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lines long, Stamens usually longer than the perianth, the 3 inner filaments 
broad and 3.cleft. 
In cultivated and waste places, in central and southern Europe, extend- 
ing eastward to the Caucasus and northward over a great part of Germany 
and Belgium. In Britain, confined to the neighbourhood of Bristol, and 
the Channel Islands. SV, summer. 
6, A. vineale, Linn. (fig. 1051). Crow Allium, Crow Garlic.—Very 
near A, spherocephalum, and perhaps only the bulb-bearing form of that 
species. The stature, foliage, and flowers are the same, except that the 
perianth is usually much paler and greener, and the inner filaments are 
said to be rather more deeply cleft. The umbel always bears bulbs inter- 
mixed with the flowers, or bulbs only without flowers. In the latter case 
it is distinguished from A. oleraceum most readily by the want of the long 
points to the spatha-leaves. 
In cultivated and waste places, over the greater part of Europe, and 
more common in the north than dA. spherocephalum, extending far 
into Scandinavia. Local in England, Ireland, and Scotland. 7, early 
summer, 
7. A. ursinum, Linn. (fig. 1052). Broad Allium, Ramsons.—Readily 
distinguished by the thin, flat, spreading leaves, 6 to 8 inches long and 
above an inch broad, on long stalks, not sheathing the stem above- 
ground. Flower-stem not a foot high, bearing a loose umbel of about a 
dozen white flowers ; the spatha-bracts usually falling off before the flower 
expands. Perianth-segments lanceolate, very spreading. Stamens shorter, 
all simple. 
In woods and shady places, in central and southern Kurope, extending all 
across Russian Asia, and northward to southern Scandinavia. Dispersed 
all over Britain, and in some places very abundant, but not everywhere 
common. IV. spring or early summer, 
8, A. triquetrum. Linn. (fig. 1053). Zriquetrous Allium.—Leaves 
broadly linear, flat but folded and keeled, only sheathing the stem at its 
very base, and sometimes very long. Flower-stem not a foot high, bearing 
a loose, slightly drooping umbel of rather large white flowers. Spatha- 
bracts short. Perianth-segments oblong, not spreading. Stamens about 
half their length, all simple. 
In moist, shady places, in the Mediterranean region, from Spain to 
Greece, unknown in France except the extreme south. In Britain confined 
to Cornwall and the island of Guernsey. Fl. May and June. 
XV. SIMETHIS. SIMETHIS. 
A single species, differing from all British capsular-fruited TZiliacee 
except Narthecium in its rootstock not bulbous, and from Narthecium 
in its panicled flowers, deciduous perianth, and few seeds. It was formerly 
comprised in the exotic genus Anthericum, but has been isolated on account 
of a different habit, accompanied by slight differences in the stamens, and 
the number of seeds. 
1, S. bicolor, Kunth. (fig. 1054). Variegated Simethis.—Rootstock 
short, witha tuft of thick fibrous roots, Leaves all radical, long, linear, 
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