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the pedicels 2-6 mm. long: (lowers rose-color, longer than the pedicels; perianth 

 narrowly campanulate, its segments 8-12 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate; stamens 

 much shorter than the perianth; ovules 2 in each cavity; capsule obtusely 3-lobed. 

 In moist soil, N. B. to Alaska, Me., N. N. Y., Mich.. Wyo. and Wash. Also in 

 Europe and Asia. June-July. (A. Schoenoprasum III. Fl., not L.) 



A. Schoenoprasum, the Chives of the gardens, a smaller plant, with several narrow 

 basal leaves and openly campanulate perianth, occasionally escapes from cultivation. 



3. Allium cernuum Roth. NODDING WILD ONION. (I. F. f. 994.) Bulbs 

 narrowly ovoid, with a long neck. Scape slightly ridged, 3-6 dm. high; leaves 

 2-4 mm. wide; umbel many-flowered, nodding in flower; pedicels filiform, 1.5-3 

 dm. long; flowers white, rose or purple; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, 4-6 mm. 

 long; stamens longer than the perianth; ovules 2 in each cavity; capsule 3-lobed, 

 rather shorter than the perianth, each valve bearing 2 short processes near the 

 summit. On banks and hillsides, N. Y. to Minn, and Br. Col., W. Va., Ky., S. 

 Dak., and in the Rocky Mts. to N. Mex. Variable. July-Aug. 



4. Allium Allegheniense Small. ALLEGHENY ONION. Bulbs ovoid. Leaves 

 few, with narrowly linear blades 23 dm. long; scapes 35 dm. tall, 2-edged at 

 least at maturity; umbel nodding, !2-4O-flowered ; pedicels 15-26 mm. long, 

 filiform, becoming thicker in age; perianth purple, mostly urn-shaped, 4-5 mm. 

 high, the segments oval, the outer obtuse or notched, shorter than the inner; 

 capsule 4-5 mm. high, with 2 large processes on each valve. On cliffs or in rocky 

 soil, Va. to N. Car., Tenn. and Ga. Summer and fall. 



5. Allium stellatum Ker. PRAIRIE WILD ONION. (L F. f. 995.) Bulbs 

 narrowly ovoid, 2-5 cm. long. Scape slender, 2-4.5 -m. tall; leaves 1.52.5 mm. 

 wide, nearly flat; umbel erect, subtended by 2 lanceolate or ovate bracts; pedicels 

 filiform, 1-2 cm. long; flowers rose-color; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, acute, 

 4-6 mm. long; filaments slightly widened at the base; capsule shorter than the 

 perianth, 3-lobed, about 6-seeded, each valve bearing 2 erect processes below the 

 apex. On rocky banks, 111. and Minn, to Mo. and Kans. July Aug. 



6. Allium vineale L. WILD GARLIC. FIELD GARLIC. CROW GARLIC. 

 (I. F. f. 996.) Bulb ovoid, 2.5 cm. high or less. Stem 3-9 dm. tall, bearing 2-4 

 terete hollow leaves below the middle at flowering time, the early basal leaves 

 similar; bracts 2, lanceolate, deciduous; umbel erect, the flowers often wholly or in 

 part replaced by small bulblets which are tipped with a long capillary appendage; 

 pedicels 6-25 mm. long, filiform; flowers green or purple, about 4 mm. long; 

 filaments flattened, broad, the 3 interior ones bearing a tooth on each side just 

 below the anther; capsule 3-lobed. In fields and meadows, Conn, to Ohio, Mo. 

 and Va. Naturalized from Europe. Junc-Jxily. 



7. Aliium Canadense L. MEADOW GARLIC. (I. F. f. 997.) Bulb ovoid, 

 the outer coats fibrous-reticulated. Scape terete, 2-6 dm. tall; leaves basal or 

 nearly so, narrowly linear, slightly convex beneath, 2-3 mm. wide; bracts white, 

 ovate, acuminate; flowers often replaced by ovoid bulblets; flowers pink or white, 

 the perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate, acute. In meadows and thickets, Me. to 

 Minn., Fla., La. and Ark. May-June. 



8. Allium mutabile Michx. WILD ONION. (I. F. f. 998.) Bulbs ovoid, their 

 coats prominently fibrous-reticulated. a Scape terete, 3-6 dm. tall; leaves basal, 

 channeled, 2-4 mm. wide; bracts long-acuminate; umbel rarely bulblet-bearing; 

 pedicels 16-24 nim. long; flowers pink, rose or white, 58 mm. long; perianth- 

 segments thin, longer than the stamens; capsule rather shorter than the perianth. 

 In moist soil, N. Car. to Neb., Fla. and Tex. April- June. 



9. Allium Nuttallii S. Wats. NUTTALL'S WILD ONION. (I. F. f. 999.) Bulbs 

 ovoid, their coats fibrous-reticulated. Culm slender, 1-2 dm. tall; leaves basal, 

 1-2 mm. wide; bracts 3 or 2, acute or acuminate; pedicels slender, 8-12 mm. 

 long; flowers rose or white, about 6 mm. long; perianth-segments acute or acumi- 

 nate, becoming rigid in fruit; capsule shorter than the perianth. On prairies, 

 Neb. and Col. to Tex. and Ariz. April-June. 



10. Allium reticulatum Don. ERASER'S WILD ONION. (I. F. f. looc.) 

 Similar to the preceding, the bulb rather larger. Scape slender; leaves usually 

 less than 2 mm. wide; bracts mostly 2, acuminate; pedicels slender, 6-12 mm. 



