BB. Flowers stalked. 

 C. Pedicel longer than the flower: Irs. nearly or quite 

 sessile. 

 7. grandiSldnim, Salisb. Figs. 854 (Vol. II), 2.573, 

 2574. Stout, 1 ft. or more high: Its. broad-ovate or 

 rhombic-ovate, narrowed to both ends, often wavy: fls. 

 erect or nearly so, pure white, changing to rosy pinlj as 

 they fade, 2-3 in. long the petals broadly oblanceolate 

 and spreading and much longer than the sepals. Quebec 

 to Minn., Fla. and Mo BM Sa^ (a.s T. erjithrocarpum). 

 L.B.C. 14:1349. Gn. 29, p 257, 36, p. 394; 40:821. G.M. 

 33:131. Mn. 4:17. A G. 17 243. Gng. 4:305; 6:161.- 



x;^). 



Sporting forms are not uncommon. Sometimes forms 

 occur with petiolate Ivs. A. G. 1892:200. T. ijmndiflo- 

 rum is the best and handsomest species for cultivation. 



8. Ov4tlim, Pursh. Much like T. grandiflortcm, but 

 the petals narrow-lanceolate or narrow ovate, the sepals 

 usually nearly as long as the petals: plants 1 ft. or less 

 high: Ivs. ovate to nearly orbicular, often somewhat 

 rhombic. Calif, to B. C— The Pacific coast representa- 

 tive of T. granditlorum. 



9. ertctum, Linn. (T. phididum, Willd. T. purpii- 

 reum, Kinn. T. fd-tidiim, Salisb.). Figs. 2575, 2576- 

 Stout, 1 ft. or more high: Ivs. broadly rhombic-ovate: 

 pedicel usually bent over or inclined but sometimes 

 erect: fls. brown-purple to greenish purple, the petals 

 usually about 1 in. long, ovate to lanceolate, not much if 

 any exceeding the sepals. Nova Scotia to Manitoba, 

 N Car.andMo. B.M. 470. L.B.C. 19:1838. F.S. 10:990. 

 Mn. 2:49. G.C. II. 19:605. The fls. of T. erectiim are 

 ill-smelling. 



Var. ilhum, Lodd., has white fls. B.JI. 1027. L.B.C. 

 19:1850. 



B.M. .'!250. 



CO. Pedicel gene 



D. Fl. declinate under the Ivs. 



10. cfirnuum, Linn. Plant 1 ft. or more high: Ivs. very 

 broadly rhombic -ovate, nearly or quite sessile: fls. 

 white, the petals 1 in. or less long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 wide-spreading or reflexed, undulate, equaling or ex- 

 ceeding the sepals. Newfoundland to Ga. and Mo, 

 B.M. 954. Mn. 10:49. 



11. stylbBum, Nutt. {'T. nervosum and T. Cdtesbcei, 

 Ell.). Slender, 12-18 in. high: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 narrow at each end, short-stalked: fls. rose-color, the 

 petals oblong, obtuse or acute, curved, undulate, some- 

 times 2 in. long. N. C. to Fla. 



117 



TRIPHASIA i»DO 



DD. Flower erect. 



12. pusillum, Michx. Small, usually not 1 ft. high: 

 Ivs. lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, sessile: fls. pale flesh 

 color, less than 1 in. long, on a short erect pedicel, the 

 petals lanceolate and exceeding the obtuse sepals. 



T. Oovenidnum. Wall. A siirri, . >,r i. i.i|.i r ,!.■ Ti;iii;.la.va, 

 little kuown and described !■> i ( .. ' , !,,ii,v Ias. 



shortly petioled. ovate or ov.iii .i;ii- 



equal. narrowly linear."— r. <'/"" I I ; , n :t 



KamtschHtlv;> ! I ■•;■■ I' ■ • ^ . l ,nii, \ ;u-. .lal n-iim, 



guished l-y a ^ :■ ■ i 1 1\.' i l.rt w.-imi tli.'.-in- 



ther-eellsl :,<■.: I i i.i.nvi,,. .ays that llie 



plant diifpi- I ■ '■■.■■'•'' ' ■ i ■ j l-rnad.T and 



(T, 



nalle 



tawny red, tlie petals 1,1 ' 

 lar or obovate.— T. 7,v, / 

 sessile, broad-ovjite ot ; 



nate: fls. dull purpl.-, 1 1..^ 



lanceolate. According tn HonktT. tl 

 chiefly in the longer ttlamuuls." Hi, 



L. ] 



TBlOSTEUU (name shortened by Linnasus from Tri- 

 osteosperraum, which is from Greek f.ir Ih i-^ . hnnij 

 seeds). CaprifoUdcem. Feveewort. IImksk Kuniian. 

 A genus of 3 species of coarse perennial In ilis. ,,f wiiiidi 

 2 are American and 1 Himalayan. St.-iiis >iiii|.le: Ivs. 

 rather large, pinnately veined, entire or sinuate: fls. 

 dull-colored, sessile, solitary or in small clusters in the 

 leaf-axils, followed by orange or reddish fruits. 



perfoMtum, Linn. Stem 2-4 ft. high, stout: Ivs. 

 ovate, shortly acuminate, narrowed below into connate- 

 perfoliate or simply connate base : corolla dull brown- 

 purple. Rich soil. New England and Canada to 111. and 

 Ala. B.B. 3:234. -Is occasionally offered by collectors. 

 It is a weedy plant of very easy cultivation. 



F. W. Barclay. 



TEIPHASIA {triple; alluding to the make-up of the 

 flowers). Ruthcem. A small spiny shrub grown for hedges 

 and for ornament, and sometimes for its small berries, 

 which are used for preserves: Ivs. alternate, sessile, dark, 

 evergreen, trifoliolate, with small ovate lateral leaflets 

 and much larger obovate central leaflet : thorns slender, 

 about K in. long, one or two in the axil of each leaf: 

 fls. white, about J^ in. long, solitary, or in 3-fld. cymes, 

 axillary; calyx cupulate, 3-4-lobed; petals 3-4, linear- 

 oblong, free, imbricate; stamens 6, free, inserted 

 around a fleshy disk: ovary ovoid, 3-loculed: fr. a small 

 1-3-seeded berry: seeds oblong, exalbuminous, im- 

 mersed in mucilage; testa coriaceous, embryo often 

 with unequal plano-convex cotyledons. Only one 

 species. 



2575. Trillium erectum. 



aurantlola. Lour. {T. trilolidta, DC). Bergamot 

 Lime or Lime Berkt. Fig. 2577. A glabrous spiny 

 shrub with straggling evergreen branches and leaves. 

 Hindostan.— Cultivated in many tropical countries and 



