2. A. cernuum. Roth.—Bot. Mag. t. 1324. Ph. Am. 1. p. 222.
Hab. Lake Erie. Mr Goldie.
3. A. stellatum (Fraser, Cat.); bulbo oblongo-ovato, foliis radicalibus linearibus, scapo
elongato tereti, umbella erecta multiflora laxe fastigiata, sepalis (roseis) oblongo-ovatis
acutis longitudine staminum, ovario trilobo, fobis superne bicristatis. ( T a b . CXCIV.)
■ r-Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1576.
H ab. Plains of the Saskatchawan. Drummond. Nutka, where the bulbs are used as an esculent.—A foot
to a foot and a half high. Bulb ovate, gradually narrowing upwards, and, as well as the lower part of the
leaves, sheathed with a lacerated membrane. Leaves shorter than the scape, linear, flat, all arising from the
root. * Umbel of from 10 to 16 rather small, bright rose-coloured flowers. Sepals ovate, acute. Germen of
3 lobes, each with a double wing-like crest at the top, which remains and forms part of the fruit, and which
is the most striking mark of the species. Seeds pitted.
Tab. CXCIV. Fig. 1, Flower; ƒ. 2, Perianth laid open ,- ƒ. 3, Pistil; f. 4, Fruit:—magnified.
4. A. reticulatum (Fraser, Cat.)', bulbo oblongo extus dense reticulatim fibroso, foliis
radicalibus, umbella erecta multiflora dense fastigiata, sepalis ovato-acuminatis (albis)
stamina superantibus, ovario apice breviter sexfido. (Tab. CXCV.)—A. stellatum. (3.
Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1840.—A. angulosum. Ph. Am. 1. p. 223. Rich. App. p. 10. (non
Linn.)
Hab. Woody country, especially about Carlton House Fort. Dr Richardson. Douglas. Interior of
Columbia, and along the N. W. Coast, to Nutka. Menzies. Douglas.—The species of Allium in the present
collection, though few in number, are extremely puzzling.- The Carlton House specimens of the present
plant seem to correspond exactly with the Allium stellatum, A Gawl. (which is considered the A. reticulatum
of Fraser), especially in the densely matted fibrous coat to the roots, which occasioned the specific name :
but Dr Richardson’s specimen of A. angulosum, which I refer to this, and some of the north-west specimens,
have not this fibrous covering to the root; but as it is but loosely attached, it may have been accidentally
removed. This plant is remarkable for the white, glossy flowers; in shape, and in that of the leaves, very
much resembling A . stellatum, of which Mr Gawler seemed inclined to consider it a variety ; but the sepals
are narrower, the stamens shorter, and the double crest upon the lobes of the germen and capsule are very
much more indistinct. These plants can be but ill understood without figures and analysis of the flowers.
Tab. CXCV. Fig. 1, Flower; f. 2, Perianth laid open j f. 3, Pistil; ƒ 4, Capsule :—magnified.
5. A. acuminatum; foliis linearibus brevibus paucis radicalibus, scapo humili tereti,
umbella pluriflora patente, sepalis roseis subovalibus acuminatissimis basi gibbosis interi-
oribus minute serrulatis apicibus recurvis, staminibus periantbio duplo fere brevioribus,
ovario 3-lobo, stigmate brevi trifido. (Tab. CXCVI.)
Hab. Nutka Sound, plentiful (Menzies) ; thence south to the Columbia and Cape Mendocina. Douglas.
Tolmie.—A very distinct, small growing species: flowers of a full rose-colour, remarkable for the much
acuminated and recurved apices of the sepals, giving the flowers somewhat the appearance of an Uropetalon.
Tab. CXCVI. Fig. 1, Flower; ƒ 2, Two sepals and stamens ; f . 3, Pistil :—magnified.
6. A . Douglasii; bulbo late ovato foliis binis lanceolato-falcatis striatis basi lohge
angusteque attenuatis, umbella multiflora patente, sepalis (roseis) ovatis longe anguste
acuminatis carinatis rectis stamina subtequantibus, ovario trilobo, stylo integro.—a. foliis
scapo brevioribus. ( T a b . CXCVII.)—/3, foliis scapo longioribus.
H ab . «. N. W. Coast, on the low hills.. Douglas.—/3. In the Snake country. Tolmie'.—The flowers of
this a good deal resemble the preceding in shape and colour, but the apex of the sepals is not recurved, the
stamens are longer, and the leaves are totally different, being more than half an inch broad, in the dry
state thick and somewhat coriaceous, indicating that in the recent plant they are thick and fleshy. Mr
Douglas had marked it A . fragrans; but with the fragrans, Spreng. (A. inodorum, Gawl.), it has no sort
of affinity whatever.
T a b . CXCVII. Fig. 1, Flower.; f. 2, Sepals and stamens; f 3, Pistil:—magnified.
7. A. Schcenoprasum. L.—E . Bot. t. 2241. Rich. App. p. 10.— A. Sibiricum. L. Mant. ?
H ab. Canada. Mrs Sheppard. Lady Dalhousie. Throughout the woody country to Bear Lake (Dr
Richardson), and to the Prairies of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Newfoundland. Dr Morrison.
Walla-wallah and Wallamet Rivers, on the N. W. Coast. Douglas. Tolmie.—This seems to be a most
abundant species in N. America, yet not noticed by Pursh or Nuttall. I do not see how A . Sibiricum is
to be distinguished from the present.
8. A. Canadense. L.—Ph. Am. 1. p. 225.
H ab. Canada. Pursh; but I have never seen a specimen from British North America.
2. HESPEROSCORDON. Lindl.
Perianthium subcampanulato-rotatum, bifidum, cum pedicello articulatum. Stamina
6, fertilia, filamentis dilatatis membranaceis sequalibus, e fauce exortis, basi subconnatis.
Sguamce hypogynae 0. Ovarium sessile (?), 3-loculare, polyspermum, apice 3-glandulo-
sum. Stylus teres, cum ovario articulatus. Stigma simplex. Capsula tri-locularis, 3-
valvis, polysperma, valvis medio septiferis. Semina nigra, angulata, subcrustacea.—
Herba (Boreali-Americana) cormis induviatis. Flores umbeUati. Lindl.
1. H. Lewisii; umbella multiflora, floribus densis campanulatis laciniis apice patenti-
bus.:—H. hyacinthinum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub foL 1293.— Brodiaea grandiflora. Nutt.
Gen. 1. p. 215. (non Sm.) ( T a b . CXCVIII. A.)
H ab. Plains of the Missouri. M. Lewis. N. W. America. Menzies (in Herb, nostr.). Plains of the
Columbia, and to California. Douglas. Wallamet River. Tolmie.—I have changed the name of Dr Lindley,
though unwillingly; because I think the colour is not “ sky-blue ;” at least the well-dried specimens have
exactly the same colour as those of H. lacteum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1639 ; and I doubt very much if this
latter plant, from California, be really anything more than a small and lax-flowered variety of the present. In
both, the germen tapers very much at the base, and the fruit is really stipitate.
T ab . CXCVIII. A. Fig. 1, Flower; f. 2, The same laid open:—magnified.
8. CAMASSIA. Lindl.
Bulbus tunicatus. Flores ccerulei, v. purpurei. Perianthium explanatum, hexaphyl-
lum, foliolis 5 superioribus ascendentibus, sexto decurvo. Stam. 6, bypogyna, aequalia;
jilamenta glabra ascendentia. Ovarium 3-loculare polyspermum. Stylus declinatus.
Stigma obsolete 3-dentatum. Capsula chartacea, 3-locularis, 3-valvis, loculicido-dehis-
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