A new station for Trillium Ludovicianum 



I'. 1(1) man WeSI 



During January I'M I. Dr. VY. A. Murrill was informed that 

 there was a peculiar plant growing in the woods on a farm near 

 Gainesville, Florida. A day or two later, Doctor Murrill and the 

 writer visited the farm to examine this unusual plant, and were 

 surprised to have <>ur guide lead us to a clump of trilliums. A 

 survey of the neighborhood revealed several hundred other 



Trillium Ludovicianum Harbison. Left — specimen with dark petals and 

 narrow sepals. Right — specimen with light petals and broad, mottled sepals. 



specimens. Trilliums, including this species, are not uncommon 

 in Florida from Tallahassee westward, and one or two stations 

 are known about 30 miles east of that area. As the crow flies. 

 Gainesville is 50 miles south and over 100 miles east of Talla- 

 hassee. As far as known, there are no records of any trilliums in 

 or near this new area. 



The station covers about an acre of hillside sloping to the 

 west and consists of moist but well-drained, open woodland. 



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