KEW CALirOHNIAN PLANTS. W 



California, ^vho liad done mncli for tlie advancement of our 

 knowledge of the Manzanitas, as well as of Ceanotlii and 



other genera.^ 



The species while presenting much of the appearance of 

 Dr. Parry's A, Manzanita^ is more related to A. glauca by its 

 consolidated carpels and elongated fruit. 



Allium obtusum. Bulbs small , the coats with nearly 

 rectangular reticulations, scape short (2 or 3 inches), slender, 

 striate, exposed portion reddened ; leaf solitary, twice as long 

 as the scape, 2 or 3 lines broad, usually falcate; bracts 3, 

 oblong-elliptical, acuminate, about equalling the pedicels; 

 the hitter numerous, 2 to 4 lines long : flowers roseate, the 

 segments oblong, obtuse, witli broad greenish midribs; cap- 

 sule with G short acute crests. 



Near to A. Nevadense and also to A. Ivlhracieaium, but 



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abumlantly distinct by its obloug obtuse perianth segments 

 and solitary leaf. Eare in the sub-alpine region of Gold 

 Lake, Plumas County, June 26, 1889. 



New or Noteworthy Species. 



VII. 



SiSYRixcHiUM DEMissuM. Low, the rigidly erect ensiform 

 leaves 4 to 8 inches long, prominently striate, serrulate- 

 scabrous above : steins slender, little surpassing the leaves ; 

 peduncles 2, about equalling the bracts : spathes of 2 sub- 



' This species must ueeas be tliat of whicli Pr. Parry showed me some 



specimens more than a year ngo as bavins come from some southeasteru 



part of the State, and as being nndescribea. 3[r. Lemmon's uame ba^ 



•lerefore a natural appropriateuess. - 



E. L. O. 



