LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



A handsome, large - flowered species 

 ing Trillium flowering later, and cultivated by the 

 Trillium grandi- florists. The waxy-white petals H-2 inches 

 florum long, larger than the sepals, curve grace- 



fully backward, and, as they grow older, 

 turn pink. 10-18 inches high. The red 

 berry fully 1 inch long. Rich woods. Vt. to N. C., west 

 to Minn, and Mo. 



.. Leaves almost stemless and broadly 



Trillium four-sided ovate. Flower with white or 



Trillium pinkish wavy petals f inch long, and with 



cernuum a short stem recurved so that the blossom 



is ften hidden bene ath the leaves. 8-14 

 inches high. Moist woods. New Eng. to 

 Minn., south to Ga. and Mo. 



A very small species with ovate leaves, 

 Trillium ^~ i ncnes l n g> an l flowers whose white 



Trillium nivale petals, less than 1 inch long, are scarcely 

 White wavy. Berry red, about | inch in diame- 



March-May ^ flattened and spherical, with three 

 rounded divisions. A dwarf plant 2-5 inches high. Rich 

 woods. Pa. and Ky. to Minn, and Iowa. 



One of the most beautiful of the genus, 

 TriHUim and verv common in tne ricu woodlands 



Trillium un- of the north. Leaves ovate and tapering 

 dutatum to a sharp point. Green sepals quite nar- 



White * row, and the gracefully recurved, wavy- 



edged white petals strongly marked with 

 a crimson V deep or pale, as the case may 

 be ; it is never purple. The dark scarlet ovate berry f 

 inch long, ripe in September, and falling at a touch. 

 8-16 inches high. Cold damp woods arid beside wood- 

 land brooks. New F-oig. to Ga., west to Minn, and Mo. 



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