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rough. Head-bulbs deep purple. — Sandy Vv-oods and fields in 
the North. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
tt Stem-leaves hollow. 
3. A. vi7iedle(L.) ; st. leafy below, ^. iereie slightly channelled 
above, spath 1-valved short with a slender long point, umbel 
globose with many bulbs, stam. exserted, antJier-hearing point 
of 3-2Mtnted jilantents equallitig the taidivided part and half as 
long as the lateral points. — £. £. 1974. E. I. t. 404. A. are- 
uarium Fries. — St. 2 feet high. L. faded at the time of flower- 
ing. Heads of few pale rose-coloured fl. with green keels and 
longstalks. Head-bulbs small, oval, acute, greenish. — ji. A.com- 
pactum (Thuill.) ; umbel without fl., head-bulbs with a leaflike 
point. — Waste ground and dry fields, /i is the more common 
state. P. VII. Crou'-Garlic. E.S.I. 
4. ..-l. sphcBroceph'almn (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. subcylindrical 
channelled above, spath 2-valved short, xiiiibel globose without 
bidhs, stam. twice as long as the perianth, anther-hearing point 
of 3-pointed filaments as long as the undivided part longer than 
the lateral jmints, bulb accompanied by stalked oflsets. — E. B. S. 
2813. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. L. usually faded before the time of 
flowering. Heads of many rose-coloured or purple fl. ; keels 
darker and rough. — St Vincent's Eocks, Bristol. Sands in 
Jersey. P. VII. E. 
** Stam. all simj^le, not ^-pointed, connected at the base. Spath 
2-valved, one valve ivith a long point. St.-l. narr ow. 
5. A. olerdceum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. channelled above 
ribbed beneath, spath with one of the points very long, umbel 
with bulbs, stam. equalling or shorter than the perianth. — E. B. 
488.— Height 1—2 feet. L. (of the Bristol plant) thick, fleshy, 
solid, nearly flat but slightly and broadly channelled above, with 
4ribs beneath. Segmentsof perianth blunt. — /3. A.complanatv.m 
(Bor.) ; stam. shorter than the perianth, 1. of equal thickness 
throughout curved upwards at the sides so as to appear chan- 
nelled with many ribs on each side. A. carinatum Sm., E. B. 
1658. — Borders of fields, rare. ji. Mountains ia the North. 
P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
6. A. carinatum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. nearly flat, umbel 
nearly without bulbs, stam. much exceedirig jjeriantk. — Height 
1 — 2 feet. L. erect, slightly channelled below, flat in the upper 
part, slightljr furrowed (not keeled) beneath. Perianth-segm. 
blunt, rose-coloured. — Newark. Seguden, Carse of Gowrie. 
By Esk above Musselburgh, abundant. P. VIII. E. S. 
