SOME NEW TEXAS PLANTS. 
BY B. F. BUSH. 
TRACYANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS TEXANUS D.. Var. 
Foliage glaucous. Stems 7-15 dm. tall, simple, with 
compound racemes at the top. Leaf-blades narrowly 
linear, 2-6 dm. long, shorter above, flat; racemes ovate in 
outline, compound, 10-20 cm. long; pedicels slender, 
1-2 cm. long; perianth decidedly yellowish; sepals and 
petals oblong, narrowed at the base, the sepals somewhat 
broader, all 4-5 mm. long, acutish at the apex; capsules 
not seen. ; 
Sandy swamps, eastern Texas. Spring. 
Differs very greatly in appearance from 7’. angustifolius 
(Michx.) Small, in the large compound panicles, the more 
robust size, and in the decidedly yellowish flowers. 
Specimens examined: Texas: The only specimens seen 
are those of the type, collected at Swan, Smith County, 
by J. Reverchon 2782, May 16, 1902. 
ALLIUM HYACINTHOIDES N. sp. 
Bulbs usually several together in bunches, 2-3 cm. high, 
their coats prominently fibrous-reticulated. Scapes terete, 
2-3 dm. tall; leaves basal, channeled, 3-4.5 mm. wide, 
much shorter than the scape; bracts of the umbel 3, ovate, 
acuminate; umbel erect, many-flowered, rarely bulblet- 
bearing; pedicels filiform, 12-15 mm. long; flowers pink, 
very sweet-scented, 6-9 mm. long; perianth segments 
oblong, obtuse, thin, with a reddish midvein, twice longer 
than the stamens; filaments but little dilated below; cap- 
sule 83-3.5 mm. high, 4—4.5 mm. wide, its valves not crested. 
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