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Wake Robin, illustrated in the cuts, inhabits cold, damp, 

 often mountainous woods, from Canada to Georgia. It is 



known by its petiolate leaves, 



pedunculate flower, and white, 



/ \\l} purple-veined petals. 



^^i l|f/j-'-^^ ^' erectum, the Bath-flower, 



'^^^"Tn abounds in rich woods, especially 



North Avard. The leaves are sessile, 



\ I ^— ^ ^ the flower pedunculate, and the 



petals dark-purple, ill-scented. A 

 5 ^^Q variety has white j^etals. The stu- 



dent will analyze the various 

 species when found, and note in 

 '^^s ^\ \ his Plant Record their specific 

 K^V I characters * 



^ ^/le I7idia7i Cucumber (so 



C, \ / i called from its white, fleshy rhi- 



zome) is another herb of singular 

 symmetry, frequent in the old for- 



4, 6, flower of Trillium erytliro- ^ -k -^ 



carpum : 5, plan of the flower, c, GSts 01 mOSt 01 tllC btatcs. It haS 



3 united ovaries. fget high, bearing a whorl of ^-% 



leaves near its middle, another of 3 leaves at the top, 



* The following analytical table, condensed from the Botanist and Florist^ shows 

 at a glance the distinctive features of our 8 species of Trillium : 



§ Flowers sessile. Petals dark purple, erect Nos- 1, 2. 



§ Flowers on a peduncle raised above the leaves (*) 



* Leaves petiolate, ovate, rounded at the base ^^o^ 3, 4. 



* Leaves sessile, rhomboidal, nearly as broad as long Nos. 5, 6. 



§ Flowers on a peduncle di'th;xed beneath the leave's, white Nos. 7, 8. 



No. 1. T. sessile. L. Leaves sessile, mottled, iietals sessile. 



2. T. recilrrvm. Beck. Leaves petiolate. Petals narrowed to a claw. 



3. T. nivdle, Riddell. Leaves obtuse. Petals obtuse, snow white. 



4. T. erijtJirncdrpjnn, "Mx. Leaves acuminate. Petals pencilled with purple. 



5. T. grandlfbriim, Salisb. Petals obovate, 2'. white, becoming roseate. 



6. T. erectvm., L. Petals ovate, dark-purple, or white. 1' lomr. 



7. T. cernniim, L. Leaves rhomboidal. Petals sjireadiiig. Stigma distinct. 



8. T. stulbsum, V,wi\. Leaves elliptical. PetaLs re urvcd. Stigmas half-united. 



