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iha 2-valvis. Umbella globosa. Penanthium Allii schsenoprasii, sed 
minor et coeruleum : lacinioe ovato-lanceolatse ; lineolo dorsali saturatiore. 
Stamina perianthio sequalia. Filamenta dilatata, alterna latiora tricus- 
pidata. A^ithercs flavse. Stigma obtusiusculum. 
Var. /8 majus. 
Cepa fissilis, Bauh. Pin. 72. Math. Opera, p. 420. Diosc. p. 585. 
Cam. Epit. p. 326*. Hort. p. 170. 
Cipolla fissile, Math. Disc. p. 585. 
Var. y Chi?iense ; bulbis parvis, albidis, magnitudine nucis Avellanse. 
Allium Ascalonicum, Lour. Cochin, p. 202. 
Obs. Var. at is called Shallot. Var. /3, Scallion ; and, 
according to Mr Milne, is cultivated extensively in Wales, 
under the name of Hollow Leek ; and, according to De 
Candolle (see Fl. Fr.), under that of Ciboull^ in France. 
These varieties are seldom or never to be met with in 
flower. 
S8. All. junceum, caule basi folioso, spatha 2-valvi, um- 
bella capitata, perianthii laciniis ovato-oblongis acutis, sta- 
minibus alternis quinquefidis, perianthio sequalibus. 
Allium junceum, Fl. Grsec. t. 322. Prod. i. p. 226. Spreng. Sys. ii. 
p. 35. 
Hah. in Insula Cjpro. Floret Julio et Augusto. 
Bulhus aggregatus, ovatus, parvus ; tunicis externis nigris. Caulis 
basi foliosus pedalis, teres, fistulosus. Folia cylindrica, acuta, fistulosa, 
saturate viridia. Spatha 2-valvis, concava, brevia. Umbella globosa, den- 
sa. Pedicelli breves. PeriantMum purpureum : lacinise ovato-oblongae, 
acutse, carinatse. Stamina paululum exserta. Filamenta alba, alterna 
latiora quinquefida. Antherce griseo-lutese. Ovarium ovale. Stylus 
longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusiusculum. 
Obs. This beautiful species closely resembles All. Asca- 
lonicum, but is abundantly distinct, having each alternate 
stamen quinquefid.. 
^9. All. Cepa, caule basi folioso inferne ventricoso, spa- 
