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THE FLORA. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Plants with 1 whorl of leaves and 1 flower. 



Pod many-seeded. Wake-Roh'm. Tril'lium. 1 

 Plants with 2 whorls of leaves and several 



greenish flowers. (Fig. 92.) 



Indian Cucumber. Mede''ola. 



Fig. 656. Trillium erythrocarpurn, with the parts of its 

 flower as if separated : «, the 3 sepals ; p, the 3 petals ; st, 

 the 6 stamens ; o, the 3 carpels. 



TPJL'LIUM. "Wake'Robiu. 



Character as expressed in the Order above. 

 — U Low herbs with a simple stem, bearing 

 at top a whorl of 3 leaves and a single large 

 flower. Apr. -June. (Figs. 108, 110, 656.) 



§ Flower sessile, petals dark purple 1, 2 



§ Fl. ou a peduncle, raised above the leaves a 



§ Fl. on a peduncle, recurved beneath the Ivs. . .7-9 



a Lvs. ses., rhoraboidal or rhomb.-ovate. . .5, 6 



a Leaves petiolate, rounded at the base 3,4 



1 T. ses'sile. Eicket W. Lvs. sessile. Sepals erect, 



S as long as the linear-lanceolate petals. 



2 T. recurva'tum. BecL s W. Lvs. petiolate. Sepals 



recurved, long as lance-ovate petals. 



3 T. niva'le. Snowy W. Stem 2-4' high. Leaves obtuse 



snow-w^hite. The smallest species. W. 



4 T. erythrocar'pum. Smiling W. Stem 8-12' high. Leaves and petals pointed, 



wavy, white, tinged and pencilled with purple. 

 6 T. grandiflo'rum. Great-flowered W. Petals lance-obovate, recurved, twice larger 



than the sepals, rose-white. Large and showy. M. W. S. 

 6 T. erec'tum. Bath Flower. Petals ovate, acute, much broader (not longer) than 



the sepals, dusky purple (or white, W.), ill-scented. 



7 T. peii'dulum. Pendant W. Style scarcely any. Leaves rhombic. Petals 



lance-obovate, short-pointed, flat, scarce larger than sepals, w. M. S. W. 



8 T. cer'nuum. Nodding W. Style scarcely any. Leaves ovate, petiolate. 



Petals lanceolate, wavy, recurved, much larger than calyx. Kose-white. 



9 T. stylo'sum. Style-hearing T. Style manifest, as long as the stigmas, 



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Petals obtuse, wavy, 



S. 



