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The woody vegetation includes scattered loblolly pines, several 

 species of oaks and a great many shrubby species, forming a 

 dense undergrowth. There is no evidence that fire has ravaged 

 this area for many years, although the surrounding territory is 

 burned almost annually. Considerable scouting in the vicinity 

 has not yielded any further colonies. The first open flower at 

 this station in 1935 was observed on January 8. 



The plants correspond very well to the description of Tril- 

 lium Ludovicianum Harbison, as given in Small's "Manual of 

 the Southeastern Flora," and also to Harbison's original de- 

 scription in the Biltmore Botanical Studies. They show con- 

 siderable variation in petal color. About half of those observed 

 have purplish-chocolate bases or are streaked with these colors. 

 The age of the blossom does not seem to have any bearing on 

 these color variations. The sepals also exhibit variations in 

 shape and markings. Some are lanceolate and solid green, while 

 equally as many are lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, and mottled 

 like the leaves. One plant has the sepals colored purplish like 

 the petals. No correlation whatsoever has been observed be- 

 tween the various forms and colors of petals and sepals. Some 

 of the leaves are acuminate at the tips, but most of them are 

 acute or blunt. The figure shows both light and dark colored 

 petals and the variations in the sepals. 



Florida Agricultural Experiment Station 

 Gainesville, Florida 



