Seed suspended.—Perennial herbs with radical leaves; those of the stem 2 or 3 together, opposite or whorled, and forming an involucre remote from the flower; peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or umbellate.

Allium.—Hardy bulbs of the garlic family, some species of which are ornamental; the inflorescence is umbellate.

Its large deep-red, umbellate blossoms are visible from afar gleaming among the green vegetation along the coast.

Flowers greenish, 5-parted, solitary or in umbellate clusters in the axils.

Flowers terminal in umbellate panicles, the umbellets opposite and each bearing 3 flowerets.