Medeola 



LlLIACEAE 



321 



50 



Map 658 



Medeola virginiana L. 



' 50 



Map 660 



Trillium recurvatum Beck 



1135. MEDEOLA [Gronov.] L. 



1. Medeola virginiana L. Indian Cucumber-root. Map 658. Infre- 

 quent throughout the state although there are no records from the south- 

 western counties. In the hilly counties it is found mostly in deep, wooded 

 ravines and northward it is found mostly in beech woods, on rather acid, 

 sandy flats and on the lower parts of slopes about lakes and swamps. 



N. B. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tenn. 



1138. TRILLIUM L. 



[W. A. Anderson. Notes on the flora of Tennessee. Rhodora 36: 119- 

 128. 1934.] Note : Description and measurements of the floral parts in the 

 key apply to flowers in and after anthesis. 

 Flowers sessile. 



Leaves sessile; sepals not reflexed; petals not clawed. 



Petals maroon 1- T. sessile. 



Petals greenish yellow la. T. sessile f. luteum. 



Leaves petiolate, sometimes very shortly so; sepals reflexed; petals clawed. 



Petals maroon 2. T. recurvatum. 



Petals greenish yellow 2a. T. recurvatum i. luteum. 



Flowers pedunculate. 



Leaves petiolate, oval or ovate, obtuse; petals white; filaments as long as the ovary; 



among the first herbaceous plants to flower in Indiana 3. T nivale. 



Leaves sessile or essentially so, sometimes 1 of the 3 with a petiole a few mm long. 

 Stigmas slender and of uniform diameter, straight and not curved or coiled at the 

 tip, or only slightly so, erect or spreading; petals usually very large and 

 obovate, white, turning pink with age, cheir bases ascending, the upper part 

 spreading; anthers exceeding the stigmas, mostly 10-15 mm long; ovary 

 white, small, globose at maturity; peduncles 3-10 cm long, well above the 



leaves 4. T. grandiflorum. 



Stigmas short, stout, tapering from the base to the apex, recurved or coiled at the 

 tip, about half as long as the ovary; petals lanceolate, ovate, oblong-oval or 

 obovate, spreading from the base; anthers usually not exceeding but only 

 equaling the stigmas; peduncles erect, horizontal or sometimes declined be- 

 neath the leaves. 

 Filaments half as long as the anthers or longer. 



