MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM. 'SI 
Sect. 3.— Foliis aiigustis feretiuscuUs Jistidosw. 
22. All. descendens^ foliis supra canaliculatis, subtiis sui- 
^atis, marginibus ciliatis, spatha univalvi caduca, umbella 
conica conferta, perianthii laciniis linearibus obtiisis, sta- 
minibus perianthio longioribus, capsulis trialatis, biilbo ro- 
tundo. 
Allium descendens, Lin. Sp. PI. 427- Reich. 2. 34. Mill. Diet. ed. 
Mart. i. No. 19. Lap. Fl. Pjr. abr. p. 180. Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 71- 
Pers. Syn. i. p. 456. Poir. Encycl. Suppl. p. 266. Fl. Grjec t. 316. 
Prod. i. p. 224. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 235. Fl. Taur. Cauc. Suppl. 
p. 257. Willd. enum. i. p. 359. 
A. sphserocephalum, var. /3, Trev. All. No. 4. 
A. staminibus al'terne trifidis, foliis fistulosis, capite sphserico non 
bulbifero, atropurpureo, Hall. All. No. 11. Opusc. p. 355. cum 
icon. Monogr. No. 9. 
A. caule subteretifolio umbellifero ; pedunculis inferioribus brevio- 
ribus, staminibus tricuspidatis, Hort. Ups. p. 78. 
Moly atropurpureum, Swert. Floret, t. 60. Morr. Hist. ii. sect. iv. 
cap. xvi. t. 16. f. 3. Rudb. Elys. ii. p. 165. f. 13. 
Moly serotinum coniferum, Park. par. p. 145. 
Hab. in Helvetia, Grsecia, &c. Floret Junio et Julio. 
Bulbus ovato-rotundatus, albus, solitarius. CauUs teres, leevis, erec- 
tus, gracilis, 3-4-pedalis, fere infra medium foliosus. Folia semiteretia, 
fistulosa, acutiuscula, subtus sulcata, supra canaliculata, marginibus ci- 
liatis, fere pedem longa viridiuscula. Vagina teres, striata. Spatha uni- 
valvis, cornuta, caduca. Umbella conica, confertiflora. Pedicelli teretes, 
atropurpurei, inferiores breviores membranis intermixti. Perianthium 
parvum, atropurpureum, ante expansionem viride, superius prsecoxius : 
lacinice linearse, obtusse. Stamina inaequalia, perianthio multo longiora. 
Filamenta basi dilatata pallide rubra, ciliata, alterna latiora tricuspi- 
data: setis longissimis albis tortis. Antherae oblongs, fuscfe: polline 
ochroleuco. Pistilla staminibus breviora. Stylus atropurpureus. Stigma 
album, obtusiusculum. Capsula trialata : loculis I rarius 2-spermibus. 
Obs. The principal differences between this plant and 
the following, are, that the capsules of this are so deeply 
and acutely three-sided, as to appear three- winged ; the 
flowers nearly blacky and the leaves sulcated underneath, 
