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BOTANY. 
3. A. CERNUUM, Eotli. Leaves linear, keeled; scape augled, rather stout, 1-2° liio-h; spatlie-seg- 
ments usually small ; umLel loose, noddiug ; stamens aud stylo exsertcd.— W. New York to N. Carolina 
and west to Wisconsin, the Saskatchewan and ^Yashiugton Territory; Wyoming to New Mexico, (848 
Fendler, 19i:5, 1914 Wright ;) Raton Mts., (Abert;) Roubideau's Pass, (Gunnison ;) Colorado, (350 Parry, 
540 Hall & Harbour :) Pnidger's Pass, (H. Engelmann ;) Ft. Colville aud Puget Sound, (Lyall, Wilkos.) 
(J).) Capsule not crested. 
4. A. VALiDL-M, S. Watson. Scape stout, l-2i° high, angled ; leaves broad-linear, 3-7'' wide, elon- 
gated ; spathe-scgments broad and connate ; umbel capitate, many-flowered, erect or rarely subnodding ; 
sepals white or pinkish, long-acuminate, 4" long, equaling the stamens, shorter than the style.— In the 
California Sierras and Nevada. See page 350, 
5. A. BREViSTYLUM, S. Watsou. Scape slender, 1-lio high ; leaves long-linear, 1-3" wide ; spathe 
1-valved, obliquely couuate-campanulate ; umbel erect, few-flowered, with short pedicels ; sepals bright 
pink, long-acuminate, 4" long ; stamens half as long, exceeding the style. See page 350. 
* * Perennial, with a series of separated corm-like bulbs, rooting from the stem above ; outer coats 
chartaceous, minutely contorted-reticulate ; spathe large, 2-valved; capsule not crested. 
6. A. UNiFOi.iu^r, Kellogg. Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 112, fig. 35. Scape stout, li-2o high, terete ; leaves 
several, long-linear, 2-4" wide, flat ; umbel erect, usually many-flowered, spreading ; pedicels 1-1^' 
long; sepals pink, 5-6" long, broad, acute, exceeding the stameus and style.— California ; Tamul Pass, 
(Bigelow ;) near San Francisco, (Kellogg ;) Ukiah, (Bolander.) A. falcifoUum, Var. /?., of Whipple's 
Report. The specific name is a misnomer. The remarkable character of the bulbs and rootstock would 
suggest a distinct genus, but there is nothing in flower or fruit to separate it from AllUim, and the 
taste is d.-cidcMlly alliaeeons. Plate XXXVI. Fig. 9. Bulbs, rootstock and base of stems ; natural size. 
Fig. 10. Reticulation of coating ; magnified thirty diameters. 
Bulbs without evident perennial rootstocks ; leaves sheathing, (solitary in A. Nevaderm ;) 
spathes 2- (rarely 3-) valved, (in A. Sanboniii, 4-valved.) 
{ft.) Capsule crested. 
7. A. sTErxATUM, Fras. Coatings membranous, not at all fibrous ; scape slender, l-l|o high, angled ; 
leaves very nnrrowly linear, elongated; umbel 10-25-flowered, rather loose ; pedicels 4-6" long; stamens 
ectualing the i>inkish ovate-oblong acute (3" long) sepals ; style exserted; crest large.-On the Saskat- 
chewan, t^peeimens from Hooker in Herb. Gray. 
8. A. RETicuLATUM, Fras. Coats densely fibrous ; scape 6-15' high, subterete ; leaves very narrowly 
linear, elongated ; nmhel many-flowered, spreading ; stamens aud style shorter than the usu ally acute 
(:',-4" long) sepals; crest mostly short.-From the Saskatchewan to the Columbia and south to New 
Mt'xiro. Very variable. 
a. Low, 6-8' high; sepals 3" long, white or slightly pinkish, acuminate.-Saskatchewan 
(Douglas, Bourgeau;) Upper Missouri, (Snekley ;) Spokau River, (Wilkes ;) Columbia River, (Wyeth-) 
Colorado, (545 Hall & Harbour, .552 Yasoy ;) ludiau Territory, (328 Palmer.) A. anguhsum, Nutt. 
A ar, Taller, (10-15',) slender ; bulb less densely fibrous ; sepals white or pink, 3-4" louo-, acumi- 
uaf and >tvou<x\y eariuate, sometimes but little exceeding the stamens.-Colorado to the Columbia • has 
been culounded witli ./, .slrJh,l.„>. Upper Missouri, (Nicolet ;) Colorado, (546 Hall & Harbour;) Idaho, 
(^^pa dmg;) ^^ ashnigtou Territory, (Lyall, Wilkes, 226 Geyer.) A form near this, but with umbels 
mostly bultnleroiis and coats densely fibrous, ^^as collected in the Wahsatch and on Bear River Utah 
See page :\7t{). ' 
Yar. ; . Lik,. the last, but the pedicels rather more slender, the sepals usually more recurved, and 
thewh(de lower st.M,., with (he bulb, thickly fibrous-coated.-New Mexico, (1915 Wright;) andCambrid-e 
from seed. o o > 
, ' ^<>"S-"-sted : s,-pals ],inkisl,, 3-4" long, short and narrow, or very broad and 
i..n.uer_^ew Mexico, ( PJl,; Wright, P.iovlou-. Newb.^rrv, Palmer, Dr. Seonin.) 
9. A. SANBonmr, Wood. Pr.r. Jnnl. I'luJ.. 171. "Bulb ovate, ^vhite;" scape tall, slender; 
spaihe 4-y.alve,l; dowers ^-,.ry unaHa-ous, on very .lender {^S" long) spreading pedicels; sepals li-ht 
"^''""'"-^ ="^^1 style.-N. California, (Shelton, Pratteu, Wallace.) 
1 r.ATi; WW II. i i.u. 7. Flower; enlarged two diameters. 
10 A. Arn.xrw ,,,.,, Kellogg. I'ror. Calif. Aaul 2. 110, fuj. 34. (J. rcticuJai>nn,Benth., PI. Sarin: 
.].!.. A. ..-ruhnlah, (iray. I'ror. A>nc>: Acad. 7. 390. J. annnuHaum. Yar. ,9. gracUc, Wood, 7. c.) Bulb 
small, reddrsh. the eoats minut.-ly wavy-reticulated ; scape slcanler, lU-15' high ; leaves very narrowly 
linear; t owers white, numerous, erou.le.l on slender (3-(5" long) pedicels; sepals 3" long, usually in- 
deete,!, ;ib,.ur e,p,a!n,^ the stamens and style.-N. Calitbrnia ; frequent. (1995 Ilartweg, 396. &c., Fre- 
mont, oil i : . VI und (;552 Bolander, Kellogg.) Plate XXXYIL Fig. 8. Flower ; enlarged two di- 
ameters. I ^. ciculation of bulb-coat; enlarged thirty diameters. 
