LILY FAMILY. 413 
3- Allium cérnuum Roth. Nodding Wild Onion. (Fig. 994.) 
A. cernuum Roth; Roem, Arch. 1: Part 3, 4o. 1708. 
Bulbs usually clustered on a short rootstock, nar- 
rowly ovoid, with a long neck, 1/-2's’ high, the 
coats not fibrous-reticulated. Scape slender, slightly 
ridged, 1°—2° high; leaves linear, channeled or nearly 
flat, 1/’-2’’ wide, mostly shorter than the scape, 
bluntish, umbel many-flowered, nodding in flower, 
subtended by 2 short deciduous bracts; pedicels fili- 
form, 8’/-15’’ long; flowers white, rose or purple; 
perianth-segments ovate-oblong, acute or obtusish, 
2//-3’’ long; stamens longer than the perianth; fila- 
ments nearly filiform; ovules 2 in each cavity of 
the ovary; capsule 3-lobed, rather shorter than the 
perianth, each valve bearing 2 short processes near 
the summit. 
On banks and hillsides, New York to Minnesota and 
British Columbia, South Carolina, South Dakota, and in 
the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. Variable. As- 
cends to 4ooo ft. in North Carolina. July-Aug. 
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4. Allium stellatum Ker. Prairie Wild 
Onion. (Fig. 995.) 
Allium stellatum Ker, Bot. Mag. p/. 7576. 1813. 
Bulbs solitary or several together, narrowly 
ovoid, 1’—2’ long, their coats membranous. Scape 
slender, 8/—r8/ tall, somewhat ridged above; leaves 
linear, 3(’/-11(’’ wide, nearly flat; umbel several— 
many-flowered, erect, subtended by 2 lanceolate or 
ovate acuminate bracts; pedicels filiform, 6’’—10’/ 
long; flowers rose-color; perianth-segments ovate- 
oblong, acute, 2//-3// long, equalling or rather 
shorter than the stamens; filaments filiform, slightly 
widened at the base; capsule shorter than the peri- 
anth, 3-lobed, about 6-seeded, each valve bearing 2 
erect processes or crests below the apex. 
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On rocky banks, Illinois and Minnesota to Missouri 
7 and Kansas. July—Aug. 
5. Allium vineale L. Wild Garlic. Field Garlic. Crow Garlic. (Fig. 996. ) 
Allium vineale \,. Sp. Pl. 299. 1753 ' 
Bulb ovoid, 1’ high or less, its coats membran- 
ous. Stem 1°-3° tall, bearing 2-4 narrowly linear 
terete hollow somewhat channeled leaves below the 
middle at flowering time, the early basal leaves 
similar, numerous, 4/10’ long; bracts of the umbel 
2, lanceolate, acuminate, deciduous; umbel few— 
many-flowered, erect, the flowers often wholly or 
in part replaced by small ovoid bulblets which are 
tipped with a long capillary appendage; pedicels 
3//-12’’ long, filiform, the lower spreading or 
drooping; flowers green or purple, about 2’ long; 
perianth-segments ovate lanceolate, stamens in- 
cluded or slightly exserted; filaments flattened, 
broad, the 3 interior ones bearing a tooth on each 
side just below the anther; capsule 3-lobed, shorter 
than the perianth. 
In fields and meadows, Connecticut to Ohio, Missouri 
and Virginia, Naturalized from Europe. A trouble- 
some weed in the Middle States, infesting pastures, 
and tainting the flavor of spring butter. June-July. 
