TRILLIUM ERYTHROCARTUM. 
RED-FRUITED TRILLIUM. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
MELANTHACE^. 
Order. 
TRIGYNIA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
N. America. 
4 inches. 
May, June. 
Perennial. 
in 1811. 
No. 936. 
The name of this genus, has, very aptly, been 
founded on the number of several parts of the plant. 
Although left unexplained by Linneus himself, it 
evidently alludes, like Trilix, to the treble number, 
not only of the calyx-leaves and petals, but of the 
stigmas, cells of the fruit, and even of the leaves, 
which prevails throughout this genus. The specific 
name, erythrocarpum, is compounded of the Greek 
words, ERYTHROS, KARPOS, red fruit. The species 
has, sometimes, been called pictum, after Pursh, 
who described it in his Flora Americana. 
Trillium erythrocarpum, is a delightful little 
plant, and its rarity enhances its value in the 
estimation of those who do, and those who do not, 
possess it. The whole genus is American, and very 
few cultivators have paid that attention to the 
various species which they deserve, considering 
that most of them may be cultivated as hardy plants. 
There is scarcely a species but requires to be 
planted in sandy peat, in a shady situation ; but 
they demand different degrees of moisture ; this 
requiring to be kept very moist in summer, being 
a native of sphagnum bogs. 
