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4, viride Beck. Scape 1-2 dm. tall, pubescent near the top, but often be- 
comin um glabrous at maturity: bracts 5-11 em. long; blades oblong to ovate, or 
rarely B cur deep-green, often mottled: sepals linear to linear-lanceolate, 
2—4 em. long: pet 
longer than the claws: anthers 15—20 mm. long.—( WOOD-TRILLIUM.) — Woods 
various provinces, Ala. "o Miss, , Kans., | SW Va. 
eis pul ges a Scape 1-3 dm. tall glabrous: bracts 4-13 cm. long; 
blades oval o l-ovate, mottled: sepals oblong to oblong-lanceolate: petals 
broadly ES uisa pi anthers 9-13 mm. long.—Woods, various provinees, 
Ga. to N. C. 
6. T. stamineum Harbison. Scape 1-3 dm. tall, pubescent near the top: 
iii 0—8 em. fae ng; Age ovate-lanceolate to broadly ovate, semen some- 
t pubes S beneath: sepals Ld] lanceolate to elliptie: 
ist p coe pm i a anthers 15-18 mm. long.—Rocky woods, various 
provinces, rarely Coastal Plain, Ga. to Miss 
T. decumbens Harbison. Scape 0.4-1 dm. tall, pubescent near the top: 
nee 4-8 em. long; blades broadly ovate to suborbicular, mottled, B 
cent on the veins beneath: sepals lanceolate: petals linear or linear-lan- 
ceolate, purple: anthers 9-11 mm. long.—Rocky woods, E dna prov- 
ince s, Ala 
8. T. sessile L. Scape 1—2 dm. tall: bracts 4-8 em. long; blades oval to sub- 
orbicular, often nodi died e. petals narrowly elliptie, maroon: 
uu ers 10-12 mm. —(TOAD-SHADE.)—Rich woods, various provinces, Ga. to 
d p S 
Minn., and x X. zu of roon- 
Er nm ple ones. This form possibly represents what Muhlenberg n 
luteum. The flowers have a penetrating scent resembling that of the ee 
shrub (Calycanthus). 
T. Underwoodii Small. Scape 1-3 dm. tall: bracts 10-18 em. long; blades 
lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or broadly ae lustrous and with 3 shades of 
green above: sepals la ee F 5.5 C dude ng: petals lanceolate, elliptie or 
) 
Re TIME anther -15 mm. long. [T. rectistamineum (Gates 
St. J ue oods and TEN a Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Ala., 
i and Ma 
10. T. Hugeri Small. Scape 1-2.5 dm. tall: bracts 10-14 em. long; blades 
peer to broadly ovate, green, mottled: sepals scone to ee -lanceolate, 
4—5.5 em. long: o elliptie-lanceolate to o dark-maroon or brown: 
i 10- 20 mm. long.— ( WHIPPOORWILL-FL R.) —Rieh cn various prov- 
inces, Fla. to Miss. [x and N. C.—The typical maroon or s own of the petals 
sometimes gives way to yellow or green. Several forms in these paler eolors— 
dne broad or petals narrow—have been pro posed. T. luteum (Fl. SE. U. S.) 
such a color form. Flowers d as in T. sessile. 
11. T. erectum L. Scape 3—6 dm. tall: bracts 8—18 em. long; blades rhombic, 
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often broader than a pedicel 3—10 em. long, pa - is ios nd sepals » 
oblong or peony 2-3.5 em. long: petals lanceolate e-lanceolate, 
maroon a bro wpurple Mons to yellow, white or white blotched with purple: 
anthers 5-9 berry purplish-red. [T. album (Fl. U. 8.) 
T. Rugelii Britt. & eb dle] (BROWN-BETH. STINKING-WILLIE. S dh woods, 
various provinces, N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ala., 
Man., Ont, and N. S.— 
Perhaps the most variable of our trilliums. Folisgd ~ floral on: have 
furnished the basis for the segregation of several form 
