Wild Flowers East of the Rockies 63 



LARGE-FLOWERED TRILLIUM (Trillium grandi- 



florum) is the largest of the genus in all respects and 

 is one of the best known and most common species. 

 It can be looked for with expectation of finding in any 

 damp, rich woods during May or June. Should a 

 brook run through the woods, you will be almost sure 

 of finding this or some other trillium growing at some 

 point along the banks. ( Usually they grow in colonies 

 and it is an exception when one finds a single plant 

 without others being in sight. The stem of this spe- 

 cies is from 10 to 18 inches in height; the waxy white 

 petals are from l 1 /^ to 2 in. in length; as they grow 

 older the color changes to a delicate pink and they 

 curve gracefully backwards. 



The flower is on a short pedicel above the whorl of 

 broad,ovate-pointed and shortly petioled leaves; the 

 latter are light green with three prominent, parallel 

 ribs. This species is found from Vt. to Minn, and 

 southwards, to N. C. and Mo. 



NODDING TRILLIUM (T. Cernuum) is quite simi- 

 lar to, but smaller than the last species. Its blos- 

 som is either white or pink and is on a curved pedicel 

 that often bends so as to place the flower beneath the 

 whorl of leaves; the edges of the petals are quite 

 wavy. This demure, bashful little trillium is found 

 from Newfoundland and Man. South to Pa. and Mich. 



Trillium declinatum is similar to the Nodding Tril- 

 lium but the flowers are on a longer horizontal pedi- 

 cel. It is found from Mich, and Minn, south to Mo. 



DWARF WHITE or SNOW TRILLIUM, (T. nivale) 



is a diminutive species with white flowers, standing 

 only 2 to 5 in. high. The bell-shaped flower is erect; 

 both the petals and the leaves have rounded ends. Pa. 

 to Minn, and south to Tenn. and Mo. 



