. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 524 TRILLIACEAE. Vol. I. 2. Trillium viride Beck. Green Wake-robin. Fig. 1300. Trillium viride Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 11: 178. 1826. Perennial by a short corm-like rootstock, light green. Stems solitary, or several together, 4'-is' tall, rough-pubescent near the top, or glabrous in age; leaves oblong to ovate, 2-4' long, obtuse or acutish, 3-5-nerved, usually bl
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 524 TRILLIACEAE. Vol. I. 2. Trillium viride Beck. Green Wake-robin. Fig. 1300. Trillium viride Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 11: 178. 1826. Perennial by a short corm-like rootstock, light green. Stems solitary, or several together, 4'-is' tall, rough-pubescent near the top, or glabrous in age; leaves oblong to ovate, 2-4' long, obtuse or acutish, 3-5-nerved, usually blotched, more or less pubescent on the nerves beneath; flowers sessile; sepals linear or linear-lanceolate, i'-2' long, bright green, acute or obtuse; petals clawed, the blades lin- ear or nearly so, surpassing the sepals, light green or purplish green, the claws sometimes brown or purple; stamens about J as long as the petals; fila- ments flattened, J-i shorter than the anthers. In woods and glades, Kansas to Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. Spring. Trillium viridescens Nutt., a species distinguished from T. viride by its purplish petals and acuminate leaves, occurs in Arkansas and is reported from Kansas. 3. Trillium recurvatum Beck. Prairie Wake- robin. Fig. 1301. Trillium recurvatum Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. n: 178. 1826. Stem 6'-i8' tall. Leaves ovate, oval or oblong, 1J-4' long, acute at the apex, narrowed into petioles 3"-9" long, sometimes blotched; flower sessile, erect; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 6"-is" long, reflexed between the petioles; petals spatulate or oblong, nearly erect, clawed, acute or acuminate, equalling the sepals or somewhat longer; anthers 4"-7" long, much longer than the filaments, the connective pro- longed beyond the sacs; berry ovoid, 6-winged above, about 9" long. In woods and thickets, Ohio to Minnesota, Mis- sissippi and Arkansas. April-June. 4. Trillium nivale Riddell. Early Wake- robin. Fig. 1302
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