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the several yellowish green flowers with recurved segments and 

 prominent pistils. 



The Trilliums (fig. 284) include a great number of species 

 common to rich woodlands of northeastern United States. The 

 plants bear a whorl of three leaves above which appear the 

 flowers, each of which consists of three green or brown sepals and 

 three colored petals. Some species have purplish red petals, others 

 have white petals, and a showy species known as painted trillium 

 has white petals whose bases are streaked with red and purple. 



Fig. 284. — Trillium is a small but attractive member of the Lily Family. 



The true lilies comprise a great number of showy flowered 

 species found throughout the United States (fig. 285). Eastern 

 lilies include the wood lily with erect orange-red flowers; the 

 southeastern leopard lily with solitary scarlet flowers; the 

 Turk's cap lily with nodding orange flowers made up of re- 

 curved segments; and the Canada lily with nodding yellow 

 flowers spotted with brown. The numerous western species of 

 true lilies include the Washington lily of California and 

 Oregon, with pure white fragrant flowers somewhat like those 

 of the Easter lily; the spotted yellow lemon lily, found on the 

 western mountains; the tall Humbolt lily, with nodding orange- 



