294 THE FLORA. 
Analysis of the Genera. 
Plants with 1 whorl of leaves and 1 flower. 
Pod many-seeded. Wake- Robin. Trit’Lrum. 1 
Plants with 2 whorls of leaves and several 
greenish flowers. (Fig. 92.) 
Indian Cucumber, Mepe’oua. 
Fig. 656 Trillium erythrocarpum, with the parts of its 
flower as if separated: s, the 8 sepals; p, the 8 petals; st, 
the 6 stamens; 0, the 8 carpels. 
TRIL‘LIUM. Wake-Robin. 
Character as expressed in the Order above. 
—v2x Low herbs with a simple stem, bearing 
at top a whorl of 8 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, reevrved beneath the lvs.. .7-9 
a Lvs.ses., rhomboidal or rhomb.-ovate...5, 6 
a Leaves petiolate, rounded at the base....8, 4 
1 T. ses’sile. Ricket W. Lvs. sessile. Sepals erect, 
% as long as the linear-lanceolate petals. SO 
2 T. recurva’‘tum. Bech s W. Lvs. petiolate. Sepals <A 
, recurved, long as lance-ovate petals, 656 
8 T.niva/le. Snowy W. Stem 2-4’ high. Leaves obtuse. Petals obtuse, wavy, 
snow-white. The smallest species. W. 
4 T.erythrocar’pum. Smiling W. Stem 8-12’ high. Leaves and petals pointed, 
wavy, white, tinged and penciled with purple. 
6 T. grandiflo‘rum. Great-flowered W. Petals lance-obovate, recurved, twice larger 
than the sepals, rose-white. Large and showy. M. W.S. 
6 T.erec’tum. Buih 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.stylo’sum, Style-bearing T. Style manifest, as long as the stigmas, 8. 
