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5. AL'LIUM, L. Garlic. Oxiox. 



[The ancient Latin name of Garlic] 



Perianth of 6 entirely colored sepals, distinct or united at the base, 1- 

 nerved, becoming dry, more or less persistent. FilamenU subulate-fili- 

 form, more or less dilated below, — the inner or alternate ones often mem- 

 branaceously dilated, trifid or Tritli a slender cusp or tooth at summit, on 

 each side. Style filiform ; stigma simple or sometimes trifid. Capsule 

 membranaceous, trigonous, or somevrhat 3-lobed. Seeds few, roundish 

 and angular ; testa black, rugose or minutely granular-dotted. Herbs 



Fig. 244. Tlie Ten O'clock, or Star o' B<)thleliem (Ornithogalum umbeUatum), 



