20 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



and has but three rounded divisions. This and 

 Trillium erytlirocarinim are the only three-angled 

 Trillium fruits. The berry is short-stemmed. 



Leaves. — The three ovate, whorled leaves 

 are blunt at the apex, and have short stems. 



Flowers. — The flowers are small and white, 

 with erect, spreading petals. March, May. 



This is a dwarf species, only two to five inches 

 high. It grows in woods from Pennsylvania and 

 Ohio, south to Tennessee and Iowa. 



LARGE-FLOWERED WAKE-ROBIN 

 Trillium grandiflorum Lily-of-the-Valley Family 



Fruit. — The red berry is slightly six-angled 

 and from one-half inch to an inch in length. 

 The sepals persist at the base as do also the 

 filaments, which remain green. The berry is 

 globular, three-celled, and many-seeded. The 

 peduncle is sometimes three inches long. 



Leaves. — Somewhat four-sided, but not as 

 broad as Trillium erectum. They are pointed 

 and nearly stemless — in the usual whorl of 

 three. 



Flowers. — The flowers are large, with erect 



