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ALLIUM sibiricum.
Cornish Chives.
HEX AN DM A Monogyma.
Gen. Char. Perianth single, of 6 petaloid leaves.
Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth.
Anthers incumbent. Germ, superior, of three
lobes inclosing the base of the style. Stigma
simple, or slightly incrassated.
Spec. Char. Umbel hemispherical, crowded, without
bulbs. Leaves fistulose, striated, roughish,
spreading, curved. Scape cylindrical, roughish.
Spatha of 2 short rounded valves. Perianth
campanulate ; its leaves bluntish elliptical, somewhat
imbricate. Filaments all simple, shorter
than the perianth. Svn. Allium sibiricum. Linn. Mant. 562. IVilld.
Sp. PI. v. 2. 82. G. Don in Mem. Wern. Soc.
v. 6.29.
Cepa scapis foliisque teretibus, capitulis pyramida-
tis. Gmel. FI. Sibir. v. 1. 59. (excl. vars. 1,2?)
t. 15. I.
C. palustris altissima. Buxb. PI. Min. Cogn. cent.
4. 27. ft 45.
On rocks on the coast of Cornwall. In great plenty between
Kynance Cove and Mullion, as also at Tintagel, where
it was discovered in 1838 by the late Rev. R. F. Bree, and
where our specimens were gathered in July 1839. Plants
brought by Mr. Bree in the former year have increased abundantly
by seed, and retain at the present time, 1847, all their
peculiarities, in several gardens and under varied treatment.
Root-stock a small brownish knob, producing tufts of white