ALLIUM Scorodoprasum.
Broad-leaved Mountain Garlic.
HEXANDRIA Monogynia.
Gen. Char. Perianth single, of six petaloid leaves.
Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth.
Anthers incumbent. Germen superior, of three
lobes inclosing the base of the style. Stigma
simple, or slightly incrassated.
Spec. Char. Umbel of few flowers, with numerous
spheroidal bulbs. Leaves flat, with two-edged
sheath and rough edges and keel. Inclosed
root-bulb single. Spatha obtuse, with a short
point. Alternate filaments three-cleft; united
part longer than the antheriferous point. Anthers
slightly exserted.
Syn. Allium Scorodoprasum. Linn, in Herb. Sp.
PI. 103. FI. Suec. 425. FI. Dan. t. 290. “ and
t. 1455.” Fries Nov. Suec. ed. 2. 84. Wahl.
FI. Suec. 197. Scop. FI. Cam. v. 1. 236. Poll.
FI. Palat. v. 1. 336. Mert. et Koch Deut. FI.
v. 2. 527. Host. FI. Austr. v. 1. 421. G. Don
in Mem. Wern. Soc. v. 6. 7. (excl. syn. Moris.,
Lobel, and Ger. Em.) Koch Syn. ed. 2. 831.
Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. 306. Nees ab Esenb. Gen.
PI. Germ. t. Allium, f. 14.
A. arenarium. Linn, in Herb. Huds. 138. Lightf.
179. With. ed. 3. 333. Sm. FI. Brit. 134.
Engl. FI. v. 2. 134. (with syns. from Haller and
ante-Linnean writers, excl. Rudb. Elyss.) Engl.
Bot. 1358. (excl. fig.) Hoolc. FI. Scot. 100. Brit.
FI. ed. 5.347. Wallr. Sched. Crit. 131. (excl.
syn. Tabern.) Gaud. FI. Helv. v. 2. 484. t. 12.