HEDULBIM CEKNCIM.
& M H P 2&<
TRILLIUM CERNUUM.
NODDING TRILLIUM. DROOPING THREE-LEAVED NIGHTSHADE
DROOPING TRILLIUM.
Hexandria Trigyhia, Linn. Asparagi, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 3-leaved, spreading. Corolla of three petals. Filaments and terminal anthers
adnate, opening on the inner side. Styles none. Stigmas three, distinct, or
approximate. Berry 3-celled, cells many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Peduncle recurved ; petals lanceolate-acuminate, flat, reflected, as long as the calix ;
leaves dilated, rhomboidal, abruptly acuminate, on short petioles. Pursh.
SYNONYM.
T r il l ium cernuum of Pursh, Muhlenberg’s Cat. and Herbarium, Elliot, Nutt. Barton’s
Comp. FI. Ph.—but not of Linnaeus, Catesby, Michaux, nor Walter.
Root perennial. Stem simple, erect, from one to two or two and
a half feet high, cylindrical, siskin-green above, dull purple below ;
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