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4. Allium haematochiton S. Wats. Red-skinned Onion. 



Allium haematochiton S. Wats. I'loc. Am. Acad. 14: 227. 



1879. 

 Allium mariiiiii Davidson, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 20: 49. 



1921. 



Bulb narrowly oblong-ovoid. 2-3 cm. long, with 

 a long neck, solitary or usually clustered, the 

 membranous coats deep reddish purple. Scape 

 10-40 cm. high, slightly 2-edged ; leaves several, 

 flat and rather thick, about equalling the scape, 1-4 

 mm. wide : bracts 2-4, connate, short, obtuse ; 

 umbel erect; pedicels 8-30, slender, 15 mm. long 

 or less ; perianth-segments 6-8 mm. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, deep purple or rose with^ a dark 

 midrib ; stamens and style included ; tilaments 

 dilated at base ; ovary truncate with very short 

 rounded crests ; capsule obcordate, 4 mm. long. 



On dry hillsides or along water courses. Upper Sonoran 

 Zone; San Luis Obispo to northern Lower California. 

 Type locality: San Luis Obispo, California. 



Fig. 932. 



5. Allium geyeri S. Wats. 

 Ge3'er's Onion. Fig. 933. 



Allium geyeri S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 227. 1879. 

 Allium c/cyen tenernm iL E. Tones, Contr. West. Bot. 10: 28. 

 1902. 



Bulbs ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 2-4 cm. long, the 

 coats fibrous. Scape 20-35 crn. high, slightly 2-edged ; 

 leaves several, about 2 mm. wide, shorter than the 

 scapes ; umbels erect, 2-25-flowered ; bracts 2, united 

 on one side, ovate, short-acuminate ; pedicels 10-25 

 mm. long; perianth-segments 8-9 mm. long, ovate, 

 acute or short-acuminate, rose with a deeper colored 

 midrib, strongly nerved and rigid in fruit; stamens 

 al)(>ut two-thirds the length of the perianth; filaments 

 slightly dilated below; styles 5 mm. long; capsule 

 obovoid, 4 mm. long, obscurely crested. 



Water courses and mountain meadows. Arid Transition 

 Zone; British Columbia to the Blue Mountains, eastern Oregon, 

 east to Wyoming. Type locality: "on stony banks of the 

 Kooskooskia River," Idaho. The "omoir" of the Nez Perce 

 Indians. 



6. Allium douglasii Hook. 



Douglas's Onion. 



Fig. 934. 



Allium douglasii Hook. FL Bor. Am. 2: 184. 1838. 



Allium hcndcrsoiiii Robins. & Seaton, Bot. Gaz. 18: 2i7 . 189.i. 



Bulb ovoid, 15-20 mm. long, the coats without reti- 

 culations. Scape rather stout, 20-25 cm. high, rath^^r 

 stout, terete ; leaves 2, much shorter than the scape, 

 6^ mm. wide, falcate and long-attenuate ; bracts 2, 

 ovate, acuminate ; umbels many-flowered ; pedicels 

 slender, 12-18 mm. long; perianth-segments ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 8-9 mm. long, rose, strongly 

 carinate ; stamens about equalling or slightly exceeding 

 the perianth ; filaments slightly dilated below ; style 

 slender about 7 mm. long ; ovary not crested ; capsule 

 narrowly obovoid. 4 mm. long. 



In springy places, Arid Transition Zone; eastern Washington 

 and adjacent Idaho. Type locality: near Kettle Falls, Stevens 

 County, W'ashington. 



Allium scillioides Dough; S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 229. 

 1879. An obscure species described from fragmentary specimens 

 collected by Douglas at "Priest's Rapids," Columbia River. The 

 original description is as follows: "Perianth-segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, 3 lines (6 mm.) long, a half longer than the 

 stamens; ovary not at all crested." 



