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ovary 1” high, truncate, 3-lobed to the middle, the groove being 
occupied by the filament, each cell with a thick wing from the 
outer edge to the style, the wing gradually elevated and length- 
ened up to the style where it is 2-3-lobed; bulbs ovate, with 
unate bulblets which usually are su close to the bulb that they 
seem to have no runner connecting, but sometimes the runner is 
1’ long, bulblets arise from the lower corner of the bulb. 
A. bisceptrum Watson. A specimen of what seems to be 
this species gathered at Cove Creek, Utah, June 27, 1901, had 
the sepals and stamens grown to the very tip of the truncate and 
spongy ovary; crests triangular, toothed, purple, flat, fully half 
as high as the ovary. 
The Utah usual forms of A. bisceptrum are better separated 
under the name of Var. Utahense n. var. with the character of 
plants robust, very succulent; leaves 3-4” wide; flowers white or 
only pink, lax; markings of bulb coats with thinner walls and 
broader meshes. 
Authentic material of A unifolium received after the Note 
on page 30 was printed shows that the species is nearest related 
to A. attenuifolium and not to A. bisceptrum. 
The reticulatum group (2A.) is manifestly badly confused, but 
the writer cannot separate the species, if there be more than 
three in the group, without more material. 
For Key to the Onions by markings see last page, preceed- 
ing the illustrations. 
