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middle. Leaves terete and hollow, slender, channeled above; 
umbels many-flowered, erect, bulbiferous; flowers white; perianth 
segments obtuse; capsule deeply thrce-lobed. Franklin and Har¬ 
rison. 
3. Allium cepa L. Common Onion. Scape exceeding the 
leaves; bulb scaley; leaves hollow, sometimes terete, usually 
broader than thick; flowers white. Sometimes persistent. 
4. Allium canadense L. Meadow Garlic. Scape 12 in. 
high, terete, bulb small; leaves basal or nearly so, narrowly linear, 
slightly convex beneath; umbels bulbiferous; flowers pink or 
white; perianth segments narrowly lanceolate. General. 
5. Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Onion. Bulbs narrowed 
into a neck; leaves linear, flattened and slightly keeled, 1 ft. long; 
scape slightly ridged, 1-2 feet tall, bearing a loose or drooping 
few-to-many-flowered umbel; flowers rose-colored, to purple; 
capsule 6-crested. General. 
6. Quamasia Raf. Wild Hyacinth. 
Bulbous herbs with linear leaves and a terminal inflorescence 
of rather large, blue, purple or white flowers. Perianth slightly 
irregular of 6 blue or purple, spreading 3 to 7 nerved segments; 
stamens united with the bases of the segments; anthers versatile, 
introrse; capsule oval. 
1. Quamasia hyacinthina (Raf.) Britt. Wild Hyacinth. 
Scape 6-28 in. tall; leaves keeled; raceme elongated; bracts 
longer than the pedicels; flowers pale blue; 3 nerved. General, 
but rare in eastern Ohio. 
7. Ornithogalum L. Star-of-Bethlehem. 
Bulbous herbs with narrow, basal, fleshy leaves. Inflores¬ 
cence in a terminal, bracted, corymb or raceme of white, yellowish 
or greenish flowers; anthers introrse and versatile; stigma three 
lobed or three ridged. 
Ornithogalum umbellatum L. Star-of-Bethlehem. Bulbs 
ovoid, tufted; scape slender, 4-12 in. high; leaves narrow, dark 
green with lighter mid-rib; flowers in a simple raceme or corymb, 
erect or ascending; perianth segments white above and green and 
white below; stamens Yi the length of the segments. Escaped 
from gardens. Montgomery, Miami, Gallia, Franklin and 
Auglaize. 
S. Muscari Mill. Grape-hyacinth. 
Low bulbous herbs, with basal, linear, fleshy leaves and small, 
usually blue (rarely pink or white) flowers, in a dense raceme. 
Perianth globular of united segments; stamens included; anthers 
introrse; style short. 
1. Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. Grape-hyacinth. Leaves 
linear, erect; flowers deep blue, pedicels shorter than the flowers. 
Montgomery, Lake. 
