300 MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS ALLIUM, 
137. All. striatum^ foKis linearibus, spatha bivalvi, um- 
bella pauciflora, perianthii laciniis lanceolatis obtusiusculis, 
staminibus alternis latioribus. 
Allium striatum, Jacq. Icon. ii. t. 366. Coll. Suppl. 51. Bot. Mag. 
No. 1524. et No. 1035. Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 77- Pers. Syn. i. 
p. 357. Poir. Encyc. Suppl. p. 268. Pursh. Fl. Sept. Amer, i. 
p. 222. 
A. Canadense, Mich. Amer. Boreale, i. p. 194. 
A. ornithogaloides, Walt. Carolina, p. 121. 
Ornithogalum bivalve, Lin. Sp. PI. ed. 1. p. 306. 
Ornithogalum gramineum, Bot. Mag. No. 2419. 
Ornithogalum Carolinian um, Hortulanorum. 
Hah. in Canada, Carolina, &c. Floret Aprili et Maio. 
Planta laete virens. Bulhus ovato-oblongus, albus, simplex. Scapus 
compressiusculus, 4 vel 5 uncialis, Isevis. Folia disticha, linearia, obtusa, 
supra subcanaliculata, subtus convexa, paulo torta, scapo ssepe paulo lon- 
giora. Spatha bivalvis, pediceUis multo brevior. Umbella 4 vel 6 flora, 
interdum 10 flora. Pedicelli vix unciam longi. Perianthium ochroleu- 
cum : laciniis lanceolato-oblongis, obtusiusculis, interdum emarginatis, 
basi extus et intus viridibus (linea media rubescente). Stamina perian- 
thio multo breviora. Filamenta ochroleuca, subulata, alterna latiora. 
AnthercB oblongse, aurantiacee ; polline luteo. Pistilla stamina aequantia. 
Stylus teres, ochroleucus. Capsula obovata, obtuse trigona: loculis 1 
vel 2 spermis. 
Obs. The specimens of Ornithogalum bivalve which I 
have seen, have very long, slender, elongated peduncles, 
sometimes three inches in length, and the leaves more atte- 
nuated towards the apex than the living plants. Can this 
be a new species ? — or is it the following ? 
Sect. 2. — Folia acuta. 
138. All. ornithogaloides, scapo gracili, foUis linearibus 
attenuatis subcarinatis, spatha mono- vel diphylla, umbella 
pauciflora laxa, perianthii laciniis ellipticis obtusis. 
AUium ornithogaloides, Poir. Encycl. SuppL p. 265. 
Hab, in America boreale. Floret Junio. 
