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carnoso juxta hilum minimus, subglobosus.—Rhizoma breve, fibris radicalibus dense 
fasciculatis carnosulis. Caulis brevis, erectus, basi vaginis vetustis Stipatus nec bulbosus. 
Folia ad apicem caulis 2, opposita, ovata v. late oblonga, venis nonnullis cxteris majori- 
bus percursa, sessilia v..in petiolum brevem contracta. Pedicelli oo, rarius ad 1 v. 2 
reducti, inter folia conferti, longi, recurvi, 1-flori. 
Species 2, Americze borealis incole. S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 272. Regel, Gartenfl. 
1. 834 (male). / 
180. Mtedeola, Linn. Gen. m. 456. (Gyromia, Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. i. 238.)— 
Perianthium marcescens, demum decid. ] ta distincta, subzequalia, per anthesin 
reflexo-patentia. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio vix breviora, filamentis leviter com- 
planatis ; antherze oblong:, prope basin affixc, loculis a latere mox extrorsum dehiscenti- 
bus. Ovarium sessile, ovoid glob 3-loculare ; styli 3, distincti, filiformes, superne 
lores, recurvi, int tigmatosi, demum divaricati; ovula in loculis oo (ad 6). 
Bacca globosa, indehiscens, pulposa. Semina c6, ovoidea, pallide brunnea, testa crassius- 
cule membranacea ; embryo in albumine carnoso fere cartilagineo minutus.— Rhizoma. 
crassum, horizontale. Caulis erectus, basi vaginis nonnullis hyalinis mox evanidis stipatus. 
Folia in medio caule in verticillo unico 6-9, subsessilia, ovali-oblonga, inata, mem- 
branacea, venis paucis sub is, venulis reticulatis. Flores in umbella terminali eo, 
S:epius pauci, foliis floralibus 3 quam caulina brevioribus latioribusque involuerati. 
Pedicelli filiformes, recurvi, foliis breviores. 
Species 1, boreali-Americana. Kunth, Enwm. Pl. iv. 977. Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 583. 
Jarton, Medic. Bot. t. 38. — Bot. Mag. t. 1316. 
181. "Trillium, Linn. Gen. à. 456. — Perianthium persistens; segmenta distincta, patentia, 
3 exteriora tenuiter herbacea, viridia v. rarius colorata, 3 interiora petaloidea ssepius 
majora minus patentia v. interdum recurva. Stamina 6, ima basi segmentorum affixa, 
lisque breviora, filamentis brevibus leviter complanatis ; antherc lineares, erectze, basi- 
fixie, obtuse v. apice recurvze, loculis ad latera tivi subdissitis a latere dehi il 
Ovarium lata basi sessile, ovoideum v. subglobosum, 3-loeulare ; stylus alte 3-fidus v. a 
basi 3-partitus, ramis a basi incrassata linearibus superne recurvis introrsum stigmatosis ; 
ovula in loculis numerosa. Bacca globosa v. ovoidea, s:pe 3-costata, indehiscens. Semina 
ovoidea, a latere strophiolo pulposo adnata; embryo in albumine carnoso minimus, 
globosus, ab hilo parum distans.—Rhizoma breve, crassum, descendens v. horizontale, 
cicatricibusque vaginarum vetustarum annulatum. Caulis simplex, erectus, basi vaginis 
paucis brevibus scariosis stipatus. Folia 3, ad apicem caulis verticillata, lata, subsessilia. 
v. longiuseule petiolata, 3-5-nervia et reticulato-pennivenia. Flos unicus, inter folia 
sessilis v. pedicellatus, erectus cernuus v. reflexus, violaceus luridus albus v. virescens. - 
Species ad 12, Ameries borealis et Asie extratropiem ab Himalaya usque ad Japoniam incolzm. 
Kunth, Enum, Pl. v.121. .$. Wats. in Proc, Amer. 4oad.xiv. 273. Hed. Lil. 1. 133, 134. — Boyle, 
Ill. Bot. Himal. t.98. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. t. 192. Kell. in Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 60, t. 2. Smith, 
Spicil. t. 4. Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 1,35. Willd. Hort. Berol.t. 35. — Reichb. Iconogr. Exot. t. 29. 
Bot. Mag. t. 40, 470, 855, 954, 1027, 3002, 3097, 3260, 6449. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 212. Lodd., 
Dot. Cab. t. 870, 1232, 1349. Maund, Botanist, t. 138. 
Turmrow, Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 120, est T. Govanianum, Wall, perianthii segmentis omnibus 
angustis coloratis, quod etiam observatur in T. viridescente, Nutt., ab A. Grayio ad varietatem T; 
Sessilis, Linn., redueto. Espma, Salisb, Gen. Pl. Pragin. 60, est ipsum 7. sessile, DErosryris, Raf. 
in Journ. Phys. lxxxix. 102, est, T: cernuu, Linn. 
182. Paris, Linn. Gen. n. 500.— Perianthi persistens ; segmenta distincta, in 
quaque serie 4-6, exteriora patentissima, herbacea, ovata v. cuneata, interiora linearia v. 
subulata, interdum valde elongata, v. rarius obsoleta. Stamina tot quot segmenta (8-19), 
ima basi segmentorum affixa v. subhypogyna, filamentis brevibus leviter complanatis ; 
antherw lineares, erectz, basifixw, connectivo ultra loculos interdum longe producto, 
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