MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM. 
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count of them, they do not appear to differ from those of 
Allium cernuum. 
Sect. 2. — Scapi teretes. 
93. All. Carolinianum, scapo nudo, foliis linearibus sub- 
tus laevibus, spatha bivalvi, umbella fastigiata, perianthii 
laciniis oblongis obtusis, staminibus subulatis perianthio 
duplo longioribus, capsulis polyspermia. 
Allium Carolinianum, Red. Liliac. ii. t. 101. Spreng. Sys. ii. p. 37. 
Hab. in Carolina. Floret Julio. 
Bulbus ovatus, aggregatus ; tunicis externis fuscis, obductus, fibras 
albas emittens. Scapus nudus, teres, semipedalis et ultra, glaucescens. 
Folia linearia, obtusa, subtus convexa, scapo multo breviora. Spatha 
bivalvis, brevis. Umbella multiflora, fastigiata. Pedicelli breves. Peri- 
anthium magnitudine AUii senescentis, dilute purpureum : laciniis exte- 
rioribus ovatis, concaviusculis, obtusis, nervo dorsali saturatiore carina- 
tis, interioribus longioribus obtusioribus. Stamina perianthio duplo lon- 
giora, Filamenta subulata, alba, uniformia. Antherce oblongse, lutese. 
Pistilla staminibus breviora. Ovarium album, obtuse trigonum. Stj/lus 
albus, filiformis. Stigma acutiusculum. Capsula obtuse trigona : loculis 
poljspermis. 
Obs. The above subdivision differs from the preceding 
division in their want of the hard, woody, iris-looking roots 
at the base of the bulbs, and from this circumstance I have 
thought it most proper to separate them. It is right, 
however, to add, that the plants I have made the above 
observations upon, are all young, and may, after they be- 
come more mature, form those woody rootSo 
