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acuminate: pedicels (12 to 30) 4 to 8 lines long: perianth-segments 

 rose-colored, lanceolate, acuminate, 3 or 4 lines long, a third "longer 

 than the stamens : crests emarginate or erose. — Coast Ranges (San 

 Bernardino County, Dr. C. C. Parry, n. 390, 1876). 



32. A. fimbriatum. Bulb unknown : scape 3 inches high : pedicels 

 3 or 4 lines long : flowers deep rose-color, 5 lines long ; segments 

 lanceolate, acuminate, nearly a half longer than the stamens and style : 

 crests fimbriate. — S.. California (on the Mohave River; Dr. E. 

 Palmer, 1876). 



■*- +- Stigma entire : leaf flat : scape stout, 1 to 3 inches high. 



33. A. cristatum. Bulb-coats brownish, some with very faint 

 quadrangnlar reticulation : spathe-valves more acuminate : pedicels 

 3 or 4 lines long : perianth light rose-color, 5 lines long ; segments 

 lanceolate, acuminate, nearly twice longer than the stamens and style : 

 crests very long, acute, somewhat glandular-toothed. — S.Utah (St. 

 George ; Dr. E. Palmer, n. 454, 1877). 



34. A. Nevadense, Watson. Bulb-coats light-colored, with evident 

 close very much distorted reticulation : spathe-valves acuminate : pedi- 

 cels half an inch long : perianth white or pinkish, 4 lines long ; segments 

 lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, little exceeding the stamens 

 and style : crests acutish or obliquely truncate, entire or nearly so. — 

 King's Rep. 5. 351, t. 38, f. 1-3. N. Nevada to S. Utah. 



35. A. atrorubens, Watson. Reticulation of bulb-coats not de- 

 tected : pedicels 5 to 7 lines long : spathe-valves 3, long-acuminate : 

 perianth reddish-purple, 5 or 6 lines long; segments lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, little exceeding the very slender and slightly united stamens : 

 crests acute, laciniately toothed. — King's Rep. 5. 352, t. 38, f. 4, 5. 



* * * * Leaves 1 to several, linear, greatly exceeding the very short scape : 

 capsule not crested, or very obscurely so. 



36. A. tribracteatum, Torrey. Bulb-coats thin, with distinct 

 compressed transversely oblong reticulation : leaves 3 or 4 inches 

 long, ^ to 3 lines broad : scape an inch or two high : spathe-valves 

 3, long-acuminate : pedicels slender, 2 or 3 hues long : perianth 

 pinkish with dark midveins, 3 lines long ; segments narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate, acutish, not gibbous at base, a little longer than the stamens. 

 — Pacif. R. Rep. 4. 148; Watson, 1. c. 353, t. 38, f. 6, 7. Sierra 

 Nevada, to 10,000 feet altitude (Mono to Nevada Counties ; n. 1799, 

 Brewer). 



37. A. parvum, Kellogg. Resembling the last: bulb-coats with- 

 out reticulation : scape scarcely rising above ground : spathe-valves 2, 



