ALLIUM. 
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slifflitly opi'iiiTig ; the outer segments with a green keel, ovate- 
ohhmg, with ealloiis jioints, the edges and back rough with minute 
jH'llueid points ; inner seguiciits slightly cmarginate and without 
points. Lengthened stalks, 1 — 2 i^(?“ long, hearm^(i««««|ii|tf^r^ 
heads are usually present. (Jermen rather eonieiiil, neetarial 
jirojections below the middle, lowerHl»it!tis .gather deejily exea- 
vated. — Ronndstone, and S. Isles of Arran, Galnay.-^Vr. W. 
MacCalla. Cornwall. Mr. Eayle. .P. VIII. E. I. 
.1. A. Scorodop'rasitm (L.!); st. leafy below, 1. flat, sheaths 
2-edged, spath short and broad with a short point, umbel globose 
with numerous spherical bulbs, slam, included or equalling the 
jierianth, 3 inner ones .'1-poiuted ; anther-bearing point shorter 
than the eommon filament and the barren points, bulb wijh 
numerous puqile offsets. — E. B. S. 2905. A. arenarium L. !, 
Sm. — St. 2 — feet high. L. with scabrous margins. Heads 
small. Spat^ with a very short jioiiit. FI. few, jiurple ; the 
segments all with a minute apieulus, the outer \iath the edges 
and keel rough. Head-bulbs very small, deep purj)le.- — A. Sco- 
rodoprasitm (Sm. Herb.), so named by Davall, is .1. Babinytonii. ' 
— Sandy woods and fields in the north. P. V"I. VII. E. S. ? 
4. A. vineale (L.); st. leafy below, 1. terete hollow slightly -n 
ehanncled above, spath 1-valved short with a slender elongated 
j)oint, umbel globose with numerous bulbs, stam. exserted, 3 in- 
ner ones 3-pointed : anther-beariny point equalliny the common 
filament and half as lony as the barren points. — E. B. 1974. 
R. Icon. t. 404. A. arenarium Fries. — St. 2 feet high. L. faded 
at the time of flowering. Heads with few pale rose-coloured 
fl. with green keels and long stalks. Head-bulbs small oval 
acute greenish. — /3. compactum ; umbel without fl., head-bulbs 
terminating in a leaflike point. A. compactum “Thuil.” — Waste 
ground and dry fields. P. VII. Crow Garlick. 
5. A. spliarocephalum (L.); st. leafy below, 1. subcj'lindrical 
channeled above smooth hollow, spath 2-valved short, umbel 
globose without bulbs, stam. twice as long as the perianth, 3 in- 
ner ones 3-poiuted ; anther-beariny point as long as the common 
filament lonyer than the barren points, bulb accompanied by stalked 
offsets. — E. B. S. 2813. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. L. usually faded 
before the time of flowering. Heads ufith numerous rose-co- 
loured or ))urj)le fl. with the keels darker and rough. A. descen- 
dens (L.) scarcely differs. — Sands in Jersey. P. VII. O. 
** Root bulbous. Stam. all simple, not S-pointed, connected 
at the base. Spath 2-valved, 1 valve with a lony point. 
6. A. oleraceum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. channeled above 
