TRII-I.lUJl 



TEirHASlA 



1855 



DB. Floinrx stiilkrd. 

 C. Perlii'c! lull:/.'!- IIkiii llic fh.icr: /rx. 



Dl). Fl<' 



<cf. 



rJ II or qaile 



7. grandifldrum, Salish. Kiijs. !Sr]4 (Vol. II), LTi?:!. 

 2.'74. Stout, 1 ft. or mure liilib: Ivs. liro;ul-ov:i,tr or 

 rhouibit_--o\-ate, tiarrowoil to liiitli otnls. oftotl w:i\'y : lis. 

 erect or tiearly so, |Mire white, ehtinii;iiii^ to rosy pink as 

 they fade. 2-:: in. lon^-, tlie petals l.roadly oblaiu-eolaie 

 and spreadiiiii- atiil litiieh lotii^-er than the sepals. (^Juela-e 

 to .Minn., Fla. and ^lo. H.^I. ,S."i.') {as T. cri/lln-oca rjiu in 1. 

 L.B.O. lt:i:;4;i. Gn. 20, p. L'."7: liii, p. .■-194'; 40:821. G. 31. 

 iS-.VM. iMn. 4:17. A. G. 17:24;!. (Jng. 4 ::;05 ; li:lG4.- 



2375. Trillium erectum (Xli). 



Sporting forms are not uncommon. Sometimes forms 

 occur with petiolate Iv.s. A.G. 1892 :206. T. gnnidiflo- 

 rnm is the best and handsomest species for cultivation. 



8. ovS,tum, Pursh. Much like T. grand ifl07-um, but 

 the petals narrowdanceolate or narrow ovate, the sepals 

 usually nearly as long as the petals: plants 1 ft. or less 

 high: Ivs. ovate to nearly orbicular, often somewhat 

 rhombic. Calif, to B. C — The Pacific coast representa- 

 tive of T. grandifloriiin. 



9. erectum, lAmi. {T. pendnliun , Willd. T. purpjr 

 reitm, Kinn. T. fatidiim, Salish, 1. Figs. 2,j7.">, 25iij- 

 Stout, 1 ft. or more high: Ivs. broadly rhombic-ovate: 

 pedicel usually bent over or inclined but sometimes 

 erect: fls. brown-purple to greenish purple, the petals 

 usually about 1 in. long, ovate to lanceolate, not much if 

 any exceeding the sepals. Nova Scotia to Manitoba, 

 N Car. and Mo. B.M. 470. L.B.C. 19 : 18:i8. F.S. 10:990. 

 Mn. 2:49. G.C. II. J9:(;0.j. The fls. of I'.i'n-rlinn are 

 ill-smelling. 



Var. Album, Lodd., has wliite fls. B.3I. 1027. L.B.C. 

 19:18.50. 



Var. viridiflorum, Hook. Fls. greenish. B.M. 3250. 

 Not known to be in the trade. 



cc. Pedicel generalhi imt exeiedimj and iixiiuUy xlioiier 

 ill, III the (Iniver. 

 deelhiate undef the h'S. 

 I'hi.nt 1 ft. or more high: lys. very 

 li-, nearly or (^uite sessile: fls. 

 n. or les.s loni;-, ovate-lanceolate, 



D. Fl 

 10. c^rnuum, Linn 

 broadly rhonibii'-ov 

 white, the petals I 



Ilrxed, undulate, eqnalin 

 Newfoundland to Ga. ami 



or ex- 



M..I 



wide-spreading or re 

 ceeding the sepals. 

 B.JI. 9.54. Mn. 10:49. 



11. stylosum, Nutt. (T. iierrtisinn and T. Ciilexbui, 

 Ell.l. Slender, 12-18 in. hiji'b: Ivs. ov;de-IancT.date, 

 narrow at each end, short-stalked : lis. rose-color, the 

 petals oblong, obtuse or acute, curved, undulate, some- 

 times 2 in. long. N. C, to Fla. 



12. pusillum, Michx. Small, usinilly not 1 ft. high: 

 Ivs. lanceolate or obl.jug, obtuse, sessile-: tls. pale flesh 

 cobir, less than 1 in. long, on a slmrt er.-ct iiedicel, the 

 peUds lain.'eolate and exc:eeding the obtuse sep;ds. 



r. Iloi-eiiiiiniim. W:ill. A K| ies of tr.iii]]cr:ite Hiinalliva, 



little kni.«-n and .Ic'sci i l,rd l,,v Hn,,k,-r .'is fc,ll(.«s: " l,vs. 



rtl.v pcli, 



ulia. 



DWt.S' ill 



- r. nl,o 



\\<[r\, 



■cl 



■ilalc, acute: 

 ;, I'ursli. h\ 

 i-i'il to T. crrctiiiii. ,\bixi- 



lunwicz kri'ps it iliNlilM'l, l|M\\r\rr, cxti-llililli: itS rallgC tO 



Kanitschalka iiml .1 miaii . It is [ lie T. erectum, var, .laiiuiiiriii,,, 

 (iniy, ,\cc,.r,liii« to WiUsou, tlie .hi.liaiicsc |ilaiil"is disliu- 

 L'uiHlicl liy a. soiucwtiat liriHliir,.,! ,-,,iiuccf Im- | bi-twcm llie iiii- 

 tlicr-cells] anil \ cry slinrl sti^oiias."' .Maxiujnwirx says tliiit t he 

 plant iliflcrs from T. ercctuui in the iiclals being broader and 

 more olituse attd lont^cr than the cal,\x, the Us. uodilitif^ froni 

 the first, ami tie- Ivs. hrnaih-r than lung, sessile, Tiot attenuate 

 at the base — J. SniitUii, ^laxiiii. (.)ne of the T. erectum series 

 (T. erectum, var. -TatiDiiii-uiu Ilore pleno, GrayJ, of JatJ.-in. 

 Fls. smaller tlnui those of T. nlHiv.atuin (2 In. across), deep 

 tawny reil, file petals not exceeding tin- scicils, ncarl.\- erluiui- 

 lar or obovate. — r, rsc/(07lcsA-//, .\la,xiui. Alioul 1ft. tall: l\s. 

 sessile, l;iroad-ov:ite or orbictilar, somewhat rhombic, acuuil- 

 ntite; fls. dull purple, 1 in. or less across, tlie petals oflon^^- 

 lanceolate. According to Hooker, this differs fi-oni T. erectum 

 chierty in the lon:^^er tilameuts." Himahaya to .tapa.u. 



L. II. B. 



TRlOSTETJM (name sliortened by Linn;!eus from Tri- 

 osteospetanum, wdjiidi is from (ireek for thyee honij 



see, Is). Cajirifolii'lreir. FKVEUWIUtT. Hi iliSE GkNTI,\N. 



A genus of 'A species of coarse perennial herbs, (.if wdiicit 

 2 are American and 1 Himalayan. Stems simple: Ivs. 

 rather large, pinnately veined, entire or sinuate: fls. 

 dull-colored, sessile, solitary or in small cltisters in the 

 leaf-axils, followed by orange or reddish fruits. 



perSollMum, Linn. Stem 2-4 ft. high, stout: Ivs. 

 ovate, sborflj- acuminate, n;irrowed lielow iitto connate- 

 perfoliate or simpjly connate base: corolla dull brown- 

 ptirple. Rich soil. New England aitd Canada to 111, and 

 Ala, B.B. .'j:2!i4.— Is occasionally^ offered by collectors. 

 It is a weedy plant of ver}' easy ctiltivafion. 



F. W. Barclay. 



TRIPHASIA {Iriple: alluding to the make-up of the 

 flowers). Hittdreai. A small spiny siirtib grown for hedges 

 and for ornament, and sotuetimes for its small berries, 

 which are tised for pre serves : Ivs, alternate, sessile, dtirk, 

 evergreen, trifoliolate, with small ovate lateral leaflets 

 and much larger obovate central leaflet: thorns slender, 

 about % in. long, one or two in the axil of each leaf: 

 fls. white, about Yn in. long, solitary, or in 3-fld. cymes, 

 axillary; calyx cnpulate, .■!-4-lobed; petals 'i-4:, linear- 

 oldong, free, imbric;ite; stamens C, free, inserted 

 around a fleshy disk: ovary ovoid, Ij-locitled: fr. a small 

 l-.'!-seeded berry: seeds oblong, exalbnrainous, im- 

 mersed in mucilage; tesf;i coriaceous, embryo often 

 with unequal plamj-con\'ex cotyledons. Only one 

 species. 



2576. Trdliuin erectum. 



aurantiola, Lonr. (T. inlnUdla, DC). Bekrajiht 

 Li.ME or Lime Beki;v. Fig. 2577. A glabrous spiny 

 shrub with straggling evergreen branches and leaves. 

 Hindostan. — Cultivated in many tropical countries and 



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