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LENTIBULARIACEAB 
(Bladderwort Family) 
PINGUICULA VULGARIS L. Butterwort. 
The juice of the leaves destroyed lice.— Green ( 169 , v. 2, p. 321). 
LILIACEAE 
(Lily Family) 
ALETRIS FARINOSA L. True unicorn. 
Extracts of the roots killed only 15 percent of the mosquito 
larvae tested.— Hartzell and Wilcoxon (188 ) » 
ALLIUM AHPELOPRASUM var. PORRUM (L.) Regel. Leek* 
In Belgium an infusion, made by keeping small pieces of the plant 
for 1 week in -water, was said to repel flies •—Anonymous (14). 
ALLIUM CANADENSE L. Meadow garlic. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Met zger and 
Grant (277) . 
ALLIUM CEPA L. Onion. 
The odor of onions stunned mosquitoes in 4 to 6 hours but they 
recovered.— Celli and Casagrandi (82, p. 95). 
ALLIUM SATIVUM L. Garlic 
The odor of garlic stunned mosquitoes in 5 to 10 minutes and 
killed them in 5 hours.— Celli and Casagrandi (82, p. 95). 
Garlic bulbs stored with grain which was kept in closed receptacles 
did not protect it from weevil (Calandra ) Sitophilus oryza (L.) attacks.— 
Fletcher and Ghosh ( 140 , pp. 754, 753). 
ALLIUM SCHOENOFRASUM L. Chive. 
A water extract of the whole plant killed 70 percent of the mosquito 
larvae tested.— Harttell and Wilcoxon ( 188 ) . 
ALOE BARBADENSIS Mill. Synonyms: A. perfoliate var. vera L.j 
A. vera L«, of authors. Barbados aloes. 
Powdered aloes was on one occasion found as effective as insect 
powder. — Kirby (229, p. 241). 
