A NEW SPECIES OF ALLIUM 



By J. M. Bates. 



I" N June 22, 1900, about four miles southwest of Grand Island, 

 **■ Nebraska, I collected a lavender-pink form of Allium 

 which at the time did not greatly interest me. I had found 

 Allium Canadense rather common in the vicinity with the 

 usual bulblets and considered this simply a sport of the black- 

 seeded type. In 1907 I found it at Wood river, 16 miles west, 

 and named it A. Canadense. In June, 1910, I found it in 

 perfect condition with lavender flowers in the railroad yards 

 at Hastings where it was evidently introduced. My attention 

 was now fully engaged. I carried the bulbs to Red Cloud and 

 planted them in two gardens for study and for the enjoyment 

 of its beauty. Later I found it at Havelock, ten miles east 

 of Lincoln, and at Walton and Weeping Water, east of Lincoln, 

 and on July 2 my son collected it for me eight miles west of 

 Lincoln. With this distribution it is certainly noteworthy that 

 our botanies make not mention of so beautiful a thing. I have 

 sent it to Dr. N. L. Britton to be grown in the New York 

 Botanical Gardens. 



Allium Lavendulare N. Sp. 



Larger plants two feet high. Bulbs, covered with net- 

 work, the largest % of an inch in diameter. Leaves flat, 

 2 4/12 wide, more than half as long as the scrapes. Heads 

 from l l / 2 inches to 2^ inches across, densely flowered. Bracts 

 3, broad, abruptly long acuminate. Perianth segments laven- 

 der, 4/12 long, acute. Capsule not crested, obovate, flat- 



