Order I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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4647 Bulbs compound, Stamens 3-pointed 
4648 Leaves crenulate, Sheaths 2-edged, Stamens 3-pointed 
4649 Like Allium carinatum, but the stamens are three-pointed 
4650 Stamens subulate twice as long as flower, Spathe longer than umbel 
Umbel bulbiferous. Leaves not flat. 
4651 Leaves half round, Spathes much longer than umbel. Sepals obtuse. Stamens simple exserted 
4652 Stamens 3-pointed 
4653 Leaves rough half-round furrowed beneath. Stamens simple 
B. Leaves radical, notfistular. 
4654 Scape rounded, Umb. many-fl. fastigiate, Leaves linear channelled angular beneath, Stam. subulate 
4655 Scape rounded, Leaves lin. lanceol. Umb. fastigiate. Sepals very narrow. Stamens simple 
4656 Scape rounded. Leaves lanceolate, Umb. hemispherical. Sepals spreading. Stamens simple 
4657 Scape rounded, Lvs. lin. lane, wavy, Umb. hemispherical. Roots very long, Stam. simple twice as long as fl. 
4658 Scape oblique 4 cornered. Leaves linear, Umb. fastigiate. Stamens simple as long as fl. 
4659 Scape rounded. Leaves half-round, Spathe acum. longer than umbel, Stam. simple longer than flower 
4660 Scape ^ rounded. Leaves lanceolate acuminate flaccid ciliated sheathing, Umbel fastigiate. Sepals obtuse 
4661 Scape 2-edged angular. Umbel clustered, Stamens simple as long as flower. Leaves linear oblique 
4662 Scape nearly 2-edged, Umbel capitate. Stamens longer than flower. Leaves linear spiral 
4663 Scape 2-edged, Umb. drooping before flowering, afterw. erect, Lvs. lin. flat, Stam. 3-pointed longer than fl. 
4664 Scape rounded. Leaves subulate. Umbel globose. Stamens 3-pointed 
4665 Scape 2-edged, Leaves linear convex and smooth beneath, Umbel roundish. Stamens subulate 
4666 Scape rounded very long. Leaves linear channelled. Stamens subulate connate at base 
4667 Scape 2-edged, Leaves linear channelled angular beneath. Umbel fastigiate 
4668 Scape 3-cornered shorter than the lin. furrowed leaves, Umb. fastigiate. Stamens simple, Sepals obtuse 
4669 Scape rounded longer than the linear subulate leaves, Umb. fastig. Stamens simple, Sepals mucronate 
4670 Scape rounded. Leaves linear 
4671 Scape 3-cornered, Leaves lanceolate stalked. Umbels fastigiate 
4672 Scape and leaves 3-cornered, Stamens simple 
4673 Scape rounded, Leaves linear flat ciliated, Umb. few-flowered. Sepals obovate concave 
4674 Scape nearly cylindrical, Leaves lanceolate sessile. Umbel fastigiate 
4675 Scape half-round, Leaves lanceolate oblong flat smooth. Umbel globose, Seeds solitary 
4676 Scape 4-cornered, Umb. fastigiate cernuous. Leaves Ihiear flat. Stamens subulate longer than flower 
4677 Leaves twisted linear. Umbel loose, Filam. subulate as long as flower 
4678 Scape rounded longer than leaves, Umb. compact, Stam. subul. as long as flower 
4679 Scape rounded at end. Umbel half globose. Leaves linear flat chann. at base, Stam. subul. longer than fl. 
4680 Scape rounded, Umb, fastigiate. Leaves half-round compressed, Stam. lanceolate shorter than fl. 
4681 Scape rounded, Umb. few-flowered fastigiate. Leaves lin, channelled, Stam. lanceolate sliorter than fl. 
C. Leaves fistular. 
4682 Scape leafy, Umb. fastigiate, Spathes nearly equal. Sepals mucronate 
4683 Scape leafy at base 
4684 Scape fistular twisted, Umb. bulbiferous proliferous. Stamens 3-pointed 
4685 Scape rounded with an angle. Leaves linear obtuse, Umb. rounded. Stamens setaceous twice as long a.<> fl. 
4686 Scape ventricose beneath longer than the round leaves 
4687 Scape as long as the round ventricose leaves 
4688 Scape as long as the round subulate leaves 
4689 Scape not quite naked round. Leaves half-round, Stamens subulate, Sepals lanceolate acute 
4690 Scape round. Leaves setaceous subulate ciliated. Sepals ovate lanceolate emarginate at ends 
4691 Scape scarcely any. Capsules cernuous, Leaves flat ciliated 
\ 1. Three stamens fertile. 
4692 Inner sepals glandular at end inflexed. Leaves subulate channelled recurved 
4693 Inner sepals glandular at end inflexed. Peduncles spreading. Leaves linear lane, flat reflexed 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
A. cepa. (Cep signifies head in Celtic.) Oignon,Fr., Ziviebel, Ger. and Cipolla,ltal., is universally culti- 
vated for the kitchen, and is used as a jwt-herb, salad, and pickle. It is commonly raised from seed, which 
is sown on rich, loamy, and rather moist soil, in March ; and being thinned, weeded, and the soil stirred, the 
bulbs will be fit to take up in September, when they may be kept through the winter like potatoes or apples. 
It is also grown from small bulbs, which are planted on the surface of the soil in March, and swell to a large 
size (if not earthed up) in the course of the season. Sometimes onion-seeds are sown in autumn in a very dry 
situation, and the young i)lants are taken up and transplanted in spring : or a sowing is made very early in 
spring on a warm border or on a liot-bed, and the crop transplanted from that. 
There is a variety called the underground-onion, which multiplies its bulbs by ofTsets below the surface. 
The species called the tree onion, like several others, jiroduces its bulbs instead of or among the umbel of 
flowers. It is occasionally cultivated, but chiefly as matter of curiosity. 
A. fistulosum is grown chiefly as a scallion, or spring salad onion. It has almost no bulb, but large succu- 
lent fistular leaves, strong in flavor. It is sown in autumn, and fit to be used in spring. 
797. Alhuca. Derived from albus, white, in allusion to the color of the flowers of this genus. Not a very 
happy allusion though, because tlie flowers are mostly green. The stem of the Asphodel was called alhuca by 
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