GAGEA. SCILLA. ALLIUM. 
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linear grooved.— -E". B. 499.— St. leafless, 2—3 feet high. Ea- 
ceme becomino- very long. Fl. gTeenish white ; segments of the 
perianth variable in breadth. L. withering before the stalk 
appears, rarely contemporaneous. — Woods. Extremely com- 
mon near Bath. Sussex. Bedfordshire. P. VI. E. 
*3. 0. nutans (L.) ; fl. few in a lax nodding raceme, ped. 
falling short of the bracts, filaments flat membranous trifid, the 
lateral points acute, middle one very short bearing the anther, 
1. linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1997. Albucca R. x. 47:1. — Height 
9 — 12 in. Fl. large, white, greenish externally. — Fields and 
orchards, rare. P. IV. V. E. 
6. Ga'gea Salisb. 
1. G. hUea (Ker) ; radical 1. usually solitary linear-lanceo- 
late flat, bracts 2 opposite, peduncles umbellate simple glabrous, 
segments of the perianth oblong bhmt, bulb ovate solitary. — 
E. B. 21. R. X. 477. Oniithogalimi L. — St. about 6 in. high, 
shorter than the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, one often exceeding 
the yellow flowers. Bulb often enclosing many small round ofi"- 
sets. — Woods and thickets, rare. P. III. IV. E. S. 
7. Scil'la lAnn. Squill. 
1. S. autumndlis (L.) ; 1. linear many, raceme lax, peduncles 
ascending, hructs 0. — E. B. 78. R. x. 463. — 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. 
VlH. Autumnal Squill. E. 
2. S. ver'na (Huds.) ; 1. linear channeled hooded at the end 
many, raceme few-flowered corymbose, bracts lanceolate as long 
as or longer than the pedimcles. — E. B. 23. R, x. 4G3. — Height 
4 — 5 in. Fl. blue. L. as long or longer than the stalk. — 
Western and Northern coasts. P. IV. V. Vernal Squill. E. S. I. 
[>S'. bifdlia (L.) ; 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. Al'lium Linn. Garlic. 
* Alternate stamens broader and Z-pointed, the middle point 
alone bearing an anther. Porbum Toum. 
t Stem-leaves flat or keeled, not hollow. 
[_*A. Ampeloprdsum (L.) ; st. leafy below, 1. linear, spath 
long, umbel globose compact, stam. exserted, anther-bearing 
point of 3-pointed filaments as long as the undi^-ided part, bulb 
compound of 2 — 4 divisions. — E. B. 1656. — Bull) with large ofl- 
