HEXANDRTA, TRIGYNIA. 175 



179. GYRQMIA. Nuttall. Gen. Am. pi. vol. 1. p. 238. 

 (. UparagiJ) 



Corolla 6-parted, revolute. Calix none. Fi- 

 lament* and anthers distinct. Sty les none ; 

 stigmas 3, filiform and divaricate, united 

 at the base. Berry 3-celled, cells, 5 or 6- 

 seeded. Seeds compressed, 3-sided. — 



1. G. stem simple, erect; leaves verticillated ; Virginia. 

 flowers terminal^ aggregate. 



Indian Cucumber. 



A very cleg-ant plant, from one to two feet high. Root an 

 oblong white tuber; stem terete, shining 1 , covered with a white 

 flocculent coat. Flowers straw-yellow with revolute petals. 

 Berries dark-purple. In moist shady woods, and in thickets 

 bordering rivulets; very common. Perennial. May, June. 



180. TRILLIUM. Gen. pi. 620. (Asparagi.) 



Calix 3-leaved, spreading. Corolla oi 3 petals. 

 Filaments and terminal anthers adnate, 

 opening on the inner side. Styles none. 

 Stigmas 3, distinct, or approximate. Ber- 

 ry 3-celled, cells many-seeded. — JWtt. 



1. T. peduncle recurved ; petals lanceolate-acu- cernuuin. 

 annate, flat, reflected, as long as the calix; 

 leaves dilated, rhomboid al abruptly acuminate, 

 on short petioles. — Pursh. 

 Icon. But. Mag. 954. 



Drooping three-leaved Nightshade. 



Near two feet high. In the woods above the falls of Schuyl- 

 kill, scarce. In a shady wood near a rivulet, a little west of 

 Mantua-village, abundant. I have not seen it elsewhere. Pe- 

 tals white. Berries purple. Perennial. May. 



