148 . LILIACEJ'J. Allium. 



In the Sierra Nevudii, IVoiii above Owen's Lake (Brewer) to ()iej,'ou (Xeciiis, CnsieL), in moist 

 places at an altitude ol" 7,000 to 11,000 feet or more ; also iu tlie E. Ihniiboldt Mountains, 

 Nevada (Watsun) ; July to September. 



3. A. hcematochiton, Watson, 1. c. 227. Scape low, slmuler, 4 to 12 inclies 

 high : coats of llie narrow bulb deep reddish purple, shining : leaves Hat and rather 

 thick, a line or two broad, about e(jualling the scape : bracts 2, short, connate : 

 xuubel erect or somewhat notlding ; pedicels 10 to 20, a hall-inch long or less: 

 flowers deep purple or rose-color, the ovate lanceolate acute segments 3 or 4 lines 

 long, a little exceeding the very slender stamens and stylo : ovary truncate, with 

 very short rounded crests : capsule obcordate, 2 lines long. 



On sides of dry rocky hills near San Luis Obispo {Brewer) and near Ojai (PecUutm) ; April. 



§ 3. Scape terete (rarelt/ anr/led), slender, from a small ovate or glohose hiilh 

 without rlihome : leaves narroivly linear: l>iiJI>-('i>ats menthrunous, often 

 more or less distinctli/ reticulated: stamens included, except in n. G. 



* Leaves 2 or more, shorter than or about equalling the scape (4 to 10 inches 

 Icifjh or more). 



H- Ovarij ratJier ohscurelij crested : perianth-segments {at least the inner ones) 

 serrulate, bright rose-color. 



4. A. acuminatum, Hook. Outer bulb-coats with a distinct mther coarse anil 

 prominent cpiadrate to hexagonal reticulation : scape G to 10 inches high, usually 

 exceeding the leaves which are a line broad or less : bracts narrowly acuminate : 

 pedicels (12 to 30) G to 12 lines long: flowers deep rose-color, the lanceolate seg- 

 ments 4 to 7 lines long, with acuminate recurved tips, rigid in fruit, a third longer 

 than the stamens : lihnnents slightly dilated below : crest very short, becoming ob- 

 solete. — Fl. l!or.-Ani. ii. 184, t. lOG ; Lindl. in Taxt. Fl. Oard. t. 25; Watson, 

 ]3ot. King Exp. 352, t. 37, flg. G (reticulation). A. Jfurrai/anum, llort. Edinb. ; 

 liegel, Gartentl. 1874, t. 770. A. A'livcsii, b'egel, Fl. >s'ov. fa.sc. 5.50 J 



From Washington Territory to N. Oalil'ornia and eastward to N. Utah, but rarely odleeted 

 within our limits. It is repoited IVom Cajie Mendocino {Dauylds), and specimens from tlie Kacis- 

 niento River (Brewer, n. 555) appear to belong here. 



5. A. Bolanderi, Watson. Uescmbling the last : bulbs (or rather coated 

 corms) sometimes clustered, oblique, the coats with an obscure delicate close umlu- 

 late-serrate reticulation: scape lateral, very slender: pedicels 5 to 15, slender, 4 to 

 'J lines long : tiowers rose-color or jtinkish, the very narrowly acuminate segments 

 iieaily straight, 4 or 5 lines long, twice longer than the stamens and style : lilaments 

 flliform, adnate to the middle. — Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 229. 



Humboldt County, on the Eureka trail (Bolmidcr, n. 6556 ; R(itlan) ; also by KeUot/g d: liar- 

 ford (n. 1011), probably in tiie same region. Tiie species is peculiar in often sending olf one or 

 two secondary bulbs from tlie base of tlie stem, which take root at tlie distal end and send up a 

 scape from the same point. 



H_ ^^ Ovary distinctli/ Qt-crested (obscure! // so in n. 10) : perianth-segments nut 



serrulate. 



-1-+ Scapes rather tall : Howers numerous ; perianth wliite or light-pinh, becoming 



til in and lax. 



■ G. A. Sanbornii, Wood. Scape slender, a foot or two high, from a white ovati; 

 bulb: reticuhilinn niinutu and very irregular : nndjcl erect or nodding, subtemled 

 by 4 lanceolate acuminate bracts : pedicels 3 to G lines long : Howers light rose- 

 color, small, the ovate-lanceolate segments 2^ or 3 lines long, shorter tlian the, 

 stamens and style : capsule very thin. — Proc. Philad. Acad. 18G8, 171 ; AVatson, 

 Eot. King Exi).'48G, t. 37, fig. 7 (Hower). 



In the Sierra Nevada from Yuba Comity to the Yoscmite. 



