TRILLIUM CERNUUM. 



NODDING TRILLIUM. DROOPING THREE-LEAVED NIGHTSHADE. 



DROOPING TRILLIUM. 



Hexandr'ia Trigynia, Linn. Asparagi, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 3-leaved, spreading. Corolla of three petals. Filaments and terminal anthers 

 adnate, opening on the inner side. Styles none. Stigmas three, distinct, or 

 approximate. Berry 3-celled, cells many-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Peduncle recurved ; petals lanceolate-acuminate, flat, reflected, as long as the calix ; 

 leaves dilated, rhomboidal, abruptly acuminate, on short petioles. Pursh. 



SYNONYM. 



Trillium cernuum of Pursh, Muhlenberg's Cat. and Herbarium, Elliot, Nutt. Bar- 

 ton's Comp. Fl. Ph. — but not of Linnaeus, Catesby, Michaux, nor Walter. 



Root perennial. Stem simple, erect, from one to two or two and 

 a half feet high, cylindrical, siskin-green above, dull purple below ; 



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