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THE FLORA. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Plants with 1 whorl of leaves and 1 flower. 



Pod many-seeded. Wake- Robin. TiuL'Liim. 1 

 Plants with 2 whorls of leaves and several 



greenish flowers. (Fig. 92.) 



Indian Cuciimher. Meue'ola. 



Fic). 656 Trillium erytlirocarpum, with the parts of its 

 flower as if separated: s, tlie 3 sepals; p^ the 3 petals; st, 

 tlie 6 stamens ; o, the 3 carpels. 



TRIL'LIUM. Wake-Robin. 



Character as expressed in the Order above. 

 — n Low herbs with a simple stem, bearing 

 at top a whorl of 3 leaves and a single large 

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



§ Flower se.ssile, petals dark purple 1, 2 



§ FI. on a peduncle, raised above the leaves a 



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



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



a Leaves petiolate, rounded at the base 8, 4 



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



§ as long as the linear-lanceolate petals. 



2 T. recurva^'tum. Bed s W. Lvs, petiolate. Sepals 



recurved, long as lance-ovate petals. 



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



snow-white. 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. 



5 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. pen'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, petiolata 



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

 % T. stylo'sum. Style-bearing T. St}le manifest, as long as the stigmas. S, 



656 



Petals obtuse, wavy, 



