376 HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. trillIum. 



from specimens collected in the mountains of Pennsylvania, 

 does not appear to differ from T. crythrocarpmn, except in its 

 sessile leaves, which is not an uncommon occurrence in the 

 latter species. 



2. T. piiiiUimt Mick.: peduncle erect; petals scarcely 

 longer than the calyx; leaves oval oblong, obtuse, sessile. 

 . JW I c A. n. f . p. 2 J 5. Elliott Sk. I. p. 427. T. pumihim 

 Purs h Fl. I. p. 245. 



PZaw^ small. i"f<a/s pale flesh-coloured. Mich. 

 Hab. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. 



4. T. cernuum L. : peduncle recurved ; petals lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, flat, recurved, of the length and breadth of 

 the calyx ; leaves dilated-rhomboid, abruptly acuminate, on 

 short petioles. Wi lid. Spec. II. p. 271 . excl. syn. C at e s b. 

 and Cold. Boi. Ma^. 954. Smith SpiciL 4. P ur s h 

 F/.l.p.245. Big. Bost.Tp.B5. JVwn. Gen. I. p. 239. 



Root perennial. Stem a foot or 18 inches high. Leaves broadly 

 rhomboid, acute at the base, and slightly petiolate. Floiver 

 middle-sized, on a recurved peduncle scarcely more than half 

 an inch long. Leaflets of the calyx ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate. Corolla white, (purple, Mu h I.) ; petals a little longer 

 than the calyx. Berry large, dark purple. 



Hab. In shady woods, among rocks. May. Rare in the vici- 

 nity of New-York, but not uncommon in the interior of the 

 country. 



This is not the T. cernuum of Michmix^ according to 

 Mr. .Yuttall^ which is a distinct species, iiaving a stylife- 

 rous geiTTien and narrow leaves, (T. stylrsum, JVutt.) El- 

 liott's T. Catesbcci is perhaps the same. 



b, T . ereclum L, : peduncle inclined ; flower nodding; 

 petals ovate, acuminate, flat, spreading, broader, and a little 

 longer than the calyx; leaves broad-rhomboid, acuminate, 

 sessile. Willd. Spec. 11. p. 271. Pnrsh Fl. I. p.245. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 427. T. rhomboidcum oc. ati-opurpnmtm 

 Mich. Fl. I. p. 215. 'T. airopurpurennt Curt, in Bot, 

 Mag. AlO. T.fcctidtim Parud. Land. 35. Pai^is Ibliis 

 ternis, &c. Cold, JVovti. 81. 



Root large, prsemorse, with thick horizontal fibres. Stem a foot 

 or more in height, sheathed at the base. Lcavea large, abruptly 

 acuminate, closely sessile. Peduncle about half as long as the 

 leaves, inclined to one side. Flower large, a little nodding. 

 Leaflets of the calyx oblong-lanceolale, acuminate. Petals 

 dark purple, nearly as broad again as the calyx. Filaments 

 distinct ; anthers linear ; stigmas sessile, spreading. Berry 

 large, nearly black. 



iI\B. Tn rich soil, among shady rcsks : common. May. 



