HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 
J75 
179. GYROMIA. Nuttall. Gen. Am. pi. vol. 1. p. 238. 
1 (^Asparagi.') 
, Corolla 6-parted, revolute. Calix none. Fi- 
laments and anthers distinct. Styles none ; 
;| stigmas 3, filiform and divaricate, united 
at the base. Berry 3-celled, cells, 5 or 6- 
ij seeded. Seeds compressed, 3-sided. — 
!j JS^utt. 
i: 
|| 1. G. stem simple, erect; leaves verticillated ; virginrca. 
flowers terminal, aggregate. 
: Indian Cucumber. 
I 
I A very elegant plant, from one to two feet high. Root an 
oblong- white tuber; stem terete, shining, covered with a white 
flocculent coat. Flowers straw-yellow with re volute petals. 
Berries dark-purple. In moist shady woods, and in thickets 
bordering rivulets ; very common. Perennial. May, June. 
180. TRILLIUM. Gen. pi. 620. {Asjmragi.) 
Calix 3-leaved, spreading. Corolla of 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. — JSTutt. 
1. T. peduncle recurved ; petals lanceolate-acu- cemump. 
minate, flat, reflected, as long as the calix ; 
leaves dilated, rhomboidal abruptly acuminate, 
on short petioles. — Pnrsh. 
Icon. Bot. Mag. 954. 
Drooping three-leaved J\Tightshade. 
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 iiQt seen it elsewhere. Pe? 
tals white. Berries purple. Perennial. May. 
