MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM. 8? 
the laciniae of the perianth perfectly acute and entire : in- 
deed, Tenore has described the petals as obtuse; while^ 
in his figure, and in the plants received from him, they are 
otherwise. 
121. All. triquetriim, foliis triquetris valde carinatis, 
spatha bivalvi brevi, umbella multiflora, floribus nutanti- 
bus, perianthii laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis, 
staminibus perianthii fere dimidio brevioribus. 
Allium triquetrum, Lin. Sp. PI. 431. Gouaii. Illus. 24. Obs. Itifio 
p. 51. Reich, ii. p. 40. Lam. Encycl. i. p. 69. Poir. Suppl. p. 270. 
Bot. Mag. No. 869. Mill. Diet. edit. Mart. No. 35. Lap. Fl. de 
Pyr. abr. p. 182. Desf. Fl. AtL i. p. 287. Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 80. 
Brot. Fl. Lusil. i. p. 547. Pers. Syn. i. p. 357- Biv. Cent. p. 18. 
Savi, Pis. i. p. 346. Bert. PI. Gen. p. 51. Lam. et Decan. Fl. Fr. 
iii. pt. i. No. 1959. Fl. Grxc. t. 324. Prod. i. p. 226. Hort. 
Kew. ii. p. 238. Red. Liliac. vi. t. 319. Spreng. Sys. ii. p. 38. 
A. peregrinum, floribus albo-viridibus, Tour. Inst. p. 384. 
A. caule triangulo, Tour. Inst. p. 385. Roys. Ludb. p. 39. 
A. pratense, folio gramineo, flore prorsus albo, radice oblonga, Rudb. 
Elys. ii. p. 159. f. 16. 
Moly exoticum, floribus albo-viridibus, Bauh. Pin. 75. Morr. Hist. 
ii. p. 393. sect. iv. t. 16. f. 6. 
M. caule et foliis triangularibus, Park. Parad. 142. t. 143. £ 4. Milli 
Diet. No. 20. 
M. flore albo, lineis viridi colore, Swert. Floret, t. 60. f. 3. 
Hab. in Hispania, Gallia, Grsecia. Floret Aprili et Maio. 
Biilbus ovatus, albus, aggregatus. Scapus erectus, profunde triquetef, 
pedalis et ultra. Folia Sparganii, triquetra, ensiformia, apicem versus 
attenuata, acuta, supra canaliculata, subtus valde carinata, Isete viridia, 
scapo longiora. Spatha bivalvis, valvis lanceolatis, acutis, reticulatis, 
longitudine dimidii pedicellorum. Umbella multiflora. Pedicelli trique- 
tres, curvati, apice incrassati. Perianthiiim pendulum, album, campani- 
forme : laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, soepissime mucronatis, 
linea intense viridi carinatis. Stamina insequalia, perianthii fere dimi- 
dio breviora. Filamenta subulata, subteretia, viridi-alba, alterna, supra 
basin perianthii laciniarum inserta. Antherce oblongie, lutese : polline 
ochroleuco. Pistilla staminibus multo breviora. Ovarium depressum, 
viride. Stylus teres, albus. Stigma profunde tripartitum. Capsula 
obtuse trigona : loculis dispermis. 
