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o. Allium stellatum Ker, Bot. Mag. pi. 1576. 1813. Prairie Wild 
Onion. 
Bulbs solitary or clustered, narrowly ovoid, 1 — 2 inches long, coats 
membranous; scape slender, 8 — 30 inches high, slightly ridged near the 
summit; leaves linear, about one line in width, nearly flat; umbel 10 — 30- 
flowered, erect, subtended by two ovate or lanceolate acuminate bracts; 
pedicels slender, 6 — 10 lines long; flo\vers rose-color; perianth-segments 
ovate-oblong, acute, 2 — 3 lines long; filaments slender, equaling or ex- 
ceeding the perianth; capsule shorter than the perianth, 3-lbbed, with 
about six seeds, each valve with two processes or crests near the apex. 
This species is said to range from Illinois to Minnesota, south to Mis- 
souri and Kansas. The flowers open in July and August. In Iowa the 
species is rather infrequent near the northern border, preferring gravelly 
prairie soil. Species in the writer’s herbarium have been collected in 
Kossuth, Emmet and Osceola counties. Professor Pammel reported the 
species as common on prairies at Alton in Sioux county. 
Pammel, L. H. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, 1805, Vol. 3, 
p. 133, 189G. 
Fitzpatrick, T. ,7. I’roceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, 1897, Vol. 
6, p. 129, 1898. 
4. Allium canadexse L. Sp. PI. 1195. 1753. Meadow Garlic. 
Bulbs solitary, ovoid, one inch or less in height, the outer coats fib- 
rous-reticulated; scape terete, 8 — 28 inches high; leaves basal or nearly 
so, linear, about a line in width, 6 — 20 inches long, flat or flattish above, 
slightly convex beneath, usually shorter than the scape; bracts of the 
umbel 2 or 3, broadly ovate, white, acuminate; flowers frequently replaced 
bj'- ovoid bulblets; pedicels slender, one-half to one inch in length; 
flowers white or pink, the perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate, acute; 
stamens but little if any exceeding the perianth; filaments widened at 
the base, without teeth; valves of the capsule not crested. 
A species of moist thickets and grassy open places, ranging from 
Maine to Minnesota, south to Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas, 
becoming in many places a pestulant -weed in pastures. The flowers open 
in May and June. The type locality is: '‘‘Ha'bitat in Canada.” 
In Iowa the species is frequent and widely distributed. Specimens in 
the writer’s herbarium are from Winneshiek, Allamakee, Johnson, Deca- 
tur, Union, Shelby and Lyon counties. The State University herbarium 
has specimens from the additional counties of Story, Emmet, Calhoun, 
Cerro Gordo and Linn counties. Professor Pammel reported the species 
from Woodbury county; Professor Fink from Fayette county; Barnes, 
Reppert and Miller from Scott and Muscatine counties; Gow from Adair 
county; and Peck from Hardin county. The species also occurs in Heuiy, 
Dubuque and Dickinson counties. 
Parry, C. C. Owen’s Report of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin, lov^r'a and 
Minnesota, p. G19, 1852. 
Bessey, C. E. Fourth Biennial Report of the Iowa State Agricultural Col- 
lege, p. 123, 1872. 
Arthur, J. C. Contributions to the Flora of Iowa, p. 32, 1876. 
Nagel, J. J. and Haupt, J. G. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of 
Natural Sciences, Vol. 1, p. 1G4, 1876. 
