﻿C. Abbot. — Cambridyesh. Ditton, and Hinton: Rev. It. Rei.han. — Cheshire ; 

 Fields about Runcorn: Dr. Withering. — Cumberland ; On Ramp’s Holm, 

 an island of Derwent Water, so called from being covered with this plant : Mr. 

 Winch. — Devon; About Chudleigh : Rev. J. P. Jones. in Rot. Tour. Road- 

 side near Ashburton; banks of the Teign and Dart, in various places; near 

 Endsleith ; ditches of the old castle at Totness: Messrs. Jones and King- 

 ston. — Kent; Among the Alders near Hernhill-Church, Feversham, plenti- 

 fully: Mr. E. Jacob. Below Postling Wood, at the east base of Castle-Hill, 

 Folkstone: Rev. G. E. Smith. — Leicestersk. Sheet hedges and other woods 

 adjoining Grooby Pool, near Leicester: Rev. A. Bloxam, in Loud Mag. of 

 Fiat. Hist. v. iii. p. 167. — Middlesex ; In a meadow near Gulchwelk; Hendon- 

 Place near the church; and about Kentish Town : Dr. Mabtyn. — Northamp- 

 tonsh. In woods on the south side of Cliff ; Suly, near the lodge ; and W hittfe- 

 wood Forest: Morton. — Notts; In Colwick Wood, going fiom Colwick Spring 

 towards the Park: Dr. Dei-ring. — Somersetsh. In hedges on Charmy Down, 

 and in Warley, and other woods near Bath: Rev. C. C. Babington. By the 

 road-side between Axbridge and Cross: Dr. Withering. Castle Ground, 

 and liver-side, near Taunton: Miss Bliss. — Warwiclcsh. In Spernall and 

 Oversley Woods ; on moist ditch-banks at Hay House, Castle Bromwick, in 

 great plenty : Mr. T. Puiiion. Sevetal meadows near Penn’s Mill, at Eiding- 

 ton, abound so much with this plant, as to be called the Garlic Meadows : Dr. 

 Withering. — Wilts ; N ear Great Bedwyn : W. Bartlett, Esq. — WALES. 

 In the Isle of Anglesea: Rev. II. Davies. — SCOTLAND. At Drumlanrig in 

 Nithsdale; in the woods at Rosslyn Castle, and at Loch Ransa in the Isle of 

 Arran; Rev. J. Ligiitfoot. In King’s Park, Edinburgh: Mr. D. Steuart 

 and Dr. Graham: Arniston Woods : Dr. Greville.— IRELAND. In woods, 

 common: Mr. J. T. Mackay. 



Perennial. — Flowers in May. 



Bulb white, oblong, tapering. Stem none. Leaves only 1 or 2, 

 spear-shaped, about a span long, upright, pointed, broad, smooth, 

 entire, of a bright green colour, with a broadish central rib, and 

 many fine parallel, lateral ones, connected by transverse reticula- 

 tions. Petioles f footstalks) semicylindrical, much shorter than the 

 leaves, and sheathing at the base. Scape solitary, triangular, about 

 a foot high, upright, smooth, bearing, at the top, a flatfish umbel of 

 many pure-white flowers, arising from a 2-leaved spatha. Petals 

 oblong, pointed, spreading. Filaments awl-shaped, simple, slightly 

 attached to the base of each petal. Germen 3-lobed. Style a 

 little elongated. 



This is a handsome species, but it exhales, like most other spe- 

 cies of its genus, when bruised, a very strong disagreeable odour. 

 Cows eat it, but it communicates its nauseous flavour to the milk 

 and butter, so as to be very offensive, if not unwholesome, in the 

 Spring. In Khamschatka it is used as a principal anti-scorbutic, as 

 well as for culinary purposes, and is gathered in large quantities for 

 Winter service. An infusion in brandy is esteemed a good remedy 

 for the gravel. It is said that other plants growing near it do not 

 flourish. 



