LILY-OF-THK-YAU.KY FAMILY. 



Large-flowered Wake-robin. 



4. Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) SalLsb. 



(Fig. 1046.) 



Trillium rlnnnbo ideiini var. grandiflorum Michx. Fl. 



Bor. Am. I: 216. 1803. 

 Trillin in grandiflorum Salisb. Par. Lond. r. pi. /. 1805. 



Stems usually stout, 8'-i8' high. Leaves broadly 

 rhombic-ovate or rhombic-oval, 2^'-6' long, acumin- 

 ate at the apex, narrowed to the sessile or nearly ses- 

 sile base; peduncle erector somewhat inclined, i#'- 

 3' long; sepals lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate but sometimes bluutish, i / -2 / long, spreading; 

 petals erect-spreading, oblanceolate; obovate or rarely 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse or cuspidate, strongly veined, 

 white or pink, thin, longer than the sepals; anthers 

 about %' long, longer than the filaments; styles 

 slender, 3 // -4 // long, ascending or erect; berry globose, 

 black, slightly 6-lobed, S^'-ia" in diameter. 



In woods, Quebec to Ontario and Minnesota, south to 

 Florida and Missouri. Ascends to 5000 ft. in Vir^ 

 May-June. 



A monstrous form, with two long-petioled leav. 

 collected by Dr. Pitcher in Michigan. 



5. Trillium erectum I.. Ill *ccntdl 

 Wake-robin. (Fig. 1047 



Trillium erectum I.. Sp. PI. 340. 1753. 



Stem stout, 8 / -i6 / high. Leares rery broadly 

 rhombic, 3 '-7' long, often as wide or wider, Milt. 

 acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base; pe- 

 duncle i.U ' 4' long, erect, inclined or declined be- 

 neath the leaves; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 spreading, #'-!#' long; petals lanceolate or orate, 

 acute or acutish, spreading, equalling the sepals or 

 a little longer, dark purple, pink, greenish or 

 white; anthers longer than the filaments; style* 

 short, spreading or recurved; lierry ovoid soma. 

 what 6-lobed, reddish, S"-ia" long. 



In woods, Nova Scotia to Jamrs Bar and Manitoba, 

 south to North Carolina. Tennc- 



cends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. AI-- tn Japan. Flowers 

 unpleasantly scented. April Jr 



6. Trillium cernuum L. Nodding 

 Wake-robin. (Fig. 1048.) 



Trillium cernuum L. Sp. PI. 339- ^S^ 



Stem usually slender, '-20' high. Leaves simi- 

 lar to those of the preceding species, broadly 

 rhombic, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the 

 base, sessile, or with the petioles i // -2 // long; pe- 

 duncle l / 2 '-i%' long, recurved beneath the leaves, 

 the flower drooping; sepals lanceolate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, 6"-i2" long; petals white or 

 pink, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rolled 

 backward, wavy-margined, equalling the sepals, or 

 a little longer; anthers about as long as the sub- 

 ulate filaments; styles rather stout, recurved; berry 

 ovoid, red-purple, pendulous, S^-io" long. 



In rich woods, Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minne- 

 sota, south to Georgia and Missouri. Someti 

 founded with forms of the preceding. Apnl-Jur 



