. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 49s LILIACEAE. Vol. 4. Allium alleghaniense Small, ghany Onion. Fig. 1245. Allium alleghaniense Small, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 279. 1899. Bulbs ovoid. Leaves few, with narrowly linear blades 6-12' long; scapes l°-2 tall, 2-edged at least at maturity; umbel nodding, 12-40-flowered; pedicels 7"—13" long, filiform, becoming thicker in age; perianth
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 49s LILIACEAE. Vol. 4. Allium alleghaniense Small, ghany Onion. Fig. 1245. Allium alleghaniense Small, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 279. 1899. Bulbs ovoid. Leaves few, with narrowly linear blades 6-12' long; scapes l°-2 tall, 2-edged at least at maturity; umbel nodding, 12-40-flowered; pedicels 7"—13" long, filiform, becoming thicker in age; perianth purple, mostly urn-shaped, 2"-2j" high, the segments oval, the outer obtuse or notched, shorter than the inner; capsule 2"-2j" high, with 2 large processes on each valve. Rocky soil and on cliffs, Virginia to Tennessee and Georgia. July-Aug. Europe and Asia. Civet. Shore-onion. June-July. Closely related to A. SchoenSprasum L., to which it was referred in our first edition. 3. Allium cernuum Roth. Nodding Wild Onion. Fig. 1244. A. cernuum Roth; Roem. Arch. 1: Part 3, 40. 1789. Bulbs usually clustered on a short rootstock, nar- rowly ovoid, with a long neck, 1-2J' high, the coats not fibrous-reticulated. Scape slender, slightly ridged, i°-2° high; leaves linear, channeled or nearly flat, _i"-2" wide, mostly shorter than the scape, bluntish, umbel many-flowered, nodding in flower, subtended by 2 short-deciduous bracts; pedicels fili- form, 8"-i5" long; flowers campanulate, white or rose; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, acute or ob- tusish, 2"-3" long; stamens longer than the perianth; filaments nearly filiform; ovules 2 in each cavity of the ovary; capsule 3-lobed, rather shorter than the perianth, each valve bearing 2 short processes near the summit. On banks and hillsides, New York to Minnesota and British Columbia, West Virginia, Kentucky, South Dakota, and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. July-Aug. Alle-. Please not
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