142 Class VI. Order III. 







TRILLIUM ERECTUM. L. Erect Trillium. 



Peduncle inclined ; flower nodding ; petals ovate ; 

 acuminate, flat, spreading ; much broader, but scarce- 

 ly longer, than the calyx ; leaves broad, rhomboidal, 

 acuminate, sessile. 



Flowers dull brownish purple, greenish outside ; odour offen- 

 sive. Root used in medicine. In old woods in the middle and 

 western parts of the state. May. Perennial. 



TRILLIUM PICTUM. Pursh. Painted Trillium. 



Peduncle somewhat erect, petals oval-lanceolate, 



acute, recurved, twice as long as the calyx ; leaves 



ovate, acuminate, rounded at base, and abruptly pe- 



tioled. 



Petals white, striped at base with purple, undulate at the 

 edge. A very handsome species. On the Ascutney mountain, 

 Vermont. May, June. 



154. TRIGLOCHIN. 



TRIGLOOHIN MARITIMUM. L. Sea Arrow Grass. 



Capsule six celled, grooved, ovate. Willd. 



The leaves of this plant are rush-like, smooth, fleshy, flexible, 

 and semicylindrical. They have a sweetish, not unpleasant 

 taste. Stalk solitary, bearing a long, dense spike of greenish 

 flowers on very short pedicels. They have six leaves, three of 

 which may pass for calyx and three for petals. Anthers nearly 

 sessile. Salt marshes and ditches. June. Perennial. 



The cultivation of this plant for cattle has been recommended. 



155. RUMEX. 



RUMEX CRISPUS. L. Curled Dock. 



Calyx valves ovate, entire, all bearing grains ; 

 leaves lanceolate, waved, acute. 



Root fusiform. Stem furrowed, smooth. Leaves lanceolate, 

 rather acute, waved and curled on the margin. Racemes of half 

 whorls, leafy towards the base. Valves enclosing the seed heart- 

 shaped, reticulated, very slightly serrate or repand on the mar- 



