21. THE TRILLIUM. 



HPHIS queer flower is sometimes called the wake 

 * robin. It grows in shady places ; sometimes 

 you may find it in damp ones. Often its friend, 

 the marsh marigold, is found but a short distance 

 from it. 



Its long green stem is round and smooth. Three 

 large dark green leaves are at the top of the stem. 

 The flower stem does not always grow 

 straight up, but curves towards one side, 

 so that the flower is often hidden by the 

 leaves. 



Most of the flowers you have studied have 

 had five sepals. This flower has only three. 

 Each is a light green, and has a pointed apex. f s 

 These sepals stand out as straight as soldiers. 



The three curved petals are snowy white, and, 

 as they grow old, they wither. 



This flower has fewer stamens than the earliest 

 flowers of May, but they are very large. 



The pollen box is also different in shape, being 

 very long. 



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