Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) lias sharply 
pointed, wavy-edged, waxy-white petals with crimson 
V-shaped marks at the bases. The ovate leaves are 
sharply pointed and petioled. It is a common species 
from Quebec to Ontario and southwards. 
The Painted Trillium is usually regarded as the most 
beautiful of the genus. Certainly it is the most abun¬ 
dant. It is more gregarious than others, and we often 
find large beds of them with their dainty, waxy-white, 
wavy-edged flowers swaying above the deep green back¬ 
ground formed by their broad, whorled leaves. They 
grow most profusely along the banks of woodland brooks 
and in cool, moist glens. You will find them most 
abundant during the latter part of May soon after the 
Wood Thrush, that frequents the same locality, makes 
his appearance from the South. They are always asso¬ 
ciated in my mind with these birds and with Water 
Thrushes that I have often watched as they daintily 
threaded their way among the numerous plant stalks, 
entirely concealed above by the numerous leaves, and 
visible only by placing the head close to the ground. 
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