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LILIACEAE. 



Vol. I. 



4. Allium alleghaniense Small, 

 ghany Onion. Fig. 1245. 



Allium alleghaniense Small, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 1 : 279. 1899. 



Bulbs ovoid. Leaves few, with narrowly 

 linear blades 6-12' long; scapes l°-2 tall, 

 2-edged at least at maturity; umbel nodding, 

 12-40-flowered ; pedicels 7"— 13" long, filiform, 

 becoming thicker in age; perianth purple, 

 mostly urn-shaped, 2"-2j" high, the segments 

 oval, the outer obtuse or notched, shorter than 

 the inner; capsule 2"-2j" high, with 2 large 

 processes on each valve. 



Rocky soil and on cliffs, Virginia to Tennessee 

 and Georgia. July-Aug. 



Europe and Asia. Civet. Shore-onion. June-July. 

 Closely related to A. SchoenSprasum L., to which it 

 was referred in our first edition. 



3. Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Wild 

 Onion. Fig. 1244. 



A. cernuum Roth; Roem. Arch. 1 : Part 3, 40. 1789. 



Bulbs usually clustered on a short rootstock, nar- 

 rowly ovoid, with a long neck, 1-2J' high, the 

 coats not fibrous-reticulated. Scape slender, slightly 

 ridged, i°-2° high; leaves linear, channeled or nearly 

 flat, _i"-2" wide, mostly shorter than the scape, 

 bluntish, umbel many-flowered, nodding in flower, 

 subtended by 2 short-deciduous bracts ; pedicels fili- 

 form, 8"-i5" long; flowers campanulate, white or 

 rose; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, acute or ob- 

 tusish, 2" -3" long; stamens longer than the perianth; 

 filaments nearly filiform; ovules 2 in each cavity of 

 the ovary; capsule 3-lobed, rather shorter than the 

 perianth, each valve bearing 2 short processes near 

 the summit. 



On banks and hillsides, New York to Minnesota and 

 British Columbia, West Virginia, Kentucky, South 

 Dakota, and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. 

 July-Aug. 



Alle- 



5. Allium stellatum Ker. Prairie Wild 

 Onion. Fig. 1246. 



Allium stellatum Ker, Bot. Mag. pi. 1576. 1813. 



Bulbs solitary or several together, narrowly ovoid, 

 1 '-2' long, their coats membranous. Scape slender, 

 8'-i8' tall, somewhat ridged above; leaves linear, 

 t"-ii" wide, nearly flat; umbel several-many- 

 flowered, erect, subtended by 2 lanceolate or ovate 

 acuminate bracts; pedicels filiform, 6"-io" long; 

 flowers rose-color; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, 

 acute, 2"-3" long, equalling or rather shorter than 

 the stamens; filaments filiform, slightly widened at 

 the base; capsule shorter than the perianth, 3-lobed, 

 about 6-seeded, each valve bearing 2 erect processes 

 or crests below the apex. 



■ On rocky banks, Illinois and Minnesota to Missouri, 

 Nebraska and Kansas. July-Aug. 



