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02. OAT-TAtI, FAMTT.Y. o,.i., TVrMACK.i:. 

 Mar.-*!! IumIis, mIiIi linr.n. ^\v->i«l '<li.i|>((l Icuvcs (cvirl. oxicpt tluv llnnt \\\ water), aud 

 nioiMVtMous n;ik»»l II^xmmm in iiciih' sinlvcs of luml'^, mu' Mint coiisiMtin^ nl Hoim> hIuiiu'iih 

 (Mily, tlu> other (t| piNlils onl\ , l-'mii si i -sn dnl ak< ni'. No si'ntlic, cxccjit hoiiic o|i. n 

 hraols or l»'a\ cs. 



FlowoiK in .1110 \o\\jx npiivc <n- »pnili\. llii' iippci pml liomii))? utatiioiiH only, tlio Iunm r 

 slomlor j)istil» only clixttly i>i»<'l\o«l t<)^;(<tln'i ; uvmy loni;-Mtiilk('il ami Huuomnltil 

 l\v slon.lrr down. ( Tvi>h<i) ('AT TAII,, 



riowriH ii\ sc]i;»rat(' l><>;n]?». Monn< l>o!»iin)f MtanwiiN only, oMh'Ih pisJiU only, oiu-h nnr- 



rouuiled liy .vrvcial s. airs, bnl no down, (Sfiai'inhiiuvi) IU'H-UkKM. 



II. rolaloidi'oiis IIUi«<ioii. 



93. WATER-PLANTAIN KAMILY. t>n!., ,\I,ISM ArilK. 



Marsh or amiatii^ h<'ihs, w iili i\ liistiiuM cily \ (d' ] orci'ii or i^icruish sepals iiml a corolla 

 o( \ wliito ]U'tais. (> lo many stainms on the icicplarh'. anil ni.iny i ovulctl pislils (nl- 

 lootoil mio a rin,!-: or \u\u\, Wcouun.; aknics in linii. 1. oaves mostly ohlonia-lu-art-shapcil, 

 laiioo-sha]>(><l, or ariow-shaped, sonntinios with ero.-,s \t'inl(.'ts, h>ii;4-[H'tioU'«l. Mowers on 

 .•"OajMs. 'I'w o conera ;\re c«)ninuut. 



Flowers porfoot with al>o\it (^ stamens, small, in an open paniilc : pistils it; to -?o in a 



rinjj : l(>a\es juit arrow shaped. (Aliyiihi) \\ \ i Kli I'lANT.MN. 



Flowers mona\'io\is or dioviens, in ;\ hioso laeeme or spike ; the stcMileones with many 

 stamens ; the fertile with many pistils in a he.id. making thin wniijt'd akenes 

 Leaves or some of them generally arr.^w sha)>ed, (S,,iiitl,))i<i) Ahhdwiik.M). 



94. TRILLIUM FAMILY. Ord.r TKil.l.l ACKK. 



llerhs with simj^le stems risinj:; from ;\ slutr; roolstoi'k, ratiier conspienonsly mdtod- 

 vonuvi loavoi* in a wiiori. aiiii perl'ee; and re;,Mdar th>\vers : eontainin^' in this eoimtiy 

 onlv the conns Trillium and the liuiian Cuoumi>er-root, whioii aro liore dc'^cribLnl. 



Trillium.* TriVium. 



Stem hearini; at the summit :\ whorl of _^ hroad leaves and one r.'ither lari;e llower. Palyx of 

 ^-" grei!n s]>readini; sejials. Toroda oi _:; spreadin_s:; petals. Stamens 0, with short filaments and loni; 

 »'ri?ct antiiors tnniod inwards, insortod on the receptacle, l^istil i. ^ceiled, eominoidy witii 3 to ') 

 lobes or ridjios. and makinji a pnrple nianyseoded horry in frnit : styles or long scissilo .stigmas _^, 

 spreading. They all glow in rich woods, and Idossom in sjiring or eaily sunnner. 



1. 8Kssn,K-KlowKKKn T. Flower attd the ovate leaves both sessile ; petals rather erect, dark dull 



intvple or greenish. W. and S. T. siissilc. 



2. KkcirVKI") T. Leaves narrowed at the hase into a footstalk ; sejials turned down; petals nar- 



rowed at both ends ; otherwise like No. i, W. T. rccun\\tiun. 



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