New Species From the Western United States (Classic Reprint)

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Stem about 3 dm. high, strict, light green, 2-3 mm. in diameter; leaves terete or slightly flattened, distinctly septate; the basal ones short; stem leaves, except the upper ones, often 3 dm. long all with a conspicuous, scarious sheath; heads in a contracted panicle, brown and shining, 5-8 flowered; bracts ovate, cuspidate-acuminate; perianth segments subequal, about 4 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute or acuminate; stamens 6; anthers longer than the filaments; style long-exserted ; capsule dark brown and shining, oblong, acuminate, 3-angled.

Dr. Watson has labeled this Juncus Nevadensis var., to which it may be nearest related if the structure of the flower is taken in consideration. It is different in habit, however, being much stouter, having more numerous and larger heads, and longer leaves.

Allium Neo-Mexicanum

Bulb oblong, membranaceous, crowning a more or less persistent rhizome; coat membranaceous; scape slender, terete; leaves narrow, 1-3 mm. wide, apparently almost flat, slightly keeled; umbel 8-20-flowered, nodding; involucre very small; perianth-segments oblong-ovate, acute, nearly white, without a distinct midvein; stamens and style exserted; capsule 6-crested.

This resembles most A. cernuum, but differs in the fewer flowered umbel, the narrower perianth-segments, and in the thinner and narrower leaves, which are only slightly keeled.

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