250 LILIACE.K. Allium. 



In the Sierra Nevada, Mariposa ami riuiiias Counties {Bolamkr, n. 41*43, ami Mrs. .1/. E. P. 

 Ames) ; on Klamatli Iv'iver, Rnttun. 



12. A. Bidwelliae, Watson, 1. c Bulb-coats unknown : scapo 2 or 3 inclies 

 liigh : umbel ratiiur lew-Ho\vere(l, the pedicels a half-incli long : Howers bright rose- 

 color, the erect narrowly lanceolate acuminate segments 2i or 3 lines long, scarcely 

 exceeding the stamens and style : crests conspicuous. 



In tlie Sierra Nevada, above Chico, Mrs. J. Bidwcll. 

 * * Leaf solitary, narrowly linear or filiform, equalling or someivhat exceed- 

 iny the low seape (2 to G inclies) : crests 6, prominent : stamens included. 



-t- Stiff ma of 3 linear lobes: scape very slender: leaf revolutefiliform : bracts 

 abruptly setaceous-acuminate. 



13. A. Parryi, Watson, 1. c ]5ull)-coats reddish-brown, without reticulation : 

 pedicels (12 to 3(») -i to 8 lines long : Howers rose-colored, the lanceolate acuminate 

 segments 3 or 4 lines long, a third longer than the stamens : crests emarginate or 

 erose. 



In the Coast Ranges of San Bernaidiuo County, Dr. C. C. Parry, n. 390, 1876. 



14. A. finibriatum, AVatson. Bulb unknown : scape 3 inches high, shorter 

 than the leaf : Howers cleep rose-color, on pedicels 3 to G lines long, the lanceolate 

 acuminate segments nearly twice longer than the stamens and style : crests iimbri- 

 ate. — Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 232. 



Oil the Mohave Iviver, /)/-. E. Palmer. 



-H -i- Stigma not divided: scape stout,! to 3 inches high: leaf fiat : bracts 

 more acuminate. 



15. A. Nevadense, Watson. Bulb-coats liglit-colored, with cli-stinct very 

 much distorted reticulation : bracts 2 : tlowers white or pinkish, on pedicels a hall'- 

 inch long, the lanceolate acute or shortly acuminate segments 4 lines long, little 

 exceeding the stamens and style : crests acutish or obli(piely truncate, entire or 

 nearly so. — Bot. King Exp. 351, t. 38, lig. 1 - 3. 



From the eastern base of tlie Sierra Nevada {Anderson, Watson) to Utali ; Jlay to July. 



16. A. atrorubens, AVatson. Bulb-coats Avithout known reticulation : leaves a 

 line or two broad : bracts 3 : pedicels (about 20) a half-inch long : Howers reddish 

 purple, the spreading lanceolate acuminate segments 5 or G lines long, little exceed- 

 ing the very slender stamens : crests acute, laciniately toothed. — Bot. King Exj). 

 352, t. 38, hg. 4, 5. 



On dry footiiiils in N. "W. Nevada {Watson) ; June. 

 * * * Leaoes usually 2 or more, linear, much cvceeding the very short scape : 

 capsule not crested: periantJi-scgments narrowly lanceolate, not gibbous. 



17. A. tribracteatum, Torr., 1. c Btdb-coats thin with distinct transver-scly 

 oblong reticulation : scape slender, rarely 2 inches high : leaves h to 3 lines broad : 

 l)i'acts 3, long-acuminate : ]K;(licels slender, 2 or 3 lines long : Howers pinkish with 

 darker midveins, the narrowly oblong-lanceolate acutish segments 3 lines long, little 

 exceeding the stamens. — Watson, 1. c. 353 (excl. var.), t. 38, lig. G, 7. 



In the Sierra Nevada, Mono and Neva<la Counties, to an altitude of 10,000 feet ; Duflleld's 

 Ranch {lii(jdi,w) ; near Ciseo {Bolandcr) ; }teak above Mono Lake, Ihxwtr. 



18. A. pai'vum, Kell. Besembling the last: scape scarcely rising above 

 ground, and bulb cuats without reticulation : bracts 2, short, abruptly acute : peri- 

 anth-segments broader, more obtuse, 3 or 4 lines long. — I'roc. Calif. Acail. iii. 54, 

 fig. 13. A. tribracteatum, var. Andersojii, Watson, 1. c. 



In the valleys and on dry ridgi-s on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada ; near Carson City 

 {Anderson, Watson) ; Sierra Valley, Lcmmon. 



