(A) Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflo- 
rum ) is the largest of the genus in all respects and is 
one of the best known and most common species. It 
can be looked for in any damp, rich woods during May 
or June. Usually they grow in colonies and it is an 
exception when one finds a single plant without others 
being in sight. The stem of this species is from 10 to 
*18 inches in height; the waxy white petals are from 
iy 2 to 2 in. in length; as they grow older the color 
changes to a delicate pink and they curve gracefully 
backwards. 
The flower is on a short pedicel above the whorl of 
broad, ovate-pointed and shortly petioled leaves. Found 
from Vt. to Minn, and southwards, to N. C. and Mo. 
(B) Nodding Trillium (T. Cernuum ) is quite similar 
to, but smaller than the last species. Its blossom is 
either white or pink and is on a curved pedicel that 
often bends so as to place the flower beneath the whorl 
of leaves; the edges of the petals are quite wavy. This 
demure, bashful little trillium is found from Newfound¬ 
land and Man. South to Pa. and Mich. 
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