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A'LLIUM* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. IIexa'ndria f, Moxog y'nia. 



Natural Order. Asphode'le.eJ, Dr. R. Brown . — Lind.Syn. 

 p. 266; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 273. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 539. — 

 Aspho'deli, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 51. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 74. — 

 Lilia'ce/e, Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 403. 



Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corolla ( perianthium§J inferior, 

 of 6 oblong or egg-shaped, somewhat spreading petals, regular ; 

 the 3 innermost petals rather the smallest. Filaments (fig. 2.) 6, 

 awl-shaped, more or less flattened, simple or 3-cleft, about as long as 

 the corolla. Anthers solitary, central, oblong, incumbent. Germen 

 (fig. 1.) superior, turbinate, short, angular, or lobed. Style (fig. 1.) 

 simple, cylindrical or angular, upright. Stigma pointed. Capsule 

 (fig. 4.) short and broad, with 3 lobes, 3 cells, and 3 membranous 

 valves with central partitions (see fig. 3). Seeds (fig. 5.) few, 

 roundish, angular, and covered with a black brittle skin. Flowers 

 in terminal umbels, arising from a 2-leaved spatha. Some bulbs 

 are often intermixed with the flowers. 



Distinguished from other genera, with a naked, inferior corolla, 

 in the same class and order, by the corolla of 6 oblong or egg- 

 shaped, spreading petals; the awl-shaped, flattened filaments; the 

 pointed stigma ; and the angular seeds. 



Seven species British. 



A'LLIUM URSrNUM||. Bear’s Garlick. Broad-leaved Garlick. 

 Ramsons. 



Spec. Char. Scape triangular ; umbel without bulbs, level- 

 topped ; stamens simple ; leaves between egg-shaped and spear- 

 shaped, on footstalks. 



Eng. Bot. t. 1‘22.— Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 179. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 431. — Huds. 

 FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 140. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p.359. Eng. FI. v. ii. p. 137. — 

 With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 423. — Lindl. Syn. p.268. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 154. — 

 Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 179. — Sibth. Fj. Oxon. p. 110. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 

 74. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 169. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 138. — Hook. FI. 

 Scot. p. 101. — Grev. FI. Edin. p.76. — Curt. Brit Entomol. v. viii. t. 366. — FI. 

 Devon, pp. 58 & 130. — Johnston’s FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 77 — Rev. G. E. Smith’s 

 PI. of S. Kent, p. 21. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 92. — Perry’s PI. Varv. Selectae, p. 

 29. — Mack.Catal. of PI. of Ire), p. 33. — Bab. FI. Bath. p.51. — Allium sylvestre 

 latifolium, Ray’s Syn. p. 370 — Molly latifolia, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 180. 



Localities. — In moist woods, hedges, and meadows. Frequent. — Oxfordsk. 

 Plentiful in Stow Wood; Headington- Wick Copse: Dr. Siethorp, 1794. In 

 the same places ; 1830, \V. B. In a copse near Norton Windmill, Bicester : 

 Mr. G. Woodward, 1834. — Bedfordsh. Whipsnade, near Dunstable: Rev. 



Fig. 1. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 2. Stamens, &c. — Fig. 3. Capsule 

 after it has discharged the seeds. — Fig. 4. Capsule before it opens. — Fig. 5. A 

 Seed. 



* From the Celtic all, which signifies acrid, burning. Dr. Hooker. — Dr. 

 Withering thinks it is probably derived from also, Gr. to shun or avoid ; the 

 smell being disagreeable to many. f See Muscari racemosum, fol. 92, n. f. 

 t See Gagea lutea, fol. 41, a. $ See Galanthvs nivdlis, fol. 33, n. j. 



|| Bear’ s or bearish, Lat. ; the coarseness of its qualities, like the manners 

 of some human beings, may, in both cases, justify a comparison. Sir J. E. 

 Smith, in Eng. FI. 



