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A. glandulosum, Link & Otto, is a species of Central and 

 Northern Mexico, with dark purple flowers on slender pedicels ; ovary 

 acutish, but not crested ; bulbs small, globose, the white coats without 

 reticulation, propagating by a scaly offshoot from the base. The 

 material at hand is too scanty for a satisfactory definition of the few 

 doubtful Mexican species. 



2. NOTHOSCORDUM, Kunth. 



1. N. striatum, Kunth. Bulb small, often bulbiferous at base : 

 leaves a line or two broad : scape a foot high or often much less : 

 flowers few, 4 to 6 lines long, on slender pedicels : capsule 2 lines 

 long. — Baker, Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 304. Orniihogalum bivalve, Linn. ? 

 Allium ornithogaloides, Walt. A. striatum, Jacq. Icon. t. 366 ; Sims, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1035 and 1524. A. ochroleucum, Nutt. Fl. Ark. 156. 

 Pseudoscordum striatum, Torr. & Gray, Pacif. R. Rep. 2. 176. Vir- 

 ginia to Nebraska and southward to Florida, New Mexico and Mex- 

 ico. The synonymy of the genus is much confused. 



3. MUILLA. 



1. M. maritima. Corm small, with fibro-membranous coats: 

 leaves scabrous, a line wide or less : scape scabrous, very slender, 2 to 

 6 inches high or rarely more, with 4 to 6 linear bracts : pedicels (5 to 

 15) an inch long or less : perianth subrotate, the segments 2 or 3 lines 

 long : anthers very small : capsule 3 lines long, with usually 3 seeds 

 (10 ovules) in each cell. — Hesperoscordium (?) maritimum, Torr. 

 Pacif. R. Rep. 4. 148. Allium, Benth. PI. Hartw. 339 ; Regel ; 

 Wood ; etc. Milla, Watson, King's Rep. 5. 354. Nothoscordum, 

 Hook. f. Bot. Mag. under t. 5896. California (Marin County to 

 Monterey) and W. Nevada, in saline localities. 



4. BLOOMERIA, Kellogg. 



1. B. atjrea, Kell. Corm small, at length fibrous-coated : leaves 

 3 to 6 lines broad: scape scabrous, 6 to 18 inches high : flowers 

 numerous, on slender pedicels, subrotate, the segments 4 to 6 lines 

 long : appendages of the filaments nearly a line long, with a terminal 

 cusp of variable length, minutely papillose. — Proc. Calif. Acad. 2. 11. 

 Allium croceum, Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 218. Nothoscordum au- 

 reum, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5896. S. California (Monterey to San 

 Diego Counties). 



