. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. KL0WKK8 OF THE ) AND FIG. XXII—LARGE WiriTE TRILLIUM le« and nectarleaa and depend upon the bnlliant corolla to attract pollen-gathering we* and waape. Similar in the number and arrangement of the various organs are the painted trilliura, Trillium erj-throcarpuin, with 1 crimson blotch at the base of its petals; the smiling wake-robin, Trillium cernuum, noddtng upon its stalk; and the raaddbr-red birthroot. Trillium erectum a dingy poor relation. The trilliums are e« sentially a Nort
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. KL0WKK8 OF THE ) AND FIG. XXII—LARGE WiriTE TRILLIUM le« and nectarleaa and depend upon the bnlliant corolla to attract pollen-gathering we* and waape. Similar in the number and arrangement of the various organs are the painted trilliura, Trillium erj-throcarpuin, with 1 crimson blotch at the base of its petals; the smiling wake-robin, Trillium cernuum, noddtng upon its stalk; and the raaddbr-red birthroot. Trillium erectum a dingy poor relation. The trilliums are e« sentially a North American group, a few Japanese and Himalayan species being the only exceptions, A less conspicuous flower also belonging '° *;.? ,™y family is the bclWort, Oakesia sesmhtbha (Pig. 1). Its grueeuil, cumng stem, about eight inches high, bears several pale green leaves, which are set do^e upon the stem almost clasping it. Beneath them modestly droop one or two etraw- coloured lily-shaped Howera. The sepals .ind petals reaembling one another in col- our and form, are spoken of coUectivelv as a periantli. The fruit is sharply angled or even winged (Pig. XXnL,2). Closely allied and having the same oommon name is Uvul- ana grandiflora. It differs from Oakesia in « a short thick rootatock instead of ,•» FlU. dender creeping one; in poaseasing perfoli- ate leaves, , leaves through which the stem aparenrtly pasaeii (Pig. XXIH., .1i; ind in having calluslike ndgee at the base of the inner surface of the petals, Uvulnria is c. mmon throughout Quebec and Ontario, while Oakesia abounds in New Brunswick tnd Quebec, One of the lily group and not a violet, m its common name would indicate, is the dog's-tooth violet or Oilder's tongue, Erv- thronium americanum (Pig. XXIV). In rich woods from Nova Scotia to Georgian Bay, its drooping bells greet the new-born spring, -Arising from a d«eiiily«e-grccn mottloil with a piiriiHsli tint (Pig. XXIV. 2).
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