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ASPHODELEiE, [Allium. 



2. A, cernuum, Roth.—Bot. Mag. t, 1324. Ph, Am, 1. /?. 222. 



Hab, Lake Erie. Mr Goidie, 



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3. A. stellatum (Fraser, Cat.); bulbo oblongo-ovato, foliis radicalibus linearibus, scapo 

 elongate tereti, umbella erecta multiflora laxe fastigiata, sepalis (roseis) oblongo-ovatis 

 acutis longltudine staminum, ovario 'trilobo, lobis superne bicristatis. (Tab. CXCIV.) 



Gawl Bot Mag, t. 1576. 



Hab. Plains of the Saskatcbawan. Drummond. Nutka, where the bulbs are used as an esculent.— A foot 

 to a foot and a half high. Bulb ovate, gradually narrowing upwards, and, as well as the lower part of the 

 leaves, sheathed with a lacerated membrane. Leaves shorter than the scape, linear, flat, all arising from the 

 root. Umbel of from 10 to 16 rather small, bright rose-coloured flowers. Sepals ovate, acute. Germen of 

 3 lobes, each with a double wing-like crest at the top, which remains and forms part of the fruit, and which 

 is the most striking mark of the species. Seeds pitted. 



Tab. CXCIV. Fiff. 1, Flower; / 2, Perianth laid open ; /. 3, Pistil; / 4, Frml:— magnified, 



4. A, reticulatum (Eraser, Cat)-^ bulbo oblongo extus dense reticulatim fibroso, foliis 

 radicalibus, umbella erecta multiflora dense fastigiata, sepalis ovato-acuminatis (albis) 

 stamina superantibus, ovario apice breviter sexfido. (Tab. CXCV.) — A. stellatum. /?. 

 Gawl Bot Mag. L 1840. — A. angulosum. Ph, Am, I. p, 223. Rich, App. p, 10. {non 



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Hab, Woody country, especially about Carlton House Fort. Dr Richardson. Douglas. Interior of 

 Columbia, and along the N. W. Coast, to Nutka. Menzies. Douglas.— The species of Allium in the pre- 

 sent collection, though few in number, are extremely puzzling. The Carlton House specimens of the present 

 plant seem to correspond exactly with the Allium stellatum, A, Gawl. (which is considered the A. reticulatum 

 of Fraser), especially in the densely matted fibrous coat to the roots, which occasioned the specific name ; 

 but Dr Richardson's specimen of^. angulosum, which I refer to this, and some of the north-west specimens, 

 have not this fibrous covering to the root ; but as it is but loosely attached, it may have been accidentally 

 removed. This plant is remarkable for the white, glossy flowers ; in shape, and in that of the leaves, very 

 much resembling A. stellatum, of which Mr Gawler seemed inclined to consider it a variety ; but the sepals 

 are narrower, the stamens shorter, and the double crest upon the lobes of the germen and capsule are very 

 much more indistinct. These plants can be but ill understood without figures and analysis of the flowers. 



Tab. CXCV. Fig. 1. Flower; f. 2, Perianth laid open ; /. 3, Pistil; / 4, Capsule :— magnified. 



5. A, acuminatum ; foliis linearibus brevibus paiicis radicalibus, scape humili tereti, 

 umbella pluriflora patentej sepalis roseis subovalibus acuminatissimis basi gibbosis interi- 

 oribus minute serrulatis apicibus recurvls, staminibus perianthio duplo fere brevioribus, 

 ovario 3-lobo, stigmate brevi trifido. (Tab. CXCVI.) 



Hab. Nutka Sound, plentiful {Menzies); thence south to the Columbia and Cape Mendocina. Douglas. 

 Tolmie. — A very distinct, small growing species : flowers of a full rose-colour, remarkable for the much 

 acuminated and recurved apices of the sepals, giving the flowers somewhat the appearance of an Uropetalon. 



Tab. CXCVI. Fig. 1, Flower; /. 2, Two sepals and stamens ; / 3, Pistil -.—magnified. 



6. A, Douglasii; bulbo late ovato foliis binis lanceolato-falcatis striatis basi longe 

 angusteque attenuatls, umbella multiflora patente, sepalis (roseis) ovatis longe anguste 



