MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM. 73 
Allium scorzonerifolium, Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris. lied. Liliac. ii. 
i. 99. Poir. Encycl. Suppl. p. 270. Spreng. Sys. ii. p. 35. 
HaL in Europa australi. Floret Junio. 
Bulhus ovatus, albus, magnitudine nucis Avellanse, fibras tenues 
albas emittens. Scapus nudus, fere pedalis, teres, gracilis, basi striatus. 
Folia pauca, plerumque dua, anguste lorata, supra canaliculata, subtus 
convexa, trinervata, nervis prominentibus, glauca, apice ssepe emarcida. 
Spaiha univalvis, ovalis. Pedicelli fere unciam longi, spatha longiores. 
Umbella bulbifera, pauciflora. Perianthium luteum, magnum, campani» 
forme: laciniis oblongis, obtusiusculis, nervo dorsali viridi carinatis. 
Stamina perianthio paulo breviora. Filamenta subulata, lutea. Antherce 
ovatse, luteje. Pistilla staminibus paulo breviora. Ovarium luteum, sex- 
striatum. Stylus teres, filiformis. Stigma obtusiusculum. 
Sect. S. — Folia latissima ; scapo tereti. 
96. All magictim, foliis lato-lanceolatis subtus convexis 
squamosis scariosis propagine ex ala, umbella bulbifera 
conferta intermixta, ssepissime floribus destituta. 
Allium magicum, Lin. Sp. PL 434. Reich, ii. p. 34. Lam. Encyc. 
i. p. 66. Suppl. p. 264. Mill. Diet. ed. Mart. No. 7- Willd. Sp. 
PI. ii. p. 66. Brot. Fl. Lusit. p. 544. Pers. Syn. i. p. 355. Lam. 
et Decand. Fl. Fr. v. No. 1962. Lois. Not. p. 55. 
A. caule tereti propagine ex ala, Hort. Cliff. 137- Roy. Lugdb. 
p. 39. Sauv. Monsp. p. 18. 
Moly latifolium Indicum, Bauh. Pin. p. 75. Mill. Diet. No. 2. 
M. Indicum et Caucason, Ger. Emae. p. 184. Lob. Icon. t. 161. 
M. Indicum sive Caucason, Bauh. Hist. ii. p. 569. Park. Parad. 
p. 141. Chab. Stirp. p. 202. eum duo iconis. 
M. Indicum, Clus. Hist. p. 192. Dod. Pempt. p. 685. Trag. Hist. 
p. 431. f. 1 et 2. Park. Theat. p. 870. 
Ornithogalum latifolium bulbiferum, Morr. Hist. ii. c. xiii. sect. iv. 
t. 13. f. 11. 
Hah. in Europa australi. 
Obs. I am aware some of the more recent authors have 
had Allium nigrum in view, when speaking of Allium ma- 
gicum ; but it is impossible to distinguish, from their de- 
scriptions alone, which of these plants they meant, as both 
species bear bulbs occasionally at the base of their leaves. 
