POPULAR FLORA. 



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3. KoDDiXG T. Ivcaves nearly sessile, rhombic-ovate ; flower small, on a short peduncle curved 



down under the leaves; petals oblong-ovate, pointed, recurved, wavy. E. & S. T. ca-nuum. 



4. EitECT T. or BiUTiiROOT. Leaves sessile, round-rhombic 



Avith a very abrupt point; flower on a nearly upright pe- 

 duncle; petals ovate, acutish, spreading, dull purple or some- 

 times greenish-white. Common N. T. erectiim. 

 6. Great-klowered T. Leaves and peduncle nearly as in 

 Ko. 4; petals obovate, erect at the base, then gradually 

 spreading much longer and broader than the sepals, white, 

 turning rose-color when old. N. and \V. T. (jrandijlbrum. 



6. Painted T. Leaves petioled, pale green, ovate, taper-pointed ; 

 flower on an iipright peduncle; petals lance-ovate, point- 

 ed, Avideiy spreading, longer than the sepals, wavy, white, 

 adorned with delicate pink-purple stripes at the base. Cold 

 damp Avoods, (S:c. N. T. eriithrocarpiim. 



' '^ ^ 505. Flowe. ol" Trillium, natural »i7.e. 



fi-r  

 Indian Cucumlier-root. Medeola. 



Stem 1° to 3° high, from a white tnberous horizontal rootstock, having the taste of a cucumber, 



bearing near the middle a whorl of 5 to 9 obovate-lanceolatc pointed sessile leaves, and at the top 



one of 3 ovate smaller leaves, and a few small greenish-yellow flowers in an umbel, on recurved stalks. 



Sepals and petals each 3, oblong and alike, recurved. Stamens G: filaments longer than the anthers. 



Stigmas 3, sessile, long and thread-shaped. Ovary one, making a round S-celled and few-seeded berry. 



One species, in damp woods; flowering in summer. J/. Virginica. 



95. SPIDSRWORT FAMILY. Order COMMELYNACEyE. 

 Tender herbs, with alternate parallel-veined leaves sheathing at the base, and 

 perfect flowers, having 3 green or greenish sepals and 3 petals on the I'cceptaclc. 

 Pistil one, with one long style and one stigma. Pod small, 3-eelled or sometimes 

 2-celled, few-seeded. Flowers opening in the morning for only one day, the 

 delicate (generally blue or purple) petals then melting away. There arc two 

 genera Avild ; and the Splderwort is cultivated in every flower-garden. 



Flowers regular: the 3 petals and G stamens 

 all alike: filaments bearded with ioint- 

 cd colored hairs : leaves lance-linear, 

 sessile, all alike, ( Tradescdniln) Spiderwort- 



Flowers irregular: two of the petals kidney- 

 shaped on long claws, and one smaller: 

 stamens unequal, only three of them 

 with good anthers : filaments naked : 

 lower leaves with sheathing footstalks, 

 the uppermost sessile and somewhat 

 heart-shaped, (^CovimeVijiia) I)AY-rLo\VEU. 



Of"! Flott-er of Spilerwort. 



6<;8. Pisiil, m.isiiJiiedi the^vary cut across. 



