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86. LILIACEJi. 
sets within its coats (!). St. 2 — 6 feet high. L. long, linear. 
Spath parting at the hase, and falling oS in one piece before 
the fl. open; horn 1 — 2 in. long. Fl. pale purple, the keel 
of the outer suberaarginate segments greenish and roughish. 
Germen rather globose; transverse projections at about the 
middle ; lower spaces slightly excavated. Head-bulbs very rare, 
when present small, the size of Peas. — Cliffs on Steep Holmes 
Island in the Severn (remains of former cultivation). Mr. D. 
Moore does not admit this to be an Irish plant. Cliffs in 
Guernsey. P. VHl.] E. 
1. A. Babingtdnii (Boit.) ; st. leafy below, 1. acutely keeled, 
spath long-pointed, umhel loose irregular with hemispherical 
bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-hearing point of 3-pointed filaments 
wheti young, bulb compound of few (2) divisions.— B. S. 2906. 
A. Halhri Bab., not G. Don.— St. 4—6 feet high. L. long, linear, 
broad. Heads large, vnih many bulbs about as large as Hazel- 
nuts. Spath usually deciduous in two pieces or persistent ; horn 
1 — 2 in. long. Fl. pale reddish pmple, rather few, more conical 
than in the preceding, only slightly opening ; outer segments 
with a green keel, ovate-oblong, with callous points, edges and 
back rough with minute peUucid points ; inner segments slightly 
emarginate and without points. Lengthened stalks 1 — 2 in. 
long, bearing secondary heads, are usually present. Gennen 
rather conical ; transverse projections below the middle; lower 
spaces rather deeply excavated. — Roundstone, and South Isles of 
Ai-an plentifully, Cxalway. Cornwall. P. VHI. E. I. 
2. A. Scorodoprdsiitn (L. ! ) ; st. leaf}' below, 1. flat, sheaths 
2- edged, spath short and broad with a very short point, umbel 
globose with many spherical small bulbs, stam. included or 
equalling the perianth, anther-bearing point of 3-pointed fila- 
ments shorter tlian the imdivided part or the lateral points, bulb 
with many piu-ple offsets.—^. B. S. 2905. A. arenarinm L. !, 
Sm. — St. 2 — 3 feet high. L. vnth. rough margins. Heads 
smaU. Fl. few, pm-ple ; segments all mth a minute apicidus, 
outer with the edges and keel rough. Head-bidbs deep purple. 
—Sandy woods and fields in the North. P. VI. VII. E. &. I. 
3. A. vinedle (L.) ; st. leafy below, I. terete slightly channeled 
above, spath 1-valved short with a slender long point, umbel 
globose with many bulbs, stam. exserted, anther-hearing point 
of 3-pointed Jilaments equaUing the undivided part and half as 
lirng as the lateral points. — £. B. 1974. It. I. t. 404. A. are- 
nariuni Fries. — St. 2 feet iiigh. L. faded at the tune of flower- 
ing. Heads of few pale rose-coloured fl. with green keels and 
long stalks. Head-bulbs small, oval, acute, greenish. — 0. A. com- 
rather shorter than the undivided 
and with an incurved tip 
tt Stem-leaves hollow. 
