ONION; GARLIC 
Genus ( Allium ) 
The various species belonging to this genus are very 
strongly scented, pungent herbs growing from a coated 
bulb. 
(A) Wild Leek; Wild Onion (Allium tricoccum) 
is a woodland plant blooming in May and June. The 
flowers are in an umbel at the top of a scape 6 to 20 
in. high. Tbe flower perianth is divided into six green¬ 
ish-white sepals. The leaves are oblong-lance-shaped, 
pointed at both ends, on long petioles from the bulbous 
root, but usually withering before the flowers appear. 
Found from N. B. to Minn, and southwards. 
(B) Wild Garlic (Allium canadense ) has few pur¬ 
plish, 6-parted flowers on slender pedicels from a cluster 
of bulblets at the top of a scape 10 to 24 in. high. The 
leaves are grass-like, sheathing the stem above the 
fibrous bulb. Flowers in May and June in moist mead¬ 
ows, from N. B. to Mich, and southwards. 
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