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LILIACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



Europe and Asia. Civet. Shore-onion. June-July. 

 Closely related to A. Schoenoprasum L., to which it 

 was referred in our first edition. 



3. Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Wild 



Onion. Fig. 1244. 

 A. cernuum Roth; Roem. Arch, i : Part 3, 40. 1789. 



Bulbs usually clustered on a short rootstock, nar- 

 rowly ovoid, with a long neck, i'-2i' high, the 

 coats not fibrous-reticulated. Scape slender, slightly 

 ridged, i-2 high; leaves linear, channeled or nearly 

 flat, I "-2" wide, mostly shorter than the scape, 

 bluntish, umbel many-flowered, nodding in flower, 

 subtended by 2 short-deciduous bracts ; pedicels fili- 

 form, 8" -15" long; flowers campanulate, white or 

 rose ; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, acute or ob- 

 tusish, 2"-3" long; stamens longer than the perianth; 

 filaments nearly filiform ; ovules 2 in each cavity of 

 the ovary; capsule 3-lobed, rather shorter than the 

 perianth, each valve bearing 2 short processes near 

 the summit. 



On banks and hillsides, New York to Minnesota and 

 British Columbia, West Virginia, Kentucky, South 

 Dakota, and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. 

 July-Aug. 



4. Allium alleghaniense Small. Alle- 

 ghany Onion. Fig. 1245. 



Allium alleghaniense Small, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Card. 

 I : 279. 1899. 



Bulbs ovoid. Leaves few, with narrowly 

 linear blades 6'-i2' long; scapes i-2 tall, 

 2-edged at least at maturity ; umbel nodding, 

 i2-4O-flowered ; pedicels 7"-i3" long, filiform, 

 becoming thicker in age; perianth purple, 

 mostly urn-shaped, z"-2\" high, the segments 

 oval, the outer obtuse or notched, shorter than 

 the inner; capsule 2"-2.\" high, with 2 large 

 processes on each valve. 



Rocky soil and on cliffs, Virginia to Tennessee 

 and Georgia. July-Aug. 



5. Allium stellatum Ker. Prairie Wild 

 Onion. Fig. 1246. 



Allium stellatum Ker, Bot. Mag. pi. 1576. 1813. 



Bulbs solitary or several together, narrowly ovoid, 

 I '-2' long, their coats membranous. Scape slender, 

 8'-iS' tall, somewhat ridged above ; leaves linear, 

 :i"-i.l" wide, nearly flat; umbel several-many- 

 flowered, erect, subtended by 2 lanceolate or ovate 

 acuminate bracts; pedicels filiform, 6"-io" long; 

 flowers rose-color; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, 

 acute, 2"-3" long, equalling or rather shorter than 

 the stamens; filaments filiform, slightly widened at 

 the base ; capsule shorter than the perianth, 3-lobed, 

 about 6-seeded, each valve bearing 2 erect processes 

 or crests below the apex. 



On rocky banks, Illinois and Minnesota to Missouri, 

 Nebraska and Kansas. July-Aug. 



