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the leaves. Braets lanceolate, 1 of them often longer than the 
yellow flowers. — Woods and thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 
7. SciLLA Linn. 
1. S. autumnnlis (L.); 1. linear immerous, raceme slightly 
corymhose, peduncles ascending, bracts 0. — E. B. 78. — Height 
4 — () in. FI. ])urplish-hlue with a green line down the back, 
in perfection before the 1. appear. — 4)iy pastures in the south 
and west. P. VIII. Autumnal Squill. E. 
2. S. verna (Iluds.); 1. linear channeled hooded at the end 
numerous, raceme few-flowered corymbose, bracts lanceolate as 
long or longer than the peduncles. — E. B. 23. — Height 4 — 5 in. 
FI. blue. L. as long or longer than the stalk. — Westeni and 
mnthern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. 
[3. S. bifolia (L.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate usually only 2, raceme 
lax slightly corymbose, ped. erect, bracts 0. — E. B. 24. — Said to 
grow in the west of England. P. IV.] E. 
8. Allium Linn. 
* Root bulbous. Siam, alternately broader and S-fointed, the 
intermediate point bearing an anther, the others filiform 
and barren. Porrum Tourn. 
*1. A. Ampeloprasum (L.); st. leafy below, 1. flat keeled, 
spath elongated, umbel globose compact, stain, exserted, 3 inner 
ones 3-pointed ; anther-bearing point as long as the common 
filament, bulb eomiiound of few (2 — 4) lUvisions. — E. B. 1656. 
— Bulb with large offsets within its coats. St. 4 — 6 feet high. 
L. long, linear. Spath calyptriform, parting at the base and 
failing off in one piece before the fl. opeuj horn 1 — 2 in. long. 
Fi. pale ]Hirple, the keel of the outer subemarginate segments 
greenish and roughish. Germen rather globose, nectarial pro- 
jections at about the middle, lower spaces slightly excavated. 
Head-bulbs rare, when jiresent small, the size of peas. — Cliffs on 
the Steep Holmes Island in the Severn (remains of former cultiva- 
tion, Borr.). Indigenous on cliffs in Guernsey. P. VIII. E. 
2. A. Babingtonii (Boit.); st. leafy below, 1. flat acutely 
keeled, spath long pointed, umbel loose irregular with hemi- 
spherical bulbs, stam. exserted, 3 inner ones 3-pointed : anther- 
bearing point rather shorter than the common filament with an 
incurved apex when young, bulb compound of few (2) divisions. 
— E. B. S. 2!)06. A. Halleri Bab. not G. Don. — St. 4 — 6 feet 
high. L. long, linear, broad. Heads large, with numerous 
bulbs about as large as a hazel-nut. Spath usually deciduous in 
two pieces or jiersistent ; horn 1 — 2 in. long. Fl. pale reddish 
puiyile, rather few, more conical than in the preceding, only 
