12 ALLIUM PALMERI. PALMERS ONION. 



Another botanical feature of interest relates to the manner in 

 which the new bulb is formed. In many species of the onion 

 family the main bulb seems to divide, and the new ones for next 

 year seem to be made up from these sections of the old one of 

 the previous year. This is owing generally to the fact that the 

 buds come up from between the scaly coatings which form the 

 bulb. In the case of Allhun Palmeri the new buds are formed 

 from the very base and outside of the coatings of the old bulb, 

 and these push out several inches horizontally from the parent, 

 which probably dies after its flowering work has been fully per- 

 fected. 



Its central home is probably southern Utah, but exactly how far 

 it spreads has not yet been fully made known. 



Explanations of the Plate. — i. Complete plant in flower. 2. Ground-plan or full-face 

 view of a single flower, 3. New bulb being formed for the next year. 



