£0 MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALEIUM. 
tiora tricuspidata. Antherie lutese. Ovarium ovatum, sexstriatum luteo- 
viride. Stt/lus brevis, albiis. 
Obs. This plant was brought home by Mr Synnot, from 
the Cape of Good Hope, in 1825, and flowered in 1826, 
as well as the following species. 
SO. All. verrucosum, spatha imivalvi caduca, umbella 
multiflora subfastigiata, perianthii laciniis gequilongis, ex- 
terioribus ovatis oblongis acutis, verrucoso-carinatis, inte- 
rioribus paulo latioribus, staminibus perianthium aequan^ 
tibus. 
Hah. in Promontorio Bonse Spei. Floret Julio. 
Simillimum prsecedenti, sed perianthii laciniis acutis nec obtusis, et 
staminibus perianthium sequantibus nec illo brevioribus. 
21. AIL multiflorum^ umbella rotunda confertiflora, peri- 
anthii laciniis lanceolatis acutis, staminibus perianthio lon- 
gioribus, spatha ssepe 2-valvi decidua. 
Allium multiflorum, Des£ Fl. Atl. i. p. 288. Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 
p. 266. Spreng. Sys. ii. p. 34. 
Hah. in Algeria. Floret Julio et Augusto. 
Bulhus ovatus, albus. Caulis teres, erectus, Iseviter striatus, 3- 
pedalis, infra medium foliosus. Folia linearia carinata, acuta, laevia. 
Spatha 2-valvis, rarius univalvis, decidua. Umbella globosa, conferti- 
flora. Pedunculi breves, filiformes. Perianthium violaceum : laciniie 
lanceolatae, acutse. Stamina perianthio longiora. Filamenta basi dilatata, 
alterna latiora tricuspidata : setis longissimis filamentosis tortis. Pistilla 
staminibus aequalia. Capsula obscure trigona : loculis 2-spermis. 
Obs. This species is in habit like Allium sphccrocepha- 
lum^ but the leaves are flat and deeply keeled. 
