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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  green, 
  not 
  mottled. 
  Flowers 
  sessile; 
  sepals 
  lanceolate, 
  |-1 
  in. 
  long; 
  

   petals 
  purple, 
  elliptical, 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  sepals. 
  Stamens 
  half 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  petals. 
  Styles 
  elongated, 
  straight. 
  In 
  rich 
  woods.* 
  

  

  2. 
  T. 
  erectum 
  L. 
  SQUAWROOT, 
  BENJAMIN-. 
  Rootstock 
  rather 
  up- 
  

   right, 
  large 
  and 
  stout. 
  Leaves 
  broadly 
  diamond-shaped, 
  tapering 
  to 
  

   a 
  short 
  point. 
  Pedicel 
  1-3 
  in. 
  long, 
  not 
  quite 
  erect. 
  Petals 
  ovate 
  to 
  

   lanceolate, 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  sepals, 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  brownish-purple 
  

   or 
  sometimes 
  white 
  or 
  pale. 
  Stigmas 
  distinct, 
  stout, 
  and 
  spreading. 
  

   The 
  disagreeable 
  scent 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  several 
  absurd 
  

   popular 
  names 
  for 
  it. 
  In 
  rich 
  woods. 
  

  

  3. 
  T.grandiflorumSalisb. 
  LARGE-FLOWERED 
  WAKE-ROBIN. 
  Root- 
  

   stock 
  horizontal, 
  stem 
  slender, 
  12-18 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  rhombic- 
  

   ovate, 
  taper-pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  and 
  sessile 
  or 
  slightly 
  

   peduncled 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  smooth 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  bloom, 
  5-7 
  -nerved, 
  bright 
  

   green. 
  Peduncle 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  erect 
  or 
  slightly 
  declined 
  flower. 
  

   Sepals 
  lanceolate-acute, 
  1-1 
  in. 
  long. 
  Petals 
  white, 
  fading 
  to 
  pink, 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  sepals. 
  Stamens 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   petals. 
  Style 
  short; 
  stigmas 
  recurved. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  black, 
  roundish 
  berry. 
  

   In 
  rich 
  woods.* 
  

  

  4. 
  T. 
  cernuum 
  L. 
  NODDING 
  TRILLIUM. 
  Stem 
  8-20 
  in. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  broadly 
  rhombic 
  or 
  rhombic-ovate, 
  2-4 
  in. 
  wide, 
  taper- 
  

   pointed, 
  sessile 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Peduncle 
  recurved 
  beneath 
  the 
  leaves. 
  

   Petals 
  white 
  or 
  pink, 
  wavy, 
  somewhat 
  recurved, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   sepals 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  longer. 
  Stamens 
  with 
  filaments 
  about 
  equaling 
  the 
  

   anthers. 
  Stigmas 
  stout, 
  recurved. 
  Rich 
  moist 
  woods. 
  

  

  5. 
  T. 
  nivale 
  Riddell. 
  DWARF 
  WHITE 
  TRILLIUM. 
  Stem 
  2-4 
  in. 
  

   high. 
  Leaves 
  petioled, 
  oval 
  to 
  ovate. 
  Flower 
  white, 
  erect. 
  Petals 
  

   |-1^ 
  in. 
  long, 
  ovate-spatulate. 
  Rich, 
  damp 
  woods, 
  blooming 
  with 
  

   the 
  very 
  earliest 
  spring 
  flowers. 
  

  

  6. 
  T. 
  undulatum 
  Willd. 
  PAINTED 
  TRILLIUM. 
  Stem 
  8-12 
  in. 
  high. 
  

   Rootstock 
  oblique 
  to 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  rather 
  small 
  ; 
  roots 
  long 
  

   and 
  fibrous. 
  Leaves 
  ovate, 
  taper-pointed. 
  Petals 
  white, 
  penciled 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  with 
  purple 
  stripes, 
  lance-ovate, 
  somewhat 
  recurved, 
  wavy. 
  

   Cold 
  woods, 
  especially 
  N. 
  

  

  XXV. 
  SMILAX 
  L. 
  

  

  Mostly 
  woody 
  vines, 
  usually 
  with 
  prickly 
  stems, 
  climbing 
  

   by 
  tendrils. 
  Rootstock 
  often 
  large 
  and 
  tuberous. 
  Leaves 
  alter- 
  

   nate, 
  prominently 
  nerved, 
  netted-veined, 
  petioled 
  ; 
  stipules 
  re- 
  

   placed 
  by 
  persistent 
  tendrils. 
  Flowers 
  regular, 
  dioecious, 
  small, 
  

   greenish, 
  in 
  axillary 
  umbels. 
  Perianth 
  bell-shaped, 
  segments 
  

   6. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  distinct. 
  Ovary 
  3-celled, 
  3-6-ovuled 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  

   1-3, 
  sessile 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  1-6-seeded 
  globose 
  berry. 
  

  

  