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TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM. 



Large-flowered Trillium. 



Hexandria. Trigynia. 



Class 6. Order 3. 



Linn. gen. n.456. Hooker's Par. Lou. 1. Bat. Mag. 855. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth three-leaved, spreading j leaflets ovate, permanent. 

 Cor. Petals three, subovate, larger than the calyx. Stam. Fila- 

 ments six, awl-shaped, shorter than the calyx, erect. Anthers 

 terminating, oblong, length of the filaments. Pist. Germ round- 

 ish. Styles filiform, recurved. Stigmas simple. Per. Berry round- 

 ish, three-celled. Seeds many, roundish. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves rounded at the base. Flowers ovate, lanceolate, recurved, 

 white. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, from six to twelve inches 

 in height, producing three leaves, from the centre of which a 

 solitary flower appears, supported by a stem about two inches 

 in length. Leaves almost always in threes, on stalks rising 

 direct from the root; they are of an ovate-lanceolate form, 

 and are of a bright green on their upper surface, but of a 

 fainter or rather brown tinge underneath. The flowers are 



