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12. Ls cvlindric, acuminate, entirely hollow. Spatlie not 
acuminate, shorter than, or hardly as long as, the 
umbel. IS 
— Ls cylindric, channelled or flat, not hollow, or hollow, 
but then the floral spathe is much longer than the 
umbel. 10 
13. Stem (as also the ls) inflated at or below the middle 14: 
— Stem not inflated ........ lo 
14. Filaments of the stas not toothed. Pedicels 3—4 times 
as long as the fls. 6 . . . *j* fistulosum L. 2191. 
— Filaments of the 3 inner stas with a short tooth at the 
base on each side. Pedicels about 8 times as long as 
the fls. Onion. 6 . . f Cepa L. 2192. 
15. Stas about as long as the perianth, the 3 inner ones 
with a short tooth at the base on each side. Fls lilac. 
Shallot. 6 f ascalonicum L. 2193. 
— Stas shorter than the perianth, not toothed. Fls rosy 
lilac. Ls slenderer than in the last. — b. foliosum Clar. 
(sibiricum auct. not L.) PI. taller; anthers lilac not 
yellow.—The type is the pi. cultivated under the name 
of chives; b. damp places of the Alp. and subalp., banks 
of rivers in which it descends to the plains. 6 
Schoenoprasum L. 2194. 
16 (12). Spathe shorter than, or hardly as long as, the umbel. 
Perianth infundibuliform-open (reddish) . . 17 
— Spathe longer than the umbel, one of the valves acu¬ 
minate with a long point. Perianth slightly campanulate. 
(Stem leafy in its lower third part) . . . 20 
17. Bulb without a distinct rt-stock. Stem subcylindric, leafy 
in its lower third part . . . . . . IS 
— Bulb little developed, sessile on an oblique or horizontal 
rt-stock. Stem with acute angles, leafless (only leafy 
quite at the base). Type of A ngulosum L . 10 
18. Filaments of the 3 inner stas enlarged at the base and 
bearing on each side a very short, or (A. Christii Janka) 
scarcely any, tooth. Coverings of the bulbs very fibrous. 
A. suaveolens Gaud, not Jacq.—Rocky places; G. W. 
(Engadine, Nicolaithal, Hermance). 6 striqtum Schrad. 2195. 
— Filaments of the stas not or indistinctly enlarged at 
the base, not toothed. Coverings of the bulbs irreg. 
cleft at the top.—Marshy fields; Hemmishofen: Sulger- 
Biiel; Wollmatingerried near Constance! Feldkirch. 7 
suaveolens Jacq. 2196. 
19. Stas as long as the perianth (enclosed) Stem 30—50 cm. 
—Marshy fields, water-side ; scattered (wanting in G. L.) 7 
acutangulum Schrad. 2197. 
— Stas longer than the perianth (protruding). Stem 20 — 25 cm. 
A. serotinum Schl., A. fallax R. Sch. — Rocky places, 
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