42G 



HEXANDRIA THIGYNIA. 



Ijatis, mtegernmis; pedK I summit, lanceolate, acu. 

 cellis aggregatis, termi- minate, entire ; pedicels 

 aalibus. Purshjl.p. 244. | clustered, terminal 



^ Sp.pL 2. p* 270. Walt. p. 126. Mich 1. p, 214. 



Perennial. Stem herbaceous, 12 — 15 inches high, terete, furnished 

 at each joint near the base with small sheaths, (clot)jed uith a decid* 

 nous wool. Mich.) Leaves forming a 6 — 8 leaved whorl above the 

 iniddle of the stem^ and a 3 leaved whorl at the summit j all lanceo-; 

 late, acuminate, entire, 3 nerved, membranous. "' 



Flowers few ter* 

 minal, shooting from the centre of the upper whorl. 

 yellow. Stamens longer than the corolla, 

 ttan the st^ens. 



Corolla pale 

 Sttjles expanding, longer 



Grows in rich, shaded and moist soils, generally under beach trees* 



Flowers Ma^ — July, 



Virginian Medeola* 

 Xndian cucumber^ 



TRILLIUM. 



Cah/T a-phyllus. 



Co. 



Cahjx n]e^yed. Corolh 



tolla 3-petaIa. Bacca 3- n petalled. Berry 3 eel 

 locularis. I led. 



4. Sessile. 



T, flore sessili, erecto ; 

 petalis lanceoIatis,erei tis, 

 calyce duplo longioribus ; 



foliis sessilibus, lato-oval- j lyx ,• leaves sessile, wide 

 ibus, acutis. Pui-sh, l. p. I oval, acute. 



Flower sessile, erect ) 

 petals lanceolate, erect, 

 twice as long as the ca- 



; 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 272. Walt 



JRoot thick, solid, with 

 indicate each years growth 



Mich 



g 



labrous, spotted, with small 



rings on the circumference, which, perl^apV 

 th. Stem herbaceous, 6—12 inches high* 



2 exterior obsolete, 



summit of the stem. 



curiously spotted 



at base. 



nerved, the 



5 



tbe 



decaying sheaths 

 the stem, ovate, or nv^)^ acute, 



^ Flowers sessile on 



Calyx 3 leaved, leaves oblong, ovate, erect, 

 green. Teiah spathulate, lanceolate, erect or connivent 



J 



the 



tte^sides^of the filaments, pale purple. Germ superior, 



"^ ' ' ' expanding, 8tigma obtuse. Berrif 



gled. Styt 



ovate, 3 ao' f 



dark purpi 



g 



labrouSf 



Grows in rich, 



coaHt 



high 



lands. 



found 



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