414 LILIACEAE. 
6. Allium Canadénse L. Meadow 
Garlic. (Fig. 997.) 
Allium Canadense I,. Sp. Pl. 1195. 1753. 
Bulb ovoid, solitary, usually less than 1’ high, 
the outer coats fibrous-reticulated. Scape terete, 
8/—2° tall; leaves basal or nearly so, narrowly lin- 
ear, flat or flattish above, slightly convex beneath, 
1-14’ wide, usually shorter than the scape; 
bracts of the umbel 2 or 3, white, broadly ovate, 
acuminate; flowers usually or often replaced by 
ovoid bulblets; pedicels, when present, about 13’ 
long; flowers pink or white, the perianth-segments 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, about as long as the 
stamens; filaments widened at the base, none of 
them toothed; capsule valves not crested. 
In moist meadows and thickets, Maine to Minnesota, 
south to Florida, Louisianaand Arkansas. Ascends to 
2500 ft. in Virginia. May-June. 
7. Allium mutabile Michx. Wild N | 
Onion. (Fig. 998.) j 
Allium mutabile Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 195. 1803. 
Bulbs ovoid, solitary or several together, 1’ 
high or less, their coats prominently fibrous- 
reticulated. Scape terete, 1°-2° tall; leaves 
basal, channeled, 1’’-2’’ wide, shorter than the 
scape; bracts of the umbel 2 or 3, long-acumi- 
nate; umbel erect, many-flowered, rarely bulblet- 
bearing; pedicels filiform, 8’’/-12’’ long; flowers 
pink, rose or white, 21%4’/-4’’ long; perianth- 
segments lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
acuminate, or obtusish, thin, longer than the 
stamens; filaments somewhat widened below; 
capsule rather shorter than the perianth, its 
valves not crested. 
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In moist soil, North Carolina to Nebraska, south 
to Florida and Texas. April-June. 
8. Allium Nuttallii S. Wats. Nuttall’s 
Wild Onion. (Fig. 999.) 
Allium Nuttallii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 227. 1879. 
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Bulbs usually solitary, ovoid, 14/-1/ high, their coats 
fibrous-reticulated. Culm slender, terete or nearly so, 
4’-8’ tall; leaves basal, %4’’-1’’ wide, shorter than the 
scape or sometimes equalling it; bracts of the umbel 
3 or 2, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; 
umbel several-flowered; no bulblets seen; pedicels 
slender, 4’’-6’’ long; flowers rose or white, about 3/” 
long; perianth-segments ovate, acute or acuminate, 
firm, becoming rigid in fruit; stamens shorter than the 
perianth; capsule shorter than the perianth, its valves 
not crested. 
On prairies, Nebraska and Colorado to Texas and Ari- 
zona. April-June. 
