10 Contributions to Western Botany. 
9. . Var. aberrans n. var. ’ Pedicels4 -1}’ long; flowers 30-60; 
stamens two-thirds as long as the sepals; peduncles 6-8’ long; 
sepals lanceolate-acuminate, 4” long; reticulations broader, bulb-— 
coats thicker but not yellowish, outer bulb-coats brown; ovary 
crestless or only ridged, globose. This grows at Weiser, Idaho. 
10. A. Hendersoni Rob. & Seat. Bot. Gaz. 18 237. Leaves 
about 4’ wide; scape much exceeding the leaves, about one foot 
high; flowers many; valves 3; sepals rhombic-ovate at base, 
purple with light midribs; stamens exserted; ovary 6-crested. 
Pullman, Wash. Blooms in May. 
A2B2C2D. Stamens shorter than the sepals; sepals never 
very narrow; bracts broad,2; scapes generally shorter 
than the leaves; capsule not over 2” wide, globose. The 
species under this section are badly confused and are 
probably reducible to2 or 3, since the characters are ance 
based upon the very variable capsule crests. 
A2B2C2DE. Bulb coats without markings, except in A. par- 
vum var. Bruce, 
11. A. Douglasii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 185. This cos- 
mopolitan species is described as follows: Scape 8-10’ high; 
_ flowers pale rose-colored, 3-4” long, segments lancéolate-acumi- 
og mate, scarcely exceeding the stamens and style; ovary not at all 
crested... The pedicels vary from about 4” to J’ long and from 
Slender to stout; the sepals are very variable in length and 
width and the stamens run from half to nearly the length of the 
sepals., Since Hooker considered this to differ but slightly from 
the well-known A. Tolmiei, andsince the latter we know. does 
not differ specifically from several other forms described below, 
we will take Douglasii as a type. This species grows generally 
in large patches i in rocky places or even on clay banks in poor 
soil and the bulbs are often densely aggregated but none of them 
are bulbiferous but propagate by fission (division); they are 
frequently ascending. This onion is much used by Indians for 
food as the bulbs. are large and edible, and has the character- 
