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lacinicB ovato-lanceolatte, concaviusculse, obtusiusculae, plerumque apice 
emarginatse, exteriores breviores, nervo rubicundo carinatse. Sta- 
mina perianthio paulo longiora, ssepe sequalia. Filamenta subu- 
lata, pallide purpurascentia, alterna latiora. Antherce oblongae, lu- 
tese. Pistilla stamina sequantia. Stylus teres, pallidus. Stigma obtusius- 
culum. Capsula obtuse trigona : loculis dispermis, scepe uno lociilo 
abortive. 
Obs. The seed from which this plant was raised, was 
received by Mr Anderson, under the name of Allium 
saxatile of Bieberstein ; but that plant does not belong 
to this section. 
Sect. 5. — Scapis folusque semiteretihus. 
84. All. ruhens^ scapo nudo teretiusculo, foliis angustis- 
simis, spatha bivalvi, umbella laxa subfastigiata, perianthii 
laciniis oblongis obtusis crenulatis, staminibus subulatis al- 
ternis latioribus perianthio subasqualibus. 
Allium rubens, Schrad. in Willd. Enum. i. p. 360. Link. Enum. 
p. 320. Trev. All. No. 15. 
A. bisulcum, Ked. Liliac. v. t. 286. Bot. Mag. No. 1381. Spreng. 
Sys. ii. p. 38. 
Hah. in Germania et Europa australi. Floret Maio et Junio. 
Bulhus fuscus, radici transversali lignosse adnatus, fibras longas vio- 
laceas emittens. Scapus teres vel uno latere compresso, semipedalis, 
crassitudine pennse corvinae, leevis, viridis. Folia disticha, semiteretia, 
ssepe subtus 2.angulata, hinc subquadrangularia, acuta, Isevia, viridia, 
scapo fere sequalia. Spatha bivalvis, brevis, vix longitudine pedunculo- 
rum. Umbella laxa, expansa, multiflora ante anthesin nutans. Peri- 
anthium violaceum exterius pendulum : laicinicB oblongse, obtusse, con- 
caviusculse, interiores seeus marginem crenulatse, exteriores bre- 
viores, apice crenulatse, nervo rubro-viridi carinatae. Stamina perian- 
thio sequalia, vel paulo breviora. Filamenta subulata, infra medium 
rubra, alterna latiora, omnia basi connexa. Antherce oblongse, pallide 
rubrse : polline ochroleuco. Pistilla stamina sequantia. Ovarium trigo- 
num, viride. Stylus teres, albus. Stigma obtusiusculum. Capsula ob- 
tuse trigona : loculis dispermis, ssepe uno loculo abortivo. 
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