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252. A. anceps Kellog., bulbi ovati tunicis integris. rete cellula- 

 rum regulariter depresso-liexagono ; caule erecto, ancipite, basi foliato, 

 foliis breviore; foliis late-linearibus, utrinque attenuatis, plus minus fal- 

 catis; spatba bivalvi ; umbella capsulifera, pluri-multiflora, fastigiata; 

 pedicellis subaequalibus, perigonium paullo-subduplo superantibus ; se- 

 palis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, stamina aequantibus; filamentis simpli- 

 cibus, subulatis, basin versus paullo dilatatis, perigonio adnatis; ovario 

 subgloboso, vix cristato; stylo stamina subaequaute; stigmate indiviso, 

 non incrassato. 



Glabrum. Caulis 4 — 8 c. m. altus, anceps, 2 — 4 m. m. latus. 

 Folia crassa, plana, subcanaliculata, falcata v. plus minus curvata, mar- 

 ginebirtula, i — 8m.m. lata. Spathae valvae basi counatae.ovatae, pedi- 

 cellis paullo breviores. Pedicelli 10 m. m. longi. Sepala pallide rubra 

 V. virescenti-albida, 6 — 8 m. m. longa, basi paullo gibba, interiora an- 

 gustiora, paullo recurva. Capsula ante maturitatem paullo cristata, lo- 

 culis 2-spermis. 



Habitat in America boreali-occidentali in Sierra Nevada 4—5000 

 alt. supra mare. 



A. anceps Kelhg. in proc. of Calif. Ac. II. 109. tab. 32. — 

 Wats. in bot. cf forth. parall. pag. 352 et 488, tab. 36, fig. 4 — 6. 



253. A. caspum M. B., bulbi ovati v. ovato-subglobosi tunicis 

 integris; caule erecto, robusto, tereti, fistuloso, laevi, basi 2-plurifolio, 

 folia superante; foliis flaccidis, planis, lorato-oblongis v. anguste ob- 

 longis; spatlia bivalvi; umbella capsulifera, multiflora, fastigiata v. he- 

 misphaerica v. globosa; pedicellis strictis, perigonium duplo-pluries su- 

 perantibus, basinudis; sepalis oblongis v. oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis, quam 

 stamina sesqui-duplo brevioribus, ima basi breviter coalitis, anteetpost 

 florescentiam erecto-patentibus firmisque; filamentis simplicibus, basi 

 coalitis, e basi paullo dilatata subulatis, strictis; ovario hexagono; stylo 

 stamina subaequante; stigmate indiviso, non incrassato. 



Glabrum. Bulbi tunicae subpergameneae, interiores pallidae, exte- 

 riores fuscescentes. Caulis 8 — 35 c. m. altus. Folia plana v. undu- 

 lata, erecta v. curvata, margine hyalino tenuiter serrulato-scaberula, 



