MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM, 5 
cescentia. Vaginis teretibus striatis. Spatha univalvis, calyptrseformis, 
apice eornuta, caduca. Umbella bulbifera ; bulbi pedicelUqne membranis 
intermixti. Stamina perianthio rubro paulo breviora. Filamenta alterna 
latiora, tricuspidata : setis longis tortis. 
Obs. This plant, although common in our gardens, is 
seldom to be met with in flower. 
2. All. Ophioscorodon, caule apice ante anthesin contorto, 
spatha univalvi caduca, bulbis compositis lateralibus corda- 
tis membrano vestitis. 
Allium Scorodoprasum, Lin. Sp. PI. 426. 
A. Scorodoprasum, Fl. Grsec. prod. p. 223. Lam. Encycl. i. p. 66. 
Brot. Fl. Lus. i. p. 541. 
A. sativum /3 Trev. All. No. L 
A. staminibus alterne trifidis, capite bulbifero, scapo ante maturita- 
tem contorto, Hall. All. No. 2. opusc. p. 334. Monogr. No. 2. 
Porrum radice laterali cordata solida, pedunculo revoluto, capite 
bulbifero, Hort. ClifF. 136. Roy. Ludb. 40. 
A. sativum alterum, sive Allioprassum caulis summo circumvoluto, 
Bauh. pin. 73. Morr. ii. sect. 4. p. 387- t. 15. f. 10. Mill. Diet. 
No. 2. 
Scorodoprasum alterum, bulboso et convoluto capite, Park. Theat. 
873. Rai Hist. p. 1120, No. 4. 
Allium capite ex multis bulbis conflato et contorto, Bauh. Hist. ii. 
p. 104. 
Allii, genus Ophioscorodon dictum quibusdam, Bauh. Hist. ii. 
p. 559. Chab. Hist. p. 201. 
Ophioscorodon, Math. Opera, p. 421. Ger. emac. p. 181. 
Allium sativum secundum, Bauh. pin. 73. 
A. creticum scorodoprasum. Cam. Hort. p. 9. 
Scorodoprasum, sive Allioprasum, Lob. Adv. 58. ; et contorte, 
Bauh. Hist. ii. p. 559. Bauh. pin. 74. (AUioporum.) 
S. secundum, Clus. Hist. 191. Pann. p. 210. 
Allium sativum amphicarpum, Cord. Hist. p. 144. 
Hab. in Grsecia propria, Creta, &c. Floret Augusto et Septembri. 
Allium Ophioscorodon is often to be met with in our cu- 
linary gardens, where it is cultivated under the name of 
Rocambole. 
3. All. contr aver sum, caule apice ante maturitatem con- 
voluto, spatha univalvi caduca, staminibus perianthio bre- 
vioribus, bulbo simplici. 
