a patch of considerable size on the internal slope of a sea
wall on the Medway, a little above Rochester, and on the
same side of the river, whence he kindly sent us the specimens
from which our drawing was made.
Bulb white, about half an inch in diameter, producing
numerous small ones at its base, by which the plant is
rapidly propagated. Scape cylindrical, smooth, from a
foot to a foot and a half in height, leafy at the base. Leaves
linear, acute, incurved, channelled, and glaucous above,
keeled and green beneath ; the margins rather scabrous.
Spatha short, turbinate 3—4-lobed, the lobes ovate,
pointed. Umbel loose, about 8—10 flowered, bulbiferous;
bulbils crowded, ovate, purplish. Flowers somewhat cam-
panulate, drooping, pale pink. Pedicles slender, filiform,
an inch long. Sepals oblong-elliptical, obtuse, slightly
notched and crenulate at the apex. Stamens about half the
length of the sepals. Filaments awl-shaped, white. Style
filiform, white, not surpassing the stamens. Stigma obtuse.
This species, as well as A. roseum, appears to be almost
exclusively confined to the South of Europe, beingcommon
in fields and waste grounds in Italy and Sicily ; and as the
plantisanoldinhabitantof our gardens, we fear it can hardly
be regarded as indigenous. It has been often confounded
with A. roseum, and by many botanists, and amongst others
Gussone, it is still regarded as a variety of that species,
which is chiefly distinguished by its broader leaves, more
crowded umbels, destitute of bulbils, and by its broader
entire sepals of a richer hue.—D.D.