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DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Crow-Garlick. 
Allhitn fylveftre tenuijoliwn. 
The root is fmall, roundifli, covered with a 
red fkin, and of a very ftrong tafte. 
The leave's are very long, flendcr, hoUow, and 
oF a pale green. 
The llalk is round, upright, and a foot Iilgh. 
The head is fmall, and is frequently compolcd 
altogether of httle flefliy fubflances, which fiioot 
out leaves in the manner of roots, and take root 
when they fall ; fomctimes there arc among thele 
fmali, greeniHi flowers. 
It is common in paftiires, and fometimes 
among corn. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Alliuh cmnpefire jtmcifoUum 
cap'tatwn purptirafceiis majus. Others, Allium 
Jyhejlre juncifoUim. 
2. Purple Mountain-Garlick. 
Allium montanicm furpureum majus. 
The root is a large, round bulb, with many 
fibres at the bottom. 
■ The. leaves are long, and fomewhat broad, flat 
at the upper-fide, and hollowed underneath, and 
of a fine deep green. 
The ftalk is upright, round, and two feet 
high. 
The head is round and large, purplilh in co- 
lour, and compofed of numerous flelliy fubftances, 
as in the other, with a few faint red flowers be- 
tween and among them. 
It is common on hills in our northern coun- 
, ties, and flowers in July. 
; Ray calls it Allium montamwi bicorne purpureum 
prolifetum. 
3. Striped Garlick.- 
Allium fore Jlrialo, 
The root is a fmall, roundifh bulb, of a white 
colour. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a fiale 
green. 
The ftalk is a foot and half high, round, and 
green. 
The flowers fl;and in a clufter at the top ; and 
they are of a grcenifii white, ftreaked with purple. 
We have it among corn in EfTex. It flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Allium montanum Ucornc fiore 
exallido. Clufius, Moly mcitamm terthim ; a 
name others have followed. 
4. Purple Garlick. 
Allium hifijollmn fiore purpura funic. 
The root is round, fimple, and large. 
The leaves arc numerous, broad, and of a deep 
green. 
The ftalk is a foot and half high. 
The flowers fliand at its top in a great round 
clufl-er; and they are purple. 
We have it in the weftern counties not un- 
common. It flowers in June. 
Ray calls it Allium Hvlmenje fpherico capite. 
5. Broad-leaved Wild Garlick. 
Allium fyhefire Intifolium album. 
The root is round and whitifli. 
The leaves are oblong, very broad, and of a 
fine deep green. 
The ftalk is of a pale green, three fquare, and 
ten inches high. 
The flowers ftand at the top in a clufter; and- 
they are fmall and white. 
It is common in damp ground, and flowers 
in April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Allium fyhefirc latifoUum. 
Our people, Ramfons. 
6. Great Mountain Garlick. 
Allium montanum elatius. 
The root is compofed of feveral fmall pieces, 
covered with one common fkin, which is tou^h 
and rcdifli. ° 
The leaves are broad, ftriated, and of a deep 
green. 
The ftalk is two fefet and a half high, round, 
green, and juicy. 
At its top ftands a head, compofed of flefliy 
tubercles, of a blackifh purple, with a few pale 
purple flowers between them. 
It is found in the north of England, -flowefintr 
jn April. * 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN Sl^ECIE 8. 
Common Garlick; - . - . 
Allium hortenfe. 
The root is compofed of numerous fmall pieces, 
enclofed in one common Ikin. 
The leaves are long and narrow, and of a pale 
green. 
The ftalk is round, upright, and fmooth. 
. At the top ftand a great number of flowers, 
collected into a round, cluftered head : they are 
fmall and whitifli. 
It is a native of the Eaft, but for its ufe is 
cultivated every where in gardens. 
Some are fbnd of the root in food • and it is 
excellent in medicine, 
A fyrup 0^ garlick is a great remedy in afthmaS. 
It is alfo aperient,,and good in all obftruaions of 
the vifccra, and is recommended againft conta- 
gious difordcrs. 
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