RED TRILLIUM 
Trillium erectum Linnaeus 
In one pronounced character the red trillium is strikingly different 
from other trilliums, which have no well-defined odor. The strong 
offensive odor of this plant is repellent to the bees and butterflies, 
although it does draw the carrion flies, which have a monopoly of 
the pollen shed by the anthers. 
Red trillium ranges from North Carolina to Tennessee and north- 
watd to Nova Scotia and Ontario. 
The plant sketched was procured from the National Zoological 
Park in Washington, District of Columbia. 
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