130 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1763. Wild Onion Allium Bolanderi 



Humboldt County. Flowers rose color or pinkish. Herbage with char- 

 acteristic taste and odor of onion. 



1764. Wild Onion Allium unifoliiim 



Monterey Co.; Mt. Diablo. Napa Mts., Lkiah. The bulb was used as a 

 food by Porno Indians. 



1765. Wild Onion Allium falcifolium 



Napa Mts. and northward to Lake Co. Flowers rose color. 



1766. Wild Onion Allium Breweri 



Mt. Hamilton; Mt. Diablo. Pope Valley. Bulbs large. Flowers deep rose 

 color. 



1767. Wild Onion Allium lacunosum 



Santa Clara County. Mt. Hamilton. 3-6 inches high, f lowers small, 10- 

 20 in an umbel. 



1768. Wild Onion Allium serratum 



Low hills, probably not found east of the Sacramento \ alley. 



1769. Wild Onion Allium attenuifolium ■ 



North coast ranges and Sierra Nevada. Bulb coats reddish. Flowers 



white. 



1770. Wild Onion Allium monospermum 

 Vaca Mts. Scapes in clusters of 2-4. 



1771. Wild Onion Allium Sanbornii 



Reported from the Yosemite. Flowers light rose color. 



1772. Wild Onion Allium campanulatum 

 Sierra Nevada. In open coniferous forests. 



1773. Wild Onion. Allium tribracteatum 



Sierra Nevada. Tuolumne meadows and above. Leaves usually twice as 

 lonu as stem which is only / 2 inch long. Flowers pale pink. Near Mineral 

 King. 



1774. Wild Onion Allium parvum . 

 Rare; Sierra Nevada near timber line on Mt. Lyell. Flowers pink in com- 

 pact head. 



1773. Wild Onion Allium bisceptrum 



Mono County near Mammoth. On stream banks in the mountains up to 

 7,500 feet altitude. 



1776 Swamp Onion Allium validum 



Mono Pass near Mineral King. In high swamps, 7,000 to 9 000 feet alti- 

 tude. The stout, persistent rootstocks often attain a diameter of / m.m. 



1777. Swamp Onion Allium crocea 



Found on summit of the mountains east of San Diego. 



1775. Kur-gur Allium acuminatum # 



Eastern Sierra Nevada. May and June. Sepals bright rose color. 



1779. Bronze Bells Fritillaria atropurpurea 



Found in the Sierra Nevada at higher elevations as at north base ot Mt. 



Lyell. 



17X0. Tiger Lily Lilium pardalinum 



Leonard Lily ... ^ T . . . . « 



Widely distributed in California, but m the Sierra Nevada is restricted 

 to canyons mostly below 3,500 feet. Stream banks and wet meadows. 



