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THE FLORA. 



Analysis of the Genera. 

 Plants with 1 whorl of leaves" and 1 flower. 



Pod many-seeded. Wake-IioUn. Teil'lium. 1 

 Plants with 2 whorls of leaves and several 

 greenish flowers. (Fig. 92.) 



Indian Gacumber. Mede''ola. 



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

 flower as if separated : «, the 8 sepals ; p, the 8 petals ; al, 

 the 6 stamens ; o, the 3 carpels. 



TEIL'LIUM. 'Wake-Robin. 



Character as expressed in the Order above. 

 — % Low herbs with a simple stem, bearing 

 at top a whorl of 3 leaves and a single large 

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



§ Flower sessile, petals dark purple 1, 2 



§ Fl. on a peduncle, raised above the leaves a 



§ Fl.on apednnole, recurved beneath the Ivs.. .7-9 



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



a Leaves petiolate, rounded at the base 8,4 



1 T. ses'sile. BicketW. Lvs. sessile. Sepals erect," 



i as long as the linear-lanceolate petals. 



2 T. recurva'tnm. Bec¥s W. Lvs. petiolate. Sepals 



recurved, long as lance-ovate petals. 666 



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



snow-white. The smallest species. W. 



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



wavy, white, tinged and pencilled with purple. 

 -6 T. grandiflo'rum. Oreat-jiowered W. Petals lanoe-obovate, recurved, twice larger 



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

 6 T, erec'tum. Baih 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. M}dding W. Style scarcely any. Leaves ovate, petiolate. 



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



9 T. stylo'sum. StyU-iearing T. Style manifest, as long as the stigmas. S. 



