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22. Allium atrorubens S. ^\'ats. Dark Red Onion. Fig 950. 



Alliidii atrorubens S. Wats. Bot. King Expl. 352. 1871. 

 'a. decipicxs M. E. Jones, Contr. West. Bot. 10: 16. 1902. 

 A. iiiyoiiis M. E. Tones, Contr. West. Bot. 10: 86. 1902. 



Bulb ovoid, about 15 mm. long, propagating by bulblets 

 either sessile at the base of the bulb, or on short slender 

 rhizomes, the coats reddish brown, without reticulations. 

 Scape 6-12 cm. high, terete ; leaf solitary, longer than the 

 scape; umbel open, 20-2S-flowered, the pedicels stout, 10-15 

 mm. long ; perianth reddish purple, 10-12 mm. long, the seg- 

 ments spreading, lanceolate, acuminate; stamens very slender, 

 about two-thirds the length of the segments ; stigma entire ; 

 crests 6. prominent. 1.5 mm. high, acute, laciniately toothed. 



On dry hillsides, Upper Sonoran Zone; northwestern Nevada to the 

 eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, south to Owens Valley, Inyo County, 

 California. Type locality: Unionville, Nevada. 



23. Allium parishii S. Wats. Parish's Onion. Fig. 951. 



Allium parishii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 380. 1882. 



Allium piersoni Jepson, Fl. Calif. 1: 274. 1921. 



Allium monticola Davidson, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 20: SI. 



1921. 



Bulb ovoid, with numerous reddish brown coats, without 

 reticulations. Scape stout, 10-15 cm. high ; leaf solitary, 

 sheathing to above the ground, longer than the scape; 

 bracts 2 or 3, broadly ovate, acuminate, 15-20 mm. long, 

 strongly nerved ; umbels few-many-flowered, the pedicels 

 stout, 6-12 mm. long; perianth rose-purple, 13-17 mm. long, 

 the segments lanceolate, acuminate ; stamens half the length 

 of the perianth-segments, the filaments lanceolate ; stigma 

 slightly lobed ; ovary prominently 6-crested, the crests 

 acutish, irregularly toothed. 



Rocky soil. Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition Zones; San Gabriel 

 and San Bernardino Mountains, especially on the desert slopes, extend- 

 ing to 9000 feet altitude. Tyjje locality: Cushenberry Springs, desert 

 slope of the San Bernardino Mountains, California. 



24. Allium fimbriatum S. Wats. 



Fringed Onion. 



Fig. 852. 



Altiiiin fiinbrialuin S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 23- 



1879. 



Bulb ovoid. 15 mm. long, the coats reddish brown, 

 without reticulations. Scape 5-10 cm. long, terete, 

 rather stout ; leaf solitary, about equalling or exceed- 

 ing the scape, 2-3 mm. wide, usually becoming revolute ; 

 bracts 2 or 3, 10-12 mm. long, setaceous-acuminate ; 

 umbel loose, the pedicels 12-20 mm. long, rather stout; 

 perianth rose-purple, 8-10 mm. long, the outer segments 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the inner slightly nar- 

 rower; stamens about half as long as the perianth-seg- 

 ments; style included, 4-5 mm. long, the stigma with 

 3 linear lobes; crests 6, prominent, 2 mm. high, hmliri- 

 ate. 



Usually in rocky soil. Upper and Lower Sonoran Zones; 

 Santa Clara County south on the inner Coast Ranges and the 

 desert slopes of the southern California mountains to the Mexican 

 boundary. Type locality: Mojave River, southern California. 



