Ois 
. Aletris (Hyacinthoides) acaulis, foliis lanceolatis car- 
nofis, floribus geminatis. Lin. Sp. 456. Aletris with- 
out fidlks, fiejhy fpear-Jhaped leaves , and flowers fit by 
pairs . 
4. Aletris ( Zeylanica ) acaulis, foliis lanceolatis planis 
erectis radicahbus. Aletris without flalks , and plain , 
fpear-Jhaped , rr&f/ leaves rifling from the root. 
5. Aletris ( Fragrans ) caulefcens, foliis lanceolatis am- 
plexicaulibus. Stalky Aletris , with fpear-Jhaped leaves 
embracing it. Aloe Africana arboreicens, floribus al~ 
bis fragrantiflimis. Hort. Afnft. 2. tab. 4. 
The firft fort grows naturally in North America ; it 
hath a tuberofe root, from which arife feveral fpear- 
Ihaped leaves, and a naked ftalk fupporting a fpike 
of flowers placed alternate, of a greenifh white co- 
lour ; thefe appear in June, but are rarely fucceeded 
by feeds in England. 
This plant is tolerably hardy, fo may be preferved 
thro 5 the Winter, if flickered under a hot-bed frame ; 
but as the feeds do not ripen here, and the roots in- 
creafe but flowly, the plants are at prefent rare in 
England. 
The iecond fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope. This is a low plant, feldom rifing more than 
a foot high •, the leaves are fpear-fhaped and undu- 
lated the foot-ftalks of the flower arife from the 
root, which fuftain feveral white nodding flowers, in 
fhape fomewhat like thofe of the Hyacinth. 
The roots of this fort mult be planted in pots filled 
with light earth, that they may be fheltered in a dry 
airy glafs-cafe in winter, being too tender to thrive 
in the open air in England •, therefore the pots fhould 
be removed into fhelter in October, and during the 
winter feafon, they fhould be fparingly watered. In 
May they fhould be placed abroad in a fheltered fi- 
tuation, and in warm weather muft be frequently re- 
frefhed with water ; with this management the plants 
will flower ; but as they do not perfect their feeds 
here, nor do they increafe faft by roots, the plants are 
fcarce in England. 
The third fort has been long preferved in the Englifh 
gardens, and has been known by the title of Guinea 
Aloe ; this hath thick flefhy roots like thofe of the 
Flag Iris, which creep far where they have room. 
The leaves arife fingly from the root, and are near 
one foot and a half long, ftiff, waved, and have no 
foot-ftalks, arifing immediately from the root, as do 
alfo the foot-ftalks of the flowers, which when the 
roots are ftrong, are often a foot and a half high, gar- 
nifhed great part of their height with clear white 
flowers, Ihaped like thofe of the Hyacinth, whofe 
brims are cut into fix fegments, which are reflexed ; 
thefe feldom continue in beauty more than two or three 
days, and are never fucceeded by feeds here. 
The fourth fort is alfo pretty common, in gardens 
where there are conveniences for preferving exotic 
plants. This hath flefhy creeping roots, which mul- 
tiply greatly. The whole plant feldom rifes more than 
fix inches high : the leaves are plain and upright, 
arifing without foot-ftalks ; but as I have never leen 
any flowers produced on the plants, I can give no de- 
feription of them, but have followed Dr. Linnaeus in 
ranging it, though I have great reafon to believe he 
has not feen the flower •, for he fuppofes this to be a 
variety of the third fort, which no perfon who is ac- 
quainted with the tw r o plants can ever admit. This 
has been always known by the title of Ceylon Aloe. 
The fifth fort rifes with an herbaceous ftalk to the 
height of eight or ten feet high, having many join 
and is adorned toward the top with a head of fper 
fhaped thin leaves, which are of a deep green colour 
and reflexed at their ends, embracing the {talks with 
their bafe. The foot-ftalks of the flower arife from 
the center of the heads, which are generally two feet 
high, branching out on each fide, and fully garnilhed 
with white flowers, in fhape fomewhat like thofe of 
the third fort ; but thefe open only in the evening, 
when they emit a moft fragrant odour, but clofe again 
in the morning, and are not of long duration *, but 
thefe are fometimes fucceeded by feeds, which, al- 
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though fair to appearance, yet I could never raife 
any plants from them •, but they are eafily propagated 
from the fide heads, which they pi.it out after 
flowering. 
The {aft three forts are too tender to live through the 
winter in England, unlefs they are placed in a "warm 
ftove •, nor will the third and fifth forts produce their 
flowers, if the plants are not plunged into a tan-bed ; 
for although the plants may be preferved in a dry 
ftove, yet thofe make but little progrefs there ; where- 
as when they are in a tan-bed, they will advance as 
much in one year as the other will in three or four ; 
the leaves will alfo be much larger, and the whole 
plant much ftronger. The third fort will fometimes 
flower in a dry ftove, but the flower-ftems will be 
weak, and do not produce half fo many flowers as 
v/hen in tan ; but the fifth has not yet flowered here 
when kept in the dry ftove. 
The third and fourth forts propagate very fall by 
their creeping roots, which fend up many heads ; 
thefe may be cut off in June, and laid in the ftove 
for a fortnight, that the part wounded may be healed 
over ; then they fhould be planted in fmall pots, filled 
with light fandy earth, and plunged into a moderate 
hot-bed of tanners bark, giving them but little wa- 
ter till they have put out good roots ; then they muft 
be treated like other tender fucculent plants, never 
fetting them abroad in fummer. 
The heads of the fifth fort when taken from the ftems 
fhould be laid in the ftove a week, for their wounds to 
heal, then fhould be planted in pots and treated as 
the other. 
ALESANDER, or ALEXANDER. See 
Smyrnium. 
ALKEKENGI. See Phys alis. 
ALLELUJAH. See Oxalis. 
ALLIARIA. SeeHESPERis. 
ALLIUM [of ’AaL, Gr. to avoid or fhun, becaufe 
many fhun the frnell of it], Garlick. 
The Characters are, 
The flowers are included in one common fpaiha , which be- 
comes dry \ the flower is compofed of flu oblong , ereef^ con- 
cave petals, and fix awl-Jhaped ftamina, which extend the 
length of the petals , and are crowned with oblong fwn- 
mits. In the center is fltuated a floert three-cornered ger- 
men , fupporting a Jingle fiyle , crowned by an acute ftigma. 
Thegermen afterward becomes an obtufi three-cornered cap - 
fule, opening into three parts , having three cells , filled 
with roundifh feeds. 
The Species are, 
1. Allium ( Sativum ) caule planifolio bulbifero, bulbo 
compofito, ftaminibus tricufpidatis. Hort. Upfal. 
7 6 . Common manured Garlick. Allium fativum. 
C. B. P. 
2. Allium ( Scorodoprafmn ) caule planifolio bulbifero, 
foliis crenulatis vaginis ancipkibus ftaminibus tricuf- 
pidatis. Hort. Upfal. 77. The Rocambole. Allium 
fativum alterum five allioprafum caulis fummo cir- 
cumlocuto. C. B. P. 73. 
3. Allium ( Urflnum ) fcapo nudo femicylindrico foliis 
lanceolatis petiolatis umbella. faftigiata. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 300.' Broad-leaved wild Garlicky or Ramfons. 
Allium fylveftre latifolium. C. B. P. 
4. Allium {Linear e) caule planifolio umbellifero um- 
bella. globosa ftaminibus tricufpidatis corolla duplo 
longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant.. 2 94. Great round-headed 
Garlick of the Holm Iflands. Allium Holmenfe fphas- 
rico capite. Raii Syn. 3 70. 
5. Allium ( Moly ) fcapo nudo fubcylindrico foliis lan- 
ceolatis feffilibus umbella faftigiata, Hort. Upfal. 76. 
The yellow Moly. Allium latifolium luteum, Tourn. 
Inft. 384. 
6. Allium ( Magicum ) caule planifolio umbellifero ra- 
mulo bulbifero ftaminibus fimplicibus. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 296. Great broad-leaved Moly with Lily flowers. 
Allium latifolium lilifiorum. Tourn. Inft. 384. 
7. Allium ( Obliauum ) caule planifolio umbellifero fta- 
minibus filiformibus flore tripio longioribus foliis ob- 
liquis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 296. Umbelliferous Garlick with 
plain leaves , fender ftamina , which are three times the 
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