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MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM, 
Allium cernuum, Roth. Nova PI. Sp. in Rsemin. Archiv. No. 3. p. 40. 
Cat. Bot. fasc. 2. p. 33. t. 2. Bot. Mag. No. 1324. Ann. Bot. ii. 
p. 27. Willd. Enum. i. p. 360. Link. Enum. i. p. 319. Torrey. 
Flora, p. 341. 
A. tricorne, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. p. 270. 
Cepa cernua, Maench. 
Hah. in America boreale. Floret Julio et Augusto. 
Bulhus ovatus, aggregatus, albus. Scapus angulatus, uno angulo pro- 
minentiore v. subtetragonus, basin versus subsemicylindricus, viridis, 
pedalis. Folia disticha, linearia, supra canaliculata, subtus angu- 
lata, oblique carinata, apice obtusa, scapo breviora. Spatha bivalvis, 
brevissima. Umbella multiflora, cernua. Pedicelli semiunciara longi, 
angulati. Perianthium rubrum, semiapertum : lacinics oblongse, obtusse, 
concavie ; exteriores breviores, nervo dorsali saturatiore carinatse. Sta- 
mina perianthio duplo longiora, Filamenta filiformia, alba. Anthercs 
oblongge, lutese. PistUla stamina sequantia. Ovarium tricorne. Sti/lus 
teres. Stigma obtusiusculum. Capsula tricomis, corniculis bifidis emar- 
ginatisque. 
92. All, stellatum^ scapo nudo, foliis linearibus subtus 
angulatis acute carinatis, spatha bivalvi, umbella fastigiata, 
perianthii laciniis oblongis, staminibus setaceis perianthio 
aequalibus. 
Allium stellatum, Bot. Mag. No. 1576. 
A. inodorum, Hort. Kew. ed. 1. i. p. 427. Poir. Encycl. Suppl. p. 268. 
Hah. in America boreali. Floret Julio. 
Bulhus ovatus, albus. Scapus subanceps v. insequangulus. Folia 
disticha, crassiuscula anguste linearia, subtus angulata, acute carinata. 
Spatha bivalvis, ovato-lanceolata, pedicello breviora. Umbella fastigiata, 
multiflora ante anthesin nutans. Pedicelli fere unciam longi. Perian- 
thium dilute purpureum expansum, stellatum, magnitudine Allii angu- 
losi : lacinics sequilongse ; exteriores ovatse, acutje, nervo saturatiore ca= 
rinatse ; interiores oblongse, obtusse. Stamina perianthio sequalia inter- 
dum longiora. Filamenta purpurea, uniformia, setacea. Antherce flavse. 
{Ovarium obtuse trigonum, tricorne : corniculis bifidis. Capsula obcor- 
data, trigona, apice umbilicata, rotunda, ac in marginem minime angus- 
tata, fauce lamellulis binis dentiformibus, erectis, alatis. (Gawler.) 
Obs. I have not had an opportunity of examining the 
ovaria or capsules of this plant ; but, from Mr Ker's ac- 
