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June (L oblong-linear or cuneated)

l. oblong-linear, or cuneated, obtuse, quite entire, narrowed at the base, green on both surfaces, flat; floral leaves similar to the other. Valparaiso, 1820. Plant procumbent. (B. R. 1812.) G. multiflora (many-flowered). fl. in loose whorls, sub-secund; cymes pedunculate, scarcely dichotomous; corolla scarlet or purple, more than 1in. long. April. l. petiolate, ovate, bluntish, crenated a little, rounded at the base, green, pale beneath. Stems hard at the base, but scarcely woody. h. 1ft. Chili. (B. M. 3772.) GARLIC (Allium sativum). This perennial has been extensively cultivated in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, from remote antiquity. It has become naturalised in Sicily, the South of France, and most of the South of Europe, being found growing in meadows, pastures, and waste places. According to De Candolle, the only country in which it is known to be undoubtedly wild is the