368 12. TRIENTALIS EUllOPvEA. [CI.. VII. 



indeed to that subdivision whicli has the fruit below the 

 flower, (Anleit. ii. vid. Ml.) 



Uses. 



Formerly the bulbs of this plant were used instead of the 

 scjiiill, but they have now fallen into disuse. 



CLASS VII. 



12. 



Trieiitalis Europsea. 



Schirmkraut, Sternkraut, Meyerblume. — French, Tricntale 

 d' Europe. — Engl, Chickenweed Winter-gree7i. — Swed.Z^z^ 

 kulla. 



On the northern declivities of our forest hills, there appears 

 in June among the bilberries and heath, a gentle, handsome 

 plant, which is particularly interesting, from the numerical re- 

 lations of its parts. 



From a very small woody tuber, which is surrounded by 

 fibrous roots, there rises, about the length of a small span, a 

 simple, even, round stem, about the thickness of a strong- 

 linen thread. At the lower part of the stem stand, in a 

 sparse state, very short, roundish or oblong, obtuse leaves. 

 On the upper portion, there grow from five to seven leaves, 

 an inch and a half long, smooth, oblong, tapering at the 

 base, with short stalks, quite entire, or indistinctly crcnated, 

 somewhat obtuse, with numerous nerves and veins. From 

 their axillae arise two or more linear, smooth flower-stalks, two 

 inches in length, having single flowers on their summits. 



The calyx consists commonly of seven small sharply point- 

 ed leaves ; the corolla, which is entirely white, of seven ob- 

 long open parts. Opposite to the latter there stand, upon a 



