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THE LILY FAMILY. 



6. Crow 



Allium. Allium vineale, Linn. (Fig. 1039.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1974.) 



Very near the round-headed A., 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 intermixed 

 with the flowers, or bulbs only without 

 flowers. In the latter case it is dis- 

 tinguished from the field A. most readi- 

 ly 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 the round- 

 headed A., extending far into Scandi- 

 navia. Frequent in England, Ireland, 

 and sonthern Scotland. Fl. early sum- 

 mer. 



Allium. Allium ursinum, Linn. (Eig. 1040.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 122. Ramsons.) 



Headily 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 Europe, extending all 

 across Russian Asia, and northward to 

 southern Scandinavia. Dispersed all 

 over Britain, and in some places very 

 abundant, but not everywhere common. 

 Fl. spring or early summer. 



