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ALLIUM Cowani. 
Peruvian Allium. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELE®. Brown prod. 1. 274. 
ALLIUM, Cor. 6-partita patens. Spatha multiflora. Umbella con- 
gesta. Caps. supera. Gen. pl. 557. : 
Div. Folia radicalia. Scapus nudus. 
A. Cowani, scapo nudo semiterete, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis flaccidis 
ciliatis vaginantibus, umbella fastigiata, petalis obtusis. 
Radix bulbosus. Folia radicalia, lanceolata, acuminata, ciliata, flac- 
cida, vaginantia, breviora scapo nudo, semiterete, glabro. Umbelle spa- 
tha hine fissa, ovata, acuminata, pedicellis brevior. Corolla alba, patens, 
petalis oblongis, obtusis. Stamina petalis breviora, pistillo subequalia, fila- 
mentis subulatis. 
Roots. of this new species of Autium were sent to the 
Horticultural Society from Peru, in 1823, by James Cowan, 
Esq. along with many other singular bulbous plants, from 
elevated situations in that country. Of these we have lately 
had the advantage of describing (fol. 724) a curious new 
mountain species of Amaryiuis. The subject of this ar- 
ticle flowered this summer in a cold frame in the garden of 
the Society at Chiswick, and we had there an opportunity 
of examining it. 
Although several species of the same genus had been 
discovered in North America, some of which are said to be 
identical with those of Europe or Asia, none had been 
known to be natives of the southern part of the new world 
before the arrival of the kind we are now describing. It is 
nearly related to the common ALLIUM ursinum of this coun- 
try, from which it is distinguished by its leaves being cili- 
ate, a little undulated, and much more flaccid, with quite 
a different outline; its petals are obtuse, not pointed. 
Root bulbous. Leaves at the. surface of the ground, 
lanceolate, with a long point, ciliate, flaccid, sheathing, 
shorter than the scape, which is naked, half round, and 
