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course impossible to say at present, as the plant was not observed in 
flower. Irregularities of this sort, however, have been shown to be 
remarkably persistent, and observations will be made during the com- 
ing season to determine this point. 
The striking abnormality of this plant lies in the fact that, instead 
of the single whorl of leaves normally present, there are here three such 
whorls, one above the other, and separated by well developed inter- 
nodes. Each whorl contains three leaves of normal size and shape. 
'The leaves of the uppermost whorl, which is at the top of the stem, 
are narrowly ovate, taper-pointed, sessile, and from 7.5 to 9 сш. long. 
Those of the middle whorl, which is 4.5 cm. below the uppermost, 
are ovate, taper-pointed, slightly petioled, and 11.5 cm. long. The 
lowest whorl is 4.8 cm. below the middle one, and its leaves are broadly 
ovate, taper-pointed, 12.5 to 13.3 em. long, and borne on petioles 2.5 
em. in length. 
A similar teratological formation in the case of Trillium sessile has 
been recorded by Mr. L. S. Hopkins in the Plant World, September, 
1902, pp. 182, 183. In the plant there described there were three 
stems from the same rootstock and one of these “had three whorls of 
three leaves each. The lower whorls were crowded very closely to- 
gether, while the upper two were half an inch apart." This pecul- 
iarity was accompanied by irregularities in the flower. 
A second anomaly in the Painted Trillium is shown by two specimens 
in the Gray Herbarium. On one sheet are two plants that doubtless 
‘grew close together, perhaps from the same rootstock. ‘They were 
collected by Mr. Swallow at Brunswick, Maine, as indicated in Dr. 
Gray's handwriting on the sheet. There is no date, but the appearance 
of the sheet indicates age. The petals and stamens, so far as І can 
judge, are not of the normal number, but that may well be due to the 
fact that the plants are passing out of flower, as the fruits are already 
forming and some of the petals and stamens may have fallen. In 
this case the abnormality lies in the enormous calyx. In both flowers 
the sepals are leaf-like, ovate, and taper-pointed, as in the typical 
leaves, though sessile. In one specimen the sepals are 8.2 cm. long 
and this greatly enlarged calyx is borne on a pedicel 7.5 cm. long 
above the leaves, which are normal, being 1 dm. long, on petioles 2.5 
em. in length. In the other specimen the sepals are 9.2 cm. long, the 
calyx being raised upon a pedicel 3.8 cm. long above the normal 
leaves, which are 9 em. long, on petioles 1.3 em. in length. 
