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sometimes to a variety of tlie leek or A. Pnrrum ; nor even of some 
modern botanists, whose plant is a large form of A. sativum : Borrer. 
* * Stem terete , leafy. Leaves narrow, flat or heeled, or grooved above 
( not flstulose). Filaments all simple, connected at the base. Spatha 
2-talved, one valve with a long point. 
3. A. olerdeeum L. ( Field G .) ; umbels lax bearing bulbs, 
stem leafy below, leaves linear grooved above semiterete or flat 
and ribbed beneath, stamens simple as long as or shorter than 
the perianth. — a. leaves thick semiterete and 4-ribbed beneath 
thinner towards the summit. E. B. t. 488. — /3. leaves 
equally thick compressed and many-ribbed beneath. A. cari- 
natum Sm. (not Linn .?) : E. B. t. 1658. 
Borders of fields in Essex, about Bristol, in Norfolk, Westmore- 
land, and Yorkshire. — j8. Sandy ground on the south-east coast, and 
mountainous situations in the north of England. "!£. 7. — Stems 
terete, leafy below. Flowers upon long wavy peduncles, pale- 
brownish white. The true A. carinatum of Linnaeus is said to be 
characterized by its exserted stamens. 
*** Leaves flstulose. Filaments all simple, distinct. 
4. A. Schcendprasum L. ( Chives , or Chive G.) ; umbels many- 
flowered globose without bulbs, stem naked or with one leaf 
terete, leaves subulate-filiform flstulose terete or grooved 
above, spatha of 2 ovate leaves, stamens simple about half the 
length of the perianth. — a. leaves and stem straight. E.B. 
t. 2441. A. arenarium Sm. in E.B. t. 1358 (as to the figure). 
— A leaves spreading curved, umbel drooping before the flow- 
ers expand. A. Sibiricum L. : Borr. in E. B. S. t. 2934. 
Meadows and pastures rare. Northumberland, Berwickshire, and 
Argvleshire. — 0. between Kynance Cove and Mullion, and at Tin- 
tagel, Cornwall. If.. 6, 7. — Stem 1 ft. high. Heads of flowers com- 
pact, purplish. Stam. simple. Spatha of two short ovate leaves. Umbel 
without bulbs. — Specific name ftom axoivos, a rush, and ir paaov, a 
leek : i. e. rush-leaved onion. We consider the figure of A. arenarium 
in E.B. to have been taken from this species, the leaf being erro- 
neously represented. 
**** Leaves flstulose. Alternate filaments 3-pointed, middle point bearing 
the anther. 
5. A. vi 'nettle L. (Crow G.) ; umbel globose bearing nu- 
m erous bulbs, stem leafy below, leaves flstulose cylindrical 
slightly channelled above, spatha of one leaf short with long 
slender points, stamens exserted 3 alternate ones deeply 3-cleft, 
middle points half as long as the lateral ones and as long as the 
entire part of the filaments. E. B. t. 1974. 
Corn-fields, waste places, &c., not unfrequent throughout England 
and the south of Scotland ; also near Dublin. 71. 6. — Stem 14 — 2 
