150 LILIACE^. Allium. 



In the Sierra Nevada, Mariposa and Plumas Counties (Bolamler, n. 4943, and Mrs. M. E. P. 

 Ames) ; on Klamath Eiver, llattan. 



12. A. Bid."welliaB, Watson, 1, c. Bulb-coats unknown : scape 2 or 3 inches 

 high : umbel rather few-flowered, the pedicels a half-inch long : flowers bright rose- 

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

 exceeding the stamens and style : crests conspicuous. 



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



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

 ing the low scape (2 to 6 inches) : crests 6, protninent : stamens included. 



•t- Stigma of 3 linear lobes : scape very slender : leaf revolute-fiUform : bracts 

 abruptly setaceotis-acuminate. 



13. A. Parryi, Watson, 1. c. Bulb-coats reddish-brown, without reticulation : 

 pedicels (12 to 30) 4 to 8 lines long : flowers rose-colored, the lanceolate acuminate 

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

 erose. 



In the Coast CMU^es of San Bernardino County, Dr. C. C. Parry, n. 390, 1876. 



14. A. fimbriatum, Watson. Bulb unknown: scape 3 inches high, shorter 

 than the leaf : flowers deep rose-color, on pedicels 3 to 6 lines long, the lanceolate 

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

 ate. — Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 232. 



On the Mohave River, Dr. E. Palmer. 



-i- -f- Stigma not divided: scape stout,! to 3 indies high: leaf flat : bracts 

 more acuminate. 



15. A. Nevadense, Watson. Bulb-coats light-colored, with distinct very 

 much distorted reticulation : bracts 2 : flowers white or pinkish, on pedicels a half- 

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

 exceeding the stamens and style : crests acutish or obliquely truncate, entire or 

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



From the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada {Anderson, Watson) to Utah ; May to July. 



16. A. atrorubens, Watson. Bulb-coats without known reticulation : leaves a 

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

 j>urple, the spreading lanceolate acuminate segments 5 or 6 lines long, little exceed- 

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

 352, t. 38, fig. 4, 5. 



On dry foothills in N. W. Nevada ( Watson) ; June. 



* * * Leaves usually 2 or more, linear, m.uch exceeding the very short scape : 



capsule not crested : perianth-segments narroiuly lanceolate, not gibbous. 



17. A. tribracteatum, Torr., 1. c. Bulb-coats thin with distinct transversely 

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

 bracts 3, long-acuminate : pedicels slender, 2 or 3 lines long : flowers pinkish with 

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

 exceeding the stamens. — Watson, I. c. 353 (excl. var.), t. 38, fig. 6, 7. 



In the Sierra Nevada, Mono and Nevada Counties, to an altitude of 10,000 feet ; Dulheld's 

 Ranch (Bigeloiv) ; near Cisco (Bolander) ; peak above Mono Lake, Brewer. 



18. A, parvum, Kell. Resembling the last : scape scarcely rising above 

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

 anth-segments broader, more obtuse, 3 or 4 lines long. — Proc. Calif. Acad. iii. 54, 

 fig. 13. A. tribracteatum, \^v. Andersoni, Watson, 1. c. 



In the valleys and on dry ridges on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada ; near Carson City 

 {Anderson, Watson) ; Sierra Valley, Lemmon. 



