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bracts 3, oblong-elliptical, acuminate, about as long as the pedi- 
cels, which are 2-4” long; sepals oblong, obtuse, with broad, 
greenish midrib; crests 6, short, acute; said to be near A. Neva- 
dense and A. tribracteatum, but these species have nothing in 
common. Said to be rare in the sub-alpine region of Gold lake, 
Plumas Co., Calif., June 26, 1889. 
39. A. Parishii Wats. Proc. A. A. 17 381. Bulbs with red- 
dish-brown coats without reticulations, or with minute, short, . 
oblong meshes; scape rather stout, 4-6’ high; bracts 2, broadly 
ovate; pedicels few, short and stout, sepals rose.colored, 6-8” 
long, thrice the stamens, acuminate; filaments flat and tapering; 
crests prominent, acutish, irregularly toothed; stigma somewhat 
lobed. Mojave desert at Cushenberg spring, Parish, May, 1882. 
This is doubtless very closely allied to A. Paryi and should prob- 
ably be placed next to it. 
A3B2C2D2E. Reticulations transversely linear, or nearly so, 
their general direction mostly oblique; bent in the middle 
or contorted, in two of the species some of the meshes are 
quite irregular and often broader, but narrow meshes can 
always be found on every coat. 
ASB2C2D2EF, Leaves 2 or more, shorter than the peduncle, 
except in A, madidum and fibrillum, very narrowly linear, 
taper-pointed; bracts 2; rarely 3; plants from 4-12’ high; 
flowers mostly white. 
AS B2C2D2EFG. Reticulations horizontally serrate, the sides 
parallel, 
40. A. Serratum Wats. King’s Rep. 5 487. Markings of 
bulb coats with the meshes linear and bent only in the middle; 
leaves very narrow; bracts narrowly acuminate; sepals 4-6” 
long, rose-colored, broadly ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 
rather rigid and straight, the inner somewhat serrulate; fila- 
ments gradually tapering to a deltoid base and attached -for 
half the length; crests very narrow ang central. Has the 
