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LILIACEAE. 



7. Allium mutabile Michx. 

 Onion. (Fig. 998.) 



6. Allium Canadense L. Meadow 

 Garlic. (Fig. 997.) 



Allium Canadense L. Sp. PI. 1195. 1753. 



Bulb ovoid, solitary, usually less than i' high, 

 the outer coats fibrous-reticulated. Scape terete, 

 8 / -2 tall; leaves basal or nearly so, narrowly lin- 

 ear, flat or flattish above, slightly convex beneath, 

 i // -i^ // wide, usually shorter than the scape; 

 bracts of the umbel 2 or 3, white, broadly ovate, 

 acuminate; flowers usuallj- or often replaced by 

 ovoid bulblets; pedicels, when present, about } 2 ' 

 long; flowers pink or white, the perianth -segments 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, about as long as the 

 stamens; filaments widened at the base, none of 

 them toothed; capsule valves not crested. 



In moist meadows and thickets, Maine to Minnesota, 

 south to Florida, Louisiana and Arkansas. Ascends to 

 2500 ft. in Virginia. Ma5'-June. 



Wild 



Allium mutabile Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 195. 1803. 



Bulbs ovoid, solitary or several together, i' 

 high or less, their coats prominently fibrous- 

 reticulated. Scape terete, i-2 tall ; leaves 

 basal, channeled, i // -2 // wide, shorter than the 

 scape; bracts of the umbel 2 or 3, long-acumi- 

 nate; umbel erect, many -flowered, rarely bulblet- 

 bearing; pedicels filiform, 8 // -i2 // long; flowers 

 pink, rose or white, 2^ // ~4 // long; perianth- 

 segments lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 acuminate, or obtusish, thin, longer than the 

 stamens; filaments somewhat widened below; 

 capsule rather shorter than the perianth, its 

 valves not crested. 



In moist soil. North Carolina to Nebraska, south 

 to Florida and Texas. April-June. 



8. Allium Nuttallii S. Wats. Xuttall's 

 Wild Onion. (Fig. 999.) 



Allium Nuttallii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 227. 1879. 



Bulbs usually solitary, ovoid, ^ / -i / high, their coats 

 fibrous-reticulated. Culm slender, terete or near! 

 4 / -8 / tall; leaves basal, K // - I// wide, shorter than the 

 scape or sometimes equalling it; bracts of the umbel 

 3 or 2, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; 

 umbel several-flowered; no bulblets seen; pedicels 

 slender, 4 // -6' / long; flowers rose or white, about 3" 

 long; perianth-segments ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 firm, becoming rigid in fruit; stamens shorter than the 

 perianth; capsule shorter than the perianth, its valves 

 not crested. 



On prairies, Nebraska and Colorado to Texas and Ari- 

 zona. April-June. 



