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 PLATE I.

TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM. Large Flowered Trillium.

ORDO NATURALIS. Asparagi. Juss. Gen. p. 42.

Calyx triphyllus, persistens. Petala tria, calyce majora, persistentia. Antheræ crassæ, terminales, lateraliter dehiscentes. Pericarpium succulentum, 1-loculare, polyspermum. Stigmata 3, lateralia. Canlis apice 3-phyllus, foliis latis verticillatis: in horum centro l''-florus. Genus a Paride non tantum structurâ antherarum sed etiam fructu 1-loculari discrepans.''

T. foliis late rhombeo-ovatis, acuminatis; floribus subpendulis; calycis foliolis cuneatis; petalis calyce longe majoribus, spatulato-lanceolatis.

T. rhomboideum. var. γ. grandiflorum. Michaux: Fl.Boreali Am. v. 1, p. 216.

Sponte nascentem in Upper Canada, legit Franc. Masson.

This plant, communicated by George Hibbert, Esq. I believe has never before been figured, but I have little doubt the synonym above quoted belongs to it, and that it is a legitimate species. The petals in fading are tinged with a blush colour. It has been some years in this country, flowering soon after it rises out of the ground; and, like the rest of the genus, should be cultivated in a moist shady situation.

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