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the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, 1 of them often longer than the 
yellow flowers. — Woods and thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 
7. Scilla Linn. 
1. S. aittumnalis (L.) ; 1. linear numerous, raceme slightly 
corymbose, peduncles ascending, bracts 0. — E. B. 78. — Height 
4— 6 in. Fl. purplish-blue with a green line down the back, 
in perfection before the 1. appear. — Dry pastures in the south 
and west. P. VIII. Autumnal Squill. E. 
2. S. verna (Huds.) ; 1. linear channeled hooded at the end 
numerous, raceme few-flowered corymbose, bracts lanceolate as 
long as the peduncles.— E. B. 23.— Height 4—5 in. Fl. blue. 
L. as long or longer than the stalk. — Western and northern 
coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. 
[3. S. bifolia (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate usually only 2, raceme 
lax slightly corymbose, peduncles erect, bracts 0. — E. B. 24. — 
Said to grow in the west of England but no station recorded. 
P. IV.] E. 
8. Allium Linn. 
* Root bulbous. Stam. alternately broader and 3-pointed, the 
intermediate point bearing an anther, the others filiform and 
barren. Porrum Tourn. 
*1. A. Ampeloprasum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. flat, spath 
elongated, umbel globose with or without bulbs, stam. exserted, 
3 inner ones 3-pointed : anther-bearing point as long as the broad 
parallel-sided common filament and § of the length of the barren 
points, bulb compound. — E. B. 1656. — Bulb forming 2 — 4 large 
offsets within its coats. St. 2 — 3 feet high. L. long, linear. 
Heads large, globose many-flowered. Spath with a flat point 
1 — 2 in. long. Fl. pale purple with the keel of the outer seg- 
ments greenish and rough. Common filament of the compound 
stam. with straight parallel sides. Germen suddenly narrowed 
on the back of each segment, the constriction continued to the 
base. Head-bulbs, when present, small, the size of peas. — Cliffs 
on the Steep Holms Island in the Severn (remains of former cul- 
tivation, Borr.). Indigenous on cliffs in Guernsey. P. VIII. — E. 
2. A. Halleri ; st. leafy below, 1. flat, sheaths cylindrical, 
spath elongated, umbel globose bearing bulbs, stam. exserted, 3 
inner ones 3-pointed : the anther-bearing point rather shorter 
than the oval common filament and a quarter of the length of the 
barren points, bulb simple (?).— Allium Sfc. Hall. All. 16. No. 2. 
A. Scorodoprasum (3. Linn. — St. 3 — 4 feet high. L. long, linear, 
with scabrous margins, fading before the flowers open. Heads 
smaller than those of the preceding, with rather numerous large 
bulbs. Spath with a flat point 1 — 2 in. long. Fl. purple, ra- 
ther few ; intermixed with them are a few long (2 — 3 in.) thick 
