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40. Allium crispum Greene. 

 Crinkled Onion. Fig. 968. 



Allium cris/^iim Greene, Pittonia 1: 166. 1888. 



Allium pciiinsiilare crispum ]epson. F\. Czlii. 1: 278. 1921. 



Bulb round-ovoid, 1 cm. long, the coats gray- 

 brown, distinctly marked with close transverse 

 serrated reticulations, fissile when dry. Scape 

 10-20 cm. high, terete ; leaves 2, a little shorter 

 than the scape, scarcely 2 mm. wide ; bracts 

 ovate, about 1 cm. long, acute or abruptly short- 

 acuminate ; umbels open, 15--40-flowered ; pedicels 

 stout, spreading, 12-20 mm. long ; perianth bright 

 rose-purple, 9-11 mm. long, the outer segments 

 ovate-oblong, slightly spreading and acute or 

 somewhat acuminate at apex, entire ; tlie inner 

 segments narrower, canaliculate, with distinctly 

 crisped margins ; stamens scarcely two-thirds the 

 length of the segments, dilated at base and 

 slightly united ; capsule with rather small crests 

 central at the base of the style. 



Heavy soil of open fields and hillsides, L'pper Sonoran 

 Zone; inner C"oast Ranges. San Benito County to San Luis 

 Obispo County, also foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada 

 in Kern I'^unty. Type locality: near Paso Robles, California. 



41. Allium peninsulare Lemmon. 

 Peninsular Onion. Fig. 969. 



Allium peninsulare Lemmon, Pittonia 1: 165. 1888. 



Bulb round-ovoid, about 15 mm. long, the coats 

 gray-brown, the outer marked with close conspicuous 

 transverse serrate reticulations, when dry readily 

 fissile along the reticulations. Scape 2-3 dm. high, 

 terete ; leaves 2-4, usually about equalling the scape, 

 flat. 1-3 mm. wide ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 15-20 

 mm. long, acuminate ; umbels open, 8-20-flowered ; 

 pedicels widely spreading, stout. 2-3 cm. long ; 

 perianth deep rose-purple, 10-13 mm. long, the outer 

 segments ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate and 

 spreading at apex, the inner narrower, erect, entire, 

 finely serrate or crisped ; stamens scarcely two-thirds 

 the length of the segments, the filaments deltoid at 

 the base and united ; capsule with narrow central 

 crests at the base of the style. 



Dry open fields and hillsides, L'pper Sonoran Zone; Shasta 

 County to northern Lower California. Type locality: 

 Cruces Canon, east of Ensenada, Lower Califor^iia. 



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42. Allium bolanderi S. Wats. Bolander's 



Allinni bolanderi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad 14: 229. 1879. 



Bulb round-ovoid, about 1 cm. long, the outer 

 coats gray, rather faintly marked with close trans- 

 verse serrate reticulations, fissile when dry, the. inner 

 coats white, the central part solid, propagating by 

 short lateral offshoots. Scape 10-20 cm. long, slen- 

 der, terete; leaves usually 2, narrowly linear, shorter 

 than the scapes, 2 mm. wide ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 12-15 mm. long, acuminate ; umbels open, 8-25- 

 flowered ; pedicels slender, 10-15 mm. long; perianth 

 rose pink to white, 9-11 mm. long, the outer segments 

 ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, nearly straight or 

 slightly spreading at the apex, the inner segments 

 narrower and a little shorter, distinctly serrulate on 

 the margin ; stamens about half the length of the 

 perianth-segments, the filaments but little dilated at 

 base; capsule obscurely crested. 



Heavy, usually clay soil, Siskiyou Mountains, southern 

 Oregon to Mendocino County, California. Humid Transition 

 Zone. Type locality: Humboldt County, California. 



Allium bolanderi stenanthum (Drew) Jepson, FI. Calif. 1: 

 278. 1922. (Allium stenanthum Drew, Bull. Torrey Clulj 

 16: 152. 1889.) A slightly taller form with white or only 

 slightly pinkish flow-ers and narrower perianth-segments. Open 

 l)ine forest. Transition Zone; eastern Humboldt County, Cali- 

 fornia. Type locality: Pilot Ridge, California. 



Onion. 



Fig. 



970. 



