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very narrowly linear; spathe 2-3-Yalved ; umbel 15-30-flowere(l, the spread- 
ing pedicels G-8" long; sepals white or pinkish, ovate-acuminate, a third 
longer than the stamens, gibbous at base ; style entire, equalhig the stamens; 
capsule sub globose, the cells double-crested, 2-ovuled. — The specimens, some- 
what doubtfully placed here, are peculiar in having the umbels almost wholly 
bulbiferous, but the few flowers . have the characters of the species. Bear 
River Valley near Evanston, and Parley's Park in the Wahsatcli ; G,OOU leet 
altitude; July. (1,181.) 
Allium biscepteum. Bulb net crowning a perennial rootstock, otlen 
bulbiferous, the reticulation of the coatings minute and very sinuous; scapes 
(1-3) often in pairs, rather slender, G-12' high, leafy at base; leaves 2-4, 
linear, 2-6" wide, usually efpialing or often iniieli exct'cdiiiu;- the senpc, llal, 
entire and sheathing toward the base; spathe 2-valv('(l, v;ilvcs very ln'ondly 
ovate, abruptly setaceous-acuminate, but slightly comiate ; iiinl)cls iiiany- 
(20-40-) flowered, rays 6-10" long, occasionally bulbiferous; sepals wliilc or 
rose-color, 4" long, ovate-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, gil)boiis at base, 
the inner a little narrower; stamens a third shorter than the sepals, e(]iialiiig 
the entire style, the dilated base of the filaments wholly adnate ; capsule sub- 
globose, 3-lobed, the lobes strongly crested ; cells 1-2-secded. — This is A. 
falcifolium, Var. !, of Whipple's Report, collected by Bigelow at Downi<;ville, 
California, 288 Anderson from near Carson City, and 89 Stretch from Waslioc 
Valley, Nevada. On stream banks in the mountains, from the Trinity to Uk; 
East Humboldt Ranges, Nevada, and in the Walisatch ; 6-7,500 feet aliitude; 
May-July. ''Pat-is" of the Pah-Utes. Plate XXXVII. Fig. 1. Plaid ; 
natural size. Fig. 2. Flower ; enlarged two diameters. Fig. 3. Reticula- 
tion of the bulb-coat; enlarged thirty diameters. (1,182.) 
Allium Nevadense. Bulb without rootstock, the reticulation ml her 
minute, very much distorted; scape low (2-4',) terete, with a single aversely 
compressed leaf, 1" wide, sheathing at the surface of the ground, excrrdiiiL^ 
the scape ; spathe of two broad slightly connate acute or oltcii aciiiinnale 
valves; pedicels 10-30, spreading, 3-7" long ; sepals 4-5" long, white or 
pinkish, oblong-lanceolate,' acute, gibbous at ba.se, subspreading ; stamens a 
httle shorter or subequaling the sepals, scarcely exceeding the entire style, 
the filaments adnate at the slightly dilated I )ase ; capsule globose, the cells 
strongly 2-crested, 2-seeded. — Dry foot-hills and ridge> from the Trinity to 
the East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada ; 5-7,000 feet altitude ; May-July. 
