5» CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY NO. 1 



ovate-acuminate, about an inch 1 \g, 2. Pedicels rather stout, 1 1.5 inches 

 long and spreading. The onioi of southern California are in a state 

 cf chaos. When my revision wa.s printed I had not had a chance to 

 study tlie California forms, and apparently did not clarify them properly. 

 i he buib coat markings of this species would place it among the special- 

 ized group represented by A. biscei>tnim, and in that case the roots 

 .should propagate by budding from the lower edge, or by offshoots end- 

 ing in buillcts there. So far as I have seen there is nothing to 

 mdici'te w^b.it b the method of propagation, birt the species is a re- 

 markably well (li'fititd one, and fullv distinct from the flabby ones like 

 Httenuifo.ium. Then the leaf character is that of bisceptrum. 



Alimm fnyoais Jones. Abrams in his flora of the Pacific Coast p. 

 .^89 miKes this the same as A. atrombens Watson, in which he is mi.- 

 t:iken_ J he relationship i.> closest to A. bisceptrum and fimbriatum. 

 ihe flew rs are not the lurid ones of A. atrorubens. I now have rather 

 abundant^ material from near the type locality, just east of the "Summit" 

 of Owtn s valley It has the habit of A. fimbriatum, growing in lo<»c 

 jjravel on the edge of the Juniper zone and on comparatively level 

 benches at about 5000 feet alt. along wift Cogswellia Parishi Crepi.^ 

 occideatahs, Cowama, Jumperus Utahensis. etc. The stems are about 



L / ft ^^^' T^ ^^ ."^^'"-^ ^^ ^'^^^ ^^^^'« are single and coiled at 

 tip and nattencd and glaucous and surpassing the stems a little. The 



t:Z f 1 1, """"• /^^'^ ^"^ ""'^ ^"^ ^^°"^- The roots ar« about 4 

 niches below* the surface. 



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tr^TT'^'l "^,^"^^^^- This desert lily abounds on sandy flats free 



f^^n . '^ J' ^^V^rh^ valley. The stems shoot up straight for a 



orthJ T^ . "l^l "'^^ *^° ^^^^^ ^"^ "°t a^^Ws bend over and rest 



^wLf w' ^ '"'''' "'"" ^^^'""y^ ^^t on the ground and often 



nafe in .n f ' J K ikT' °^ ^""''^ "^°"* ^ ^^^ ^^ the sand and term- 



Th? bulbs or w.n J I'^^i^^ coated with coarse and fibrous sheath... 



inches wLrl r'??"^ P^"^* "^' ^^°"* ^ ^'"^^^s ^'ide and six 



he Srfte^ Th h '?' J^' I^"^' ""^ ^^^ ^^^g"^ ^^d slender near 



hfck It ZtJl r '^ r'^"^' ^^°"Sli higher up are often an 



o Lith mXui^ Kl '^"'' '''? *" ^' "^^^^y ^^P^^^^l ^^t of roots 



IhickTntan^^Tnrwide^';^.^.:,^.^ W. half an inch 



inci 



esembling 



root 



In Cont. Herb. 1 



tvoe localifv ^'c^,..i ' ?T *fs^"bmg Festuca Jonesii Vasey refe^j 

 ^'?i"''5'.i%T*A?..HV^.^ b"' '^^ P^-t wis gathered i CitJ 



TreleaJ 



Yucca brevifolia Eng. If on 



peculiar perianth and 



