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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Trillium erectum L. 

 Plants formed in the dark room in 1896 had the leaves appressed 

 around the base of the peduncle and were smaller. The peduncles 



Fig. T42. Normal and etiolated cultures of Trillium erectum. 



were not so long as in the average. The flower opened in a fairly 

 normal manner, but did not produce fruits in these imperfect etiola- 

 tions. 



Milla uniflora R. Grab. = Tritelia unijlora Lindl. 

 Plants were etiolated in March, 1900. The leaves, which are 

 normally twisted and curved, attained a length of two or three times 

 the normal, being 35 to 50 cm. long and 5 to 7 mm. in width. Num- 

 bers of leaves from lateral buds attained a length of 10 cm. and a 

 width of I to 2 mm. 



