GENUS 3. 



HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



i. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Fever- 

 wort. Horse-Gentian. Fig. 3972. 



Triosteum perfoliatum L. Sp. PI. 176. 1753. 



Stem erect, stout, finely glandular-pubescent, 

 2-4 high. Leaves ovate to broadly oval, 4'-o/ 

 long, 2'-4' wide, acute or acuminate at the 

 apex, abruptly narrowed at the base, connate- 

 perfoliate, soft-pubescent beneath, somewhat 

 hairy above, the margins entire or sinuate; 

 bracts linear; corolla dull purplish-brown, 

 greenish below, 6"-io" long, viscid-pubescent, 

 about the length of the calyx-lobes, the limb 

 nearly regular ; filaments bearded ; drupe 4"-6" 

 long, obovoid-globose, orange-yellow, densely 

 and finely pubescent; nutlets usually 3. 



In rich soil, Massachusetts to Alabama, Ken- 

 tucky and Kansas. Fever-root. Wild or wood 

 ipecac. Tinker's-weed. Wild coffee. Horse-gin- 

 seng. White gentian. Genson (N. C.). Ascends 

 3000 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 



2. Triosteum aurantiacum Bicknell. 



Scarlet-fruited Horse-Gentian. 



Fig. 3973- 



T. aurantiacum Bicknell, Torreya i : 26. 1901. 



Stems stout, erect, 2-4 tall, glandular- 

 puberulent to hirsute. Leaves thin, ovate, 

 ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, s'-io' long, 

 acuminate at the apex, more or less dilated at 

 the base, but not connate-perfoliate, minutely 

 soft-pubescent beneath, thinly appressed- 

 pubescent above or nearly glabrous; corolla 

 dull-red, 7"-io" long, often shorter than the 

 calyx-lobes ; filaments bearded throughout or 

 nearly so; drupe oblong-ovoid or obovoid, 

 6"-7" long, orange-red, densely short-pubes- 

 cent; nutlets usually 3. 



In rich woods and thickets, New Brunswick to 

 Quebec, Minnesota, Missouri and North Carolina. 

 May-June. 



Triosteum angustifolium L. Yellow 

 or Narrow-leaved Horse-Gentian. 

 3974- 



Triosteum angustifolium L. Sp. PI. 176. 1753. 



Stem slender and hirsute-pubescent, i-3 

 high. Leaves lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate at the apex, 3'-s' long, 

 i'-ii' wide, rough-pubescent, tapering to the 

 sessile base, or the lower smaller, obtuse and 

 spatulate; corolla yellowish, 6"~7" long; flow- 

 ers commonly solitary in the axils. 



In rich soil, Connecticut and Long Island to 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama. 

 Illinois and Louisiana. May-Aug. 



4. LINNAEA [Gronov.] L. Sp. PI. 631. 1753. 

 Creeping, somewhat woody herbs, with opposite evergreen petioled obovate or orbicular 

 leaves, and perfect pink or purplish flowers borne in pairs at the summit of elongated ter- 

 minal peduncles. Calyx-tube ovoid, the limb 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate or funnelform, 

 5-lobed, the lobes imbricate. Stamens 4, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, didyn- 

 amous, included. Ovary 3-celled, 2 of the cavities with several abortive ovules, the other 

 with r perfect pendulous ovule. Fruit nearly globose, 3-celled, 2 of the cells empty, the 



