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axils, on slender, simple or forked peduncles, bell-shaped, greenish 

 white, ivith the divisions recurved at tip. Fruit a round berry 

 with 3 cells and many seeds. 



S. amplexifolius DC. Stems 2-3 ft. high. Leaves heart-shaped 

 at base, 2-5 in. long, rough on the margins. Perianth about half 

 an inch long. This is found in damp, shady places from northern 

 California to Washington. It blooms in the spring. 



XVII. TRII/LIUM, Wake Robin 



Stems erect, naked up to the three leaves which are in a 

 whorl under the flower. Leaves netted-veined, large and 

 broad. Perianth withering, but not falling. Outer divilfcs 

 (sepals) greenish, inner (petals) colored. Filaments snort. 

 Anthers long, erect. Stigmas^jSgssile on the sessile ovary. 



a. T. sessile L. Leaves broao>srpund-o;&ite, often mottled with 

 reddish brown, crowded. Flowers anoTTeaves sessile. Petals white, 

 rose-color, deep wine-color, or greenish yellow.^JThis is common in 

 woods near the coast. It is exceedingly \^yHL>le in the size and 

 shape of the leaves and parts and color of^j^ flowers. 



b. T. ova'tum Pursh. Leaves on short petioles, ovate, acute or 

 pointed. Flowers on a peduncle from 1 to 3 in. long. Petals white, 

 turning rose-color as they fade. This has the same range as the 

 preceding, but is usually earlier and less common. *"' 



c. T. petiola'tum Pursh. Stem short. Leaves ovate to kidney - 

 shaped, with petioles equaling or longer than the blade. Flowers sessile. 

 Petals narrowly oblanceolate, a little longer than the sepals, dull 

 purple. This is found through Oregon and Washington. 



AMARYLLIDA'CEJE. CENTURY PLANT FAMILY 



Mostly smooth perennial herbs, sending up from the root a 

 scape and leaves which show no distinction between petiole 

 and blade. Stamens 6. Tube of the 6-parted perianth adnate 

 to the S-celled ovary. Capsule 3-celled, several or many seeded. 

 The Chinese Sacred Lily, the Narcissus, Jonquil, and Daffodils 

 belong to this family. 



