THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
piire-white hue, which is very puzzling to the novice. Curi- 
ously enough, with this adoption of the purer color the 
odor that characterizes the red flower largely disappears. 
Two other trilliums that haye red flowers are the spe- 
cies called recunmtum and sessile. They are not to be mis- 
taken for T. erecfum under any circumstances, for the 
flo\vers of these t^yo are closely sessile, and the flowers of 
the other are stalked. Between themselves, the resemblance 
is so close that the beginner usually decides them to be 
forms of a single species. In T. recurvatum, however, the 
leaves are petioled and the sepals are reflexed ; in T. sessile 
even the leaves are sessile and the sepals are erect. 
The wake-robin is not the only trillium with nodding 
flowers. In Trillium, cenmum the flowers are deflexed be- 
neath the leaves, and being rather small are often passed 
under the impression that the plant is not in bloom. The 
petals are white, rather narrow, and rolled backward. The 
last of the eastern trilliums is T. erythrocarpum, readily 
separated from the others by means of the deep pink veins 
running lengthwise of the white petals. It loves the moist 
woodlands, but may often be found in open swamps. 
A STUDY OF YEARS. 
'nrrillS >iury I am gc^ing lo tell y.^u is a serial, not monthly, 
J- a^ stories usually come, but continuous for years, r.id 
-1. .r yet rinisiied. hi May. some years ag«;, we were l>otaniz- 
•ng for a week or iw^.. at the beach, reveling in California 
■A ::d rh -vcr. at tlieir very best. The partic^ilar bit of coast 
xv;:ere m.) ■^iimnier Iv ane i-. h cated. has some unique char- 
acterisation. W'e all know that the mountains have one class 
v>f flower^, the \-ailey5 anuiher. the beach another. 
