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with anthers 6; filaments opposite inner perianth-segments with 2 
lanceolate appendages extended beyond the anthers; outer filaments di¬ 
lated at base only, their anthers *4 size; appendages convergent, forming 
a crown over the anthers.—Hillsides. 
5. ALLIUM L. Onion 
Stems naked, from a tunicated bulb or corm, the linear leaves basal. 
Herbage with the characteristic odor and taste of onions. Flowers in a 
terminal umbel or head, subtended by 2 or 3 thin bracts. Perianth-seg¬ 
ments campanulate or spreading, equal. Stamens inserted on the base of 
the segments. Capsule often crested. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell. (Ancient 
Latin name of garlic.) 
Leaves linear or grass-like, flat, not hollow. 
Filaments linear or filiform, entire. 
Plants with rootstocks and bulbs.1. A . hciemaiochiton. 
Plants with bulbs, without rootstocks. 
Outer perianth-segments only slightly wider than the inner; perianth 
commonly pink.2. A. serratum. 
Outer perianth-segments twice as wide as the inner; perianth rose- 
purple.3. A. peninsulare. 
Filaments broad, 3-cleft..4. A. sativum. 
Leaves terete and hollow....5. A. cepa. 
1. A. haematochiton Wats. Scape 1.6 to 2.8 dm. high; perianth- 
segments broadly ovate, acute, 6 to 8 mm. long; ovary white, truncate, 
with very short rounded or undulate dark red crests.—Dry hills and 
mountain slopes from San Luis Obispo Co. to San Diego Co. 
2. A. serratum Wats. Plants 2.8 dm. high; bulb-coats with a close 
horizontally serrate reticulation; perianth-segments broadly ovate-lanceo¬ 
late, 8 to 12 mm. long, the inner somewhat shorter than the outer and 
rarely serrulate; ovary and pod with wart-like crests at summit.—Open 
hills. 
3. A. peninsulare Lemmon. Habit and bulb-coats of A. serratum; 
perianth-segments deep red-purple, 10 to 14 mm. long, the outer 3 broadly 
ovate-lanceolate, twice the breadth and usually longer than the three 
inner; ovary crests central, very minute, narrowly 2-lobed.—Barren or 
openly wooded hills: cismontane S. Cal.; Sierra Nevada from Kern Co. 
to Placer Co.; inner South Coast Range. 
4. A. sativum L. Garden Garlic. Bulbs clustered, pointed; leaves 
keeled; flowers few, purple or replaced by bulblets.—Garden plant, native 
of Eur. This is the species of which some nationalities are over-fond; 
at any rate it gives a distinctive odor to the neighborhood of their 
persons. 
5. A. cepa L. Common Onion. Bulb large, depressed; scape in¬ 
flated, hollow, much exceeding the leaves; flowers white, often replaced 
by bulblets.—Garden plant, native of Persia. Of this vegetable some 
persons are so extremely fond that they will risk the allegiance of friends 
in its behalf. 
<6. MUILLA Wats. 
Like Allium, but without the taste or odor of onions. Corm fibrous- 
coated. Leaves very narrow, almost terete. Bracts 4 to 6, lanceolate. 
