

TRILLIUM 



BB. Flowers stalked 

 . Pedicel longer than the flower: Ivs 

 sessile. 



7 grandiJldrum, Salisb Figs gli (Vol II) 

 574 Stout 1 ft or moie hish hs broad ov 

 lonihn o\ itt narrowed to both ends, often wa^ 

 II. ten 111 iih so puie white, chanKing to ros\ pink 

 1 \ t I I _- 111 I'lng:, the petals bioidh ohliiKioh 

 1 N| n I liii_ 111.1 much lonjjprthm the sep ds Quel 

 .Mum 111 ii.MIo Bn 855 (asT e)i/tt,,ocatpiin 



B C 14 1 H'l Otn 29 p 2-,7 36, p 394 40 821 G 

 i m Mn 4 17. AG 17 243. Gng 4 M"), Ibl 



1855 



Flou 





quite 



2573, 



fls 



2575. Trillium erectum (X ) 



Sporting forms are not uncommon. Sometimes forms 

 occur with petiolate Its. A.G. 1892:206. T. qrandillo- 

 rum is the best and handsomest species for cultivation. 



8. ovitum, Pursh. Much like T. grandiflomm, 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. grandiflorum. 



9. ergctum, lAun.(T. phidulum, Willd. T. purpu- 

 reum, Kinn. T. fcetidum, 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. U. 19:605. The fls. of T. <■•)•<■(■(»>« are 

 ill-smelling. 



Var. Album, Lodd., has white fls. B.M. 1027. L.B.C. 



CO. Pedicel generally not exceeding and usually shorter 

 than the flower. 

 D. Fl. decUnate under the IfS. 



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. styldsum, Nutt. {T. nen^dsum and T. Cdteshcei, 

 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 



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 Govemannm Wall A species of temper tte HimtHv-i 

 little known and described by Hooker us 1 I i \\ I \ ^ 



shortly petioled o\ ite or ovate cordate i ui i .1 il 



equal nairowlj lineir"— T obovatum, Puish I m. I I n i 

 Canadian plant wliitli has ht» n i. f. in .i t.. I i i nii M i i 

 mowiez keeps it distiii. r h \\ \fr . t . I ^ i i 



Xamtschatka and Jap 111 Ii it 1 



Gray Ae* ording to \\ ii 



guished by a somewh it i . i 



ther cellsl anil Tpr^ ^li 1 1 I 



(Till II Japan 



Fit, sill, 1 1 si, deep 



tawny it t th [ i l\ orbicu 



lar or obovat - ' I i t .11 Ivs 



sessile bio 111 ' i icumi 



nate fls dull i i i.blong 



lanceolate \ i 1 i „ ' li i tin i ii i 1 1 ii 1 ^rectum 

 chiefly in the l.m^pi nl ini. uts liiui 



ipui 



TRI6STEUM (name shortened by Linnaeus from Tri- 

 Obteospermum, which is from Greek for three bony 

 seeds). Capri folitlcete. Feverwort. Horse Gentian. 

 A genus of 3 species of coarse perennial herbs, of which 

 2 are American and 1 Himalayan. Stems simple: 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. 



perioli&tum, 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. 



P. W. Barclay. 



TRIPHASIA (triple; alluding to the make-up of the 

 flowers). Rutdcece. 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 % in. long, one or two in the axil of each leaf: 

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

 axillary; calyx cupulate, 3— 1-Iobed; 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. 



aurantlola. Lour. (T. tntolutta, DC.). Beegamot 

 Ldie or Lime Beery. Fig. 2577. A glabrous spiny 

 shrub with straggling evergreen branches and leaves. 

 Hindostan.— Cultivated in many tropical countries and 



