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ALLIUM fragvans £. Nepalense. 
| Nepal Fragrant Allium. | 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI. 
Wats ord) NASPHODENER| ; 
ALLIUM L. Supré vol. 9. fol. 758. 
A. fragrans ; scapo terete, foliis linearibus carinatis obtusis contortis, pedun- 
- culis nudis, staminibus planis. Vent. Cels. t. 26. Pers. syn. 1.357. 
8. Nepalense ; umbella 6-flora, antheris luteis. 
Folia pedalia, debilia, diffusa, linearia, obtusa, glaucescentia, apice con- 
forta. Scapus glaber, erectus, teres, foliis paulo longior, foliorum colore, base 
rubescens. Umbella 6-flora, spathd brevi, scariosd, diphylld. Pedicelli 
recti, rigidi, graciles, elongati. Perianthium 6-/idum, turbinatum, lacinis 
albis, patentibus, obtusis, equalibus, concavis, tubo viridi. Stamina 6, pert- 
anthii fere longitudine, erecta, tubt apice inserta. Filamenta lineari-lanceo- 
lata, alba, basi viridia. Anthere polline luteo. Ovarium cylindraceum, 
8-costatum, glaberrimum. Stylus staminum longitudine. Stigma simplex, 
Parvum, depressum. Obs. Flores fragrantissimt. Sty 
This plant was raised in 1823, in the Chiswick Garden, 
from seeds presented to the Horticultural Society by the 
Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company. 
Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered in a 
green-house, in October last. 
We are unable to distinguish it from the Adium fragrans 
of the French, which is a native of Africa, by any other 
differences than those which we have indicated; that is to 
Say, by the yellow, not purple colour of the pollen, and by 
the small number of flowers in each head. We have com- 
Pared it with numerous living plants received by the 
Horticultural Society from Paris, as the A. fragrans of 
entenat, and we find them agree in almost every other 
Particular, especially in the glaucous colour of the leaves 
and stems, in the twist at the extremity of the former, and 
Mm the colour and size of their flowers. 
