374 HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIAo G^Komji. 



259. GYROMIA. Nut tall. 



Calyx 0. Corolla 5-parted, revolute. Filaments. 

 and anthers distinct. Styles 0; stigmas 3, filiform and 

 divaricate, united at the base. Berry 3-celled ; cells 

 5 — 6-seeded. Seeds compressed, 3-sided. Nu 1 1. 

 G(?w. I. p. 238. Medeol^e jy&. L., &c. Lam, M 

 t 266. f. 2, Nat. Ord. Asparage^ Juss, 



Indian Cucumber, 



G. virginica Nuti. Gen. I. p= 238. Medeola virgi- 

 nica L. Willd. Spec. II. p. 270. BoUMag. 1306. Mich, 

 i^/.I.p.2H. Pwrs A F/. I. p. 244. B i g. Bost, ^. 85. 

 Elliott Sk.l.^. A'2b. ^ri/f. Car. I. p. 126. 



Root oblong, tuberous, horizontal. Stem erect, simple, about 18 

 inches high, clothed with a brownish deciduous wool. Leaves 

 in two whorls ; one a little above the middle, of 6 — 8 ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate leaves; the other terminal, of 2 — 3 ovate 

 ones ; all of them entire, membranaceous, 3-nerved. Flowers 

 3 — 6, on aggregated pedicels arising from the upper whorlj 

 and reflexed down between the leaves. Corolla pale yellow ; 

 petals oblong, obtuse, longitudinally nerved. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the petals ; filaments capillary, smooth ; anthers 

 oblong, incumbent, 2-celled. 5;2^»zas tliick, very long. 



Hab. In moist woods ; generally in rich soil. May — June. 

 This plant is very properly separated from the other species 

 of Medeola by J^u t tall, from which it differs in the flowers 

 and tiuit, as well as in its habit. I could never discover in the 

 roots any flavour resembling that of cucumbers. The variety 

 picta of JVuttall appears scarcely to diff"er from the com- 

 mon kind, which, when in fruit, generally has the leaves of th^ 

 superior whorl coloured crimson near the base. 



260. TRILLIUM. L. 



Calyx 3-leaved, Corolla 3-petalled. Stigmas ses- 

 sile. Berry superior, 3-celled; cells many-seeded. 

 Gen. pi 620. Nutt. Gen. L p. 239. Ju s s. p. 42. 

 Lain. ///. t. 267. Nat. Ord. Asparage^ Juss. 

 Leaves 3, verticillate at the summit of the stem; 

 flower terminal, solitary. .American Herb Paris. 



1. T. sessile L. : flower sessile, erect ; petals lanceolate, 

 twice as long as the calyx; leaves sessile, broad-oval, acute. 

 Willd. Spec. 11. p. 272. Bot. Mag. 40. Mich. Fl. I. p. 

 215. Pnrsh Fl, I. p. 244. Elliott Sk. 1. p. 426. 



