met raticulats 
le Ae sibiricum L. wild Cfives. ——Bulbs slender and lanceolate, | 
commonly 7-8 mm. in diame$ér, usually on a short rootstock, the coats mem- 
branous, white, ° 5 j | 
; leaves 20-30 cm. long, hollow, 
columar; scapes rather stout, hollow, about as long as the leaves; bracts 
2, ovate, acute, 1-2 cm. long; umbel erect, dense, 20-40 flowered, pedicels 
about as long as the perianth or less; perianth pale rose-color, segments 
10-12 mm. long, joined—at—thebasey oblong-lanceolate, abruptly narrowed at 
the tip, midvein conspicuous; stamens about half the length of the perianth, 
filaments strongly dilated at the base; style about equal to the stamens; 
capsule 4-5 mm. long; seeds 2,5-5 mm. long, angled, dull. 
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Sandy stream bottoms below 5000 feet, chiefly north of the Coeur 
d'Alene River. 
ar A. Geyeri vats. ————> bulbs ovoid, tapering, clustered, 1-1.5 cm. 
in diameter, the outer coats very fibrous and matted, dark; leaves 30-40 
Cm. long, flat, 2-5 mm. wide; scapes slender, about as long as the leaves; 
bracts £, ovate or lanceolate, partially joined? umbel erect, 20-30 flowered, 
pedicels about twice the length of the perianth$ perianth rose-colored, its 
segments ovate, acute, S<-9 mm. long; stamens somewhat shorter; style 2 m. 
long; capsule flattened-globose, <.5 mm. in diameter, 3-lobed, each valve 
bearing two short pronglike crests; seeds 2 mm. longs. 
In springy soils along brooks; granite ledges, lake shores 
(Leiberg); the onion of the Nez Perce Indians, called by them “omoir" 
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Clearwater R. #s the type loc, feesec 226 at—eres-hHomh, - Kootenai Coe; 
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@ Take Coevr d'Alene, 2100 fte; Sunnyside, 
