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2. U. grandiflora Smith. Large Bellwort. Wild Oat. 



Dry or moist woodlands mostly near ravines, in gravelly or alluvial calcareous 

 rich soils; common. Apr -May. 



In all the larger ravines and adjacent woods of the basin; rarely elsewhere, as: s. 

 of Brookton; McGowan Woods; Cayuga Heights; Big Gully Point. 



W. N. H. to Minn., southw. to Ga., Tenn., and Kans. ; absent on the Coastal 

 Plain. A plant of the rich soils of the interior. 



In this species there are fewer leaves below the fork of the stem than in no. 1. 



3. U. sessilifolia L. (Oakesia sessilifolia of manuals and of Cayuga Fl.) Sessile 



Bellwort. Wild Oat. 



Dry or damp sandy or gravelly woodlands and ravine banks, in subacid soils ; fre- 

 quent. May. 



Frequent in the chestnut soils of the hills s. of Ithaca ; s. w. of Danby ; s. e. of 

 Brookton; near South Hill Marsh; Six Mile Creek; Cascadilla Creek, near Pomology 

 Flats ; Snyder Hill ; Ellis Hollow ; region of McLean Bogs ; and elsewhere. 



N. B. and Ont. to Minn., southw. to Ga. and Ark., including the Coastal Plain. 



4. Allium (Tourn.) L. 



a. Leaves elliptical, 2-5 cm. wide, perishing before the flowers appear; capsule 

 strongly 3-lobed, each cell 1-ovuled; bulblets of the umbel wanting; perianth 

 white. 1. A. tricoccum 



a. Leaves linear, present at flowering time; capsule slightly lobed, the cells 2-several- 

 ovuled ; perianth pale pink or purple. 

 b. Pedicels shorter than the purple perianth ; flowers not replaced by bulblets ; 

 leaves terete, hollow. [A. Schoenoprasiim] 



b. Pedicels longer than the pale pink perianth ; many of the flowers replaced by 

 bulblets ; leaves flat or plano-convex. 2. A. canadense 



1. A. tricoccum Ait. Wild Leek. 



Rich damp woodlands, in deep humus on gravelly or sandy neutral or subcalcareous 

 soils; infrequent, but locally abundant. Leaves in May, flowers in July. 



Woods around Michigan Hollow Swamp; Enfield Glen; hillside s. of Brookton; 

 s. end of Wyckoff Swamp ; Townley Swamp ; McLean Woods ; bottom-land woods 

 in Taughannock Gorge; Big Gully; locally abundant in woods on the rich soils of the 

 upper Salmon Creek region. 



N. B. to Minn, and Iowa, southw. to Pa. and Tenn., and in the mts. to N. C. and 

 Ga. ( ?), but only on the borders of the Coastal Plain. A plant of the rich soils of the 

 interior. 



[A. SCH0EN0PRASUM L. CHIVES. 



About old houses and roadsides, in rich soil ; rare. June. 



Near a deserted house, hillside near North Spencer; doubtfully established. 



Escaped from cultivation. Native of Eu.] 



2. A. canadense L. Wild Gaki r< 



Damp sandy, gravelly, or stony, neutral, subcalcareous, or slightly acid, soils; 

 mostly in alluvium, more rarely in cinders or talus ; frequent. May 20-June. 



Cinders along the railroad, Ithaca-Newfield town line ; alluvium in Enfield Glen ; 

 Renwick woods; Fall Creek, on the island at Forest Home (D.\) and above, also 

 below Ithaca Falls (D.); Cayuga Heights Road, near first iron bridge; shaly talus 

 along railroad n. of Myers Point; field near salt well at Aurora (D.) ; and elsewhere. 



N. B. to Minn, and Colo., southw. to Fla. and Tex., occurring sparingly on the 

 Coastal Plain. 



