MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM, 13 
P. sectivum latifolium, Bauh. pin. 72. Morr. ii. sect. iv. p. 390. 
t. 15. Rudb. Elys. p. 14L Mill. Diet. No. 2. 
P. sectile, Matth. Disc. p. 550. 
P. sectivum aut tonsile, Ger. emac. p. 174. 
Hab. in vineis Helvetise. Floret Julio. 
Bulbus oblongus, solitarius, albus. Caulis 2-pedalis et ultra, rigidus, 
teres, Isevis, glaucus, fere infra medium foliosus. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 
glauca, basi 2-unciam lata, versus apicem attenuata, acuta, sesquipeda- 
lem longa ; marginibus sursum carinisque scabro-serrulatis, subopposita. 
Vagince teretes. Spatha univalvis, calyptriformis, apice cornuta caduca. 
Umbella globosa, confertiflora, regularis. Pedicelli filiformes, teretes, 
virides, basi purpurei, unciam longi. PeriantMum dilute purpurascens 
semiapertum ; lacinice oblongse, obtusse, cucullatae, margine albo, medio 
purpureo, carino viridi, exterioris scabro, pictse. Stamina perianthio 
paulo longiora. Filamenta alba, basi dilatata, post maturitatem reflexa, 
alterna, latiora, tricuspidata ; setis longis tortis. Antherce oblongse, 
purpureo-lutese. Pistilla staminibus plerumque breviora, primum bre- 
vissima. Ovarium oblongum, viride, obscure trigonum. Stylus teres, 
albus. Stigma obtusiusculum. Capsula rotunda, obtuse trigona, trilo- 
cularis ; loculis 2-spermibus. 
Obs. There are numerous varieties of the Leek culti- 
vated for culinary purposes ; none of these I have thought 
of sufficient consequence to mention, except var. ^3, which 
has been long enumerated by ancient authors, and is now 
quoted above as a synonym. 
W. All. ampeloprasum, spatha univalvi caduca, umbella 
globosa irregulari, perianthii lanciniis ovato-lanceolatis acu- 
minatis, extus scabris, staminibus perianthio longioribus, 
radice laterali solido. 
Allium ampeloprasum, Lin. Sp. PI. 423. Reich. 2. p. 28. Huds. 
Angl. 138. Lara. Encycl. i. p. 64. Suppl. p. 263. HofFm. Germ. 
115. Mill. Diet. ed. Mart. i. No. 1. Bot. Mag. No. 1385. With. 
342. Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 63. Fl. Brit. 355. Eng. Bot. xxiv. 
t. 1657. Brot. Fl. Lus. p. 540. Pers. Syn. i. p. 355. Lam. et 
Dec. Fl. Fr. iii. pt. i. No. 1951. Red. LiHa. vii. t. 385. A^^iUd. 
enum. i. p. 357- Hort. Kew. ii. p. 232. Eng. Fl. ii. p. 133. 
Spreng. Syst. ii. p. 34. 
A. montanum majus Anglicum, Newtonii ex Rail Hist. p. 1125. 
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