RED TRILLIUM 



Trillium erectum Linnaeus 



In one pronounced character the red trillium is strikingly different 

 from other miliums, 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- 

 ward to Nova Scotia and Ontario. 



The plant sketched was procured from the National Zoological 

 Park in Washington, District of Columbia. 



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