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the divisions several, nerved. Filaments 6, flattened-awl- 

 sliaped. Styles 3-sidcd : stigma 3-angled. Capsule* 

 roundish-angular, with- a few roundish seeds in each cell. — 

 Perennial herbs, with radical leaves and anaJced racemose or. 

 eorymbed scape from a coated bulb. 



0. UMBELLATUM, L. White Slar-of- Bethlehem. 



Flowers corymbose, 5 to 8 en long spreading pedicels; sepals green in the middle- 

 outside. 



Moist meadows, naturalized, common in gardens. Native of England. June. 

 Scap'. 5 to S iuehes high. Leaves linear and narrow, eraarginatc, 5 to 8 inches lonir, 

 vrith a white lific-on the upper side. Ftowtrs white, few in a loose corymh. 7V 

 rianlh-lobes beautifully marked with a longitudinal green stripe on,th« outside. 



10. ALLIUM, Linn. Onion. Garlic. 



The ancient Latin name of the Garlic. 



Perianth of 6 entirely colored sepals, which are distinct 

 or united at the very base, 1-nerved, becoming dry and more 

 er less persistent. Filaments awl-shaped or dilated a& 

 their base. Style filiform : stigma simple. Capsule 

 lsbcd, 3-celled, 3-valvcd, with a few black and rough seeds 

 in each cell. — Strong-scented and pungent ac&zdesccnt herbfy 

 with the mostly radical leaves . and the scape from a coated 

 bulb, the flowers in a simple umbel ,. and a 1 to 2-valved spatke. 



* Umbel often dtnsely bidb-b caring -.villi or without 'flowers. 



1. A, vine ale, L.. Field' Garlic. 



Scajie slender, clothed with the-fkeatbiDg bases of the leaves below the middle ; 

 leaves round, hallow, slender, channelled above ; fdamenls much dilated, the al- 

 ternate one 3-cleft, the middle divisions anther bearing,. 



Moist meadows andflelds, naturalized and some-places very troublesome. June. 

 Bulb ovoid, small. Leaves 6 to 12 inches long. Scape 1 to 2% feet high, beorinpr.v 

 spathe of 2 small bracts at the top, and an umbel of rose-colorod and green ilov, trs 

 at the top with which bulbs are sometimes interniixecL 



2. A. Canadensis, Kalm. Wild Meadow Garlic. 



Scape leafy only at the base ; leaves narrowly linear, flattish ; umbel few-fiowcrcd ; 

 f laments simple, diluted below, about as long as the perianth: 



Moist fields, common* May, Juns. Leaves very long and narrow. Scape 12 to* 

 15 inches high, round, smooth, bearing a spathe of 2 ovate acute bracts at the top, 

 with a head of bulbs and flowers. Flowers whitish or pale rose-color, on pedicels ; 

 the bulbs are sessile, each furnished -with a bract beneath. 



* * Vmbel bearing only flowers. 



3. A. cernuum, Roth. Nodding Garlic. Wild Onion, 



Sbapt naked, angular, elongated, often nodding at the apex, bearing a loose or 

 drooping many-flowered -umbel ; leaves linear, elongated, sharply keeled; sepok 

 oblong-ovate, acute, much shorter than the slender filaments ; ovary 0-toothed at 

 the summit, becoming a roundish S-seeded capsule. 



Banks and steep rocks, common. July. Scope 10 to 12 inches high, bearing * 

 Iqo&q umbel of 20 to CO flowers. Leaves 8 to 12 inches long. Flowers white. or* 



