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THE FLORA. 



Analysis of the Genera. 

 Plants with 1 whorl of leaves and 1 flower. 



Pod many-seeded. Wake- Robin. TUIL'UUM. 1 

 Flints with 2 whorls of leaves and several 

 grseuish flowers. (Fig. 92.) 



Indian Cucumb.fr. MKDE'OLA. 



Fig. 656. Trillium erythrocarpum, with the parts of its 

 flower as if separated : *, the 3 sepals; p, the 3 petals; at, 

 the 6 stamens ; o, the 3 carpels. 



TRIL'LIUM. 'Wake-Robin. 



Character as expressed in the Order above. 

 U Low herbs with a simple stem, bearing 

 at top a whorl of 3 leaves and a single large 

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

 Flower sessile, petals dark purple. . . .1, 2 



Fl. on a peduncle, raised above the leaves a 



Fl. on a peduncle, rec"rved beneath the Ivs. . .7-9 

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

 a Leaves petiolate, rounded at the base 3, 4 



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



i as long as the linear-lanceolate petals. 



2 T. rectirva'tum. Beck 8 W. Lvs. petiolate. Sepals 



recurved, long as lance-ovate petals. 



3 T. nira'le. Snowy W. Stem 2-4' high. Leaves obtuse. Petals obtuse, wavy, 



snow-white. The smallest species. W. 



4 T. erythrocar'pvtm. Smiling W. Stem 8-12' high. Leaves and petals pointed, 



wavy, white, tinged and pencilled with purple. 



6 T. grandiflo'rum. Great-flowered W. Petals lance-obovate, recurved, twice largei 

 than the sepals, rose-white. Large and showy. M. W. S. 



3 T. erec'rum. 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, petiolate 



Petals lanceolate, wavy, recurved, much larger than calyx. Rose-white. 



9 T. rtylo'sum. Style-bearing T. Style manifest, aa Jong as the stigmas. S. 



