 2 ra- 

 ther small deciduous leaves, acuminate. Umbel globose, about an inch in diameter 

 ^smaller, dense and capitate, when bearing bulbs); pedicels filiform, clavate. p e « 

 ricrnth deep purple, tinged with green. Stamens eiscrtod ; filaments flatted, the 

 •alternate ones deeply trifid, bearing the anther on tho middle filiform segment. 

 Capsule trigonous, membranaceous. 



Hab. Pastures, and cultivated grounds: common. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



O65. Arc not these plants rather biennial, than perennial ? It seems to m e 

 that now lateral bulbs are propagated every year, and that the old ones die, after 

 •nco sondinLj up a stem, and tloworing. This species is a uatuialized foreigner- and 

 was formerly so abundant in this County, as to bo quite a nuisance. It not only 

 imparted a disgusting flavor to milk, butter, cheese, Jcc. but seriously injured 

 (tor flour, and rendered the manufacture of it difficult. Our best farmers, however 

 have now nearly subdued it, »y tho improvement of their land, and a judicious ro- 

 tation of crops. 



2. A. ScHODJTOPRASinr, L. Scape naked, about as tall as the terete 

 subulate-filiform leaves ; filaments simple. WilM. 8p. 2, p. 81. 

 Vulgo — Chives, or Cives. 



Gnllicc-:- Ciboulctte. German ice— /^r Binsen Lauch.^xsv). Cebollin: 



Ormting in bunches. Bulbs syjiall. Scape G to 9 inches high* smooth. Leaves 

 erect, nearly as long as the scape. Umbel subglobose, about an inch in diameter. 

 Spathe of 2 ovate membranaceous nerved purplish leaves. Perianth purple, teith 

 a tinge of violet. Stamens shorter than the perianth. 

 flab. Gardens : frequent. Fl. July. Fr. September. 



Obg. Cultivated as a culinary herb ; ami often used as a kind of medicinal food, 

 Jbr young poultry. 



3. A. Ckpa, L. Scape naked, ventricose below, much taller than the 

 subterete leaves ; filaments nearly simple. Willd. Sp. 2. p. 80, 



Vulgo — Onion. Garden onion. 



Gallice — Oignon. Gcrraanice — Die Zwiebel. Hiapanifce — Cebolla. 



Bnlb depressed, orbicular, large (2 to 3 inches in its horizontal diameter). Scape 

 2 to S/eet high, ventricose towards the base, often an inch or more in diameter in 

 the thickest part, smooth, glaucous. Leaves (5 inches to a foot or more in length. 

 Umbel globose, 2/o3 inches in diameter ; pedicels filiform. Spathe greenish white. 

 Segments of the Perianth lance-oblong, white, with a green keel. Stamens longer 

 than the perianth, the alternate filaments much dilated at base, obscurely trifid, or 

 obtusely toothed on each side. Seed angular, bluish black, roughish-punctate mi 

 «ier c lens. 

 Hab. Gardens : common. Fl . July. Fr. Stpt ember. 



'Obf. Well known, and extensively cultivated, as an article of food. The ex* 

 jsrcsjvdjwke is apopular remedy/or Cynanche tracheal'^, or Croup. 



9 • leaves fiat. 



4. A. SATirear, L. Stem leafy belo-w ; umbel capitate, bulbiferous ; 

 - filament* alternately trifid. Willd. Sp. 2. p. 68. ' 



Common Allium. Vulgo— English Garlic. 



Gallice— /Ai#7. Germanic^— Der Lauch. Hispanic^— Jjo. 



