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base, not conspicuously prolonged (somewhat so in some 
Dougliasii forms and even 2’ long) about, or nearly 1’ long; 
coats normally white and shining, seldom red, rarely with 
any reticulation but the faint normal, vertical, rectangu- 
Jar ones, except A. anceps, Lemmoni, and parrum rar. 
Bruce; leaves 2, thick and leathery, hooked or conspicu- 
ously curved; peduncles flattened and more or less winged 
above, Slender below and brittle, thickened at the bracts; 
flowers pink or purple; plants not over 1° high. 
A2B2CD. Stamens not shorter than the sepals, except in A. 
anceps rar. aberrans; valves very broad, often longer 
than the pedicels which are thickened above; with bulb 
coats not red, without transverse or special markings 
except in A. anceps; Scapes low, shorter than the leaves, 
except in A. Hendersoni; sepals very narrow and Slender, 
fanceolate in A. anceps var. aberrans, Shorter, and ovate 
in A. Hendersoni, light eae taper-pointed; capsule 
depressed-globose, nearly 3’’ wide. 
7. A. platycaule Wats. Proc. A. A. 14 234. Peduncles fiat 
and wide, 3-4’ long; leaves conspicuously hooked, 4-12” broad, 
longer than the peduncles; flowers very many, on slender, 4-8’’- 
long pedicels; stamens conspicuously exserted, anthers triangular 
lanceolate, deeply notched at base; bracts 3-5; ovary not crested; 
sepals appearing scarcely wider than the filaments, except at 
base; bulb coats white; blooms in July; grows in rocky places in 
the high Sierras. 
8. A. anceps Kell. Proc. Cal. Acad.2 109. Peduncles 1-2” 
wide above, narrowly winged, 3-4’ long; leaves about 2-3” wide; 
bracts 2; pedicels slender, thickened above, about 4’ long, flow- 
ers less than 20; stamens about equaling the sepals, anthers 
often contracted in the middle; bulbs white and coats white, 
except at least one coat which is yellowish, thick and densely 
reticulated with fine, parallel, transversely and narrowly oe 
pointed meshes; capsule with 6, broad, obtuse crests; blooms in 
May along the eastern base of the Sierras at low elevations. 
