LILY FAMILY 307 



v. Flowers white to pink or blue 



(x) Flowers in a raceme, blue or white Quamassia 

 (y) Flowers in an umbel 

 m. Flowers blue Brodiaea 



n. Flowers white to pink 



(m) Flowers with a tube 1-2 in. 

 long, few from an under- 

 ground root-stalk Leucocrinum 

 (n) Flowers without a tube, many 



on a long stalk Allium 



Allium Linne 1753 Oniox 



(Lat. name of the garlic) 



PI. 42, fig. 1. 



Sepals and petals 3 each, similar, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled, stigmas 



small, ovules 1-6 in each cell; flowers white to rose, in a simple terminal 



umbel, with 2-3 papery bracts; leaves basal, narrowly linear, sheathing; 



bulbous perennial. 



1. Leaves hollow, terete; flowers rose-color, longer 



than their pedicels; parts of the perianth 8-12 



mm. long A.sib'iricum 



2. Leaves not hollow 



a. Flowers mostly replaced by little bulbs A. canadense 



b. Flowers rarely replaced by little bulbs 



(1) Flower-umbel nodding; each valve of the 



capsule with 2 short crests A. cernuum 



(2) Flower-umbel erect 



(a) Each valve of the capsule with 2 crests A. reticuldtum 



(b) Valves of the capsule not crested 



x. Coats of the bulb very fibrous and net- 

 like; perianth parts 6 mm. long A. Nuttdllii 

 y. Coats of the bulb thin and papery, never 

 fibrous ; perianth parts 8-12 mm. long 

 (x) Bulb oblong with a root-stock be- 

 low A. brevistylum 

 (y) Bulb small and nearly round 

 m. Leaves longer than the short flow- 

 er-stem ; perianth parts acute A. Brandegei 

 n. Leaves shorter than the flower- 

 stem ; perianth parts with point- 

 ed, recurved tips A. acuminatum 



