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6'- 12' high. Leaves l'-3' long. Petals 10"- 15" long, rarely green or 

 yellowish. 



2. T. discolor, Wray. Rootstock tuberou-s, vertical ; stem stout ; leaves 

 sessile, varying from ovate-lanceolate to broadly ovate, tapering from near 

 tiie base to the apex, 3 - 7-nerved, variegated above with green and brown or 

 dark purple ; petals erect, oblong, obtuse, narrowed below, dark purple vary- 

 ing iuto green, rather longer than the lanceolate, spreading sepals ; filaments 

 very short, purple. — liich woods, in the middle and lower districts. Feb.- 

 March. — Stem 6' - 1 2' high. Leaves 3' - .5' long. Petals 1 ^' - 2' long. 



3. T. recurvatum, Beck. Stem (1° high) erect from a horizontal tuber ; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, acute, contracted into a short petiole, faintly mottled ; 

 petals purplish brown, erect (1^' long), linear-spatulate, twice as long as the 

 lanceolate reflexed sepals ; filaments as long as the incurved anthers and the 

 spreading stigmas. — Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia. April. 



Var. ? laneeolatum, Watson. Leaves sessile, lanceolate ; sepals less 

 strictly reflexed ; petals almost linear ; filaments longer. — Georgia and Ala- 

 bama, in the upper districts. 



* * Flower on an erect or declining peduncle. 



4. T. pusillum, Michx. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or o1)long, obtuse, 

 3-nerved ; peduncle erect, shorter than the spreading flower ; petals lanceolate, 

 pale flesh-color, acutish, one third longer than the lanceolate obtuse sepals ; 

 filaments slender, as long as the anthers ; stigmas united below into a slender 

 style, longer thau the filaments. — Pine barrens in the low country of South 

 and Xorth Carolina. — Stem 6'- 8' high. Leaves 1 J'- 2' long. Flower 8"- 

 10" long. 



5. T. ereetum, L. Leaves sessile, broadly rhomboidal, al)ruptly acumi- 

 nate, acute at the base ; peduncles longer than the spreading flowers (l|'-3' 

 long), at length declined ; petals oval or oblong, obtuse or acutish, dark purple, 

 rather longer tliaii the lanceolate-ovate acute sepals ; filaments shorter than 

 the anthers, or the short and distinct stigmas. — Varies with smaller white or 

 yellowish flowers. — Shady woods on the mountains of North Carolina. May, 

 — Stem 1° high. Leaves 3'-5' long, and of the same width. Flowers l'-l|' 

 long, fetid. 



6. T. grandiflorum, Salisb. Leaves rhombic-ovate, abruptly acumi- 

 nate, nearly sessile; peduncle longer than the erect-spreading flower, erect or 

 slightly declined ; petals obovate, white, much longer and broader than the 

 lanceolate acutish sepals ; filaments slender, shorter than the anthers, nearly 

 equalling the short recurved stigmas. — Shady woods on the mountains of 

 Carolina (£'///o/f). May. — Stem 1°-1^° high. Leaves 3' -5' long. Petals 

 2' long, changing to rose-color. 



7. T. erythrocarpum, Michx. Leaves ovate, long-acuminate, rounded 

 at the base, short-petioled ; peduncle (l'-2' long) erect, longer than the 

 widely-spreading flower ; petals oblong, acutish, wavy, mncli longer than the 

 lanceolate sepals, white, striped with purjjle at the base ; .stigmas slender, 

 longer than the anthers; berry red. — Rich shady woods in the upper dis- 

 tricts. April- May. — Stem 1° high. Leaves 3' - 5' long. Flowers 9"- 12" 

 long. 



