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  FAMILY 
  233 
  

  

  Ovary 
  3-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  thread-like 
  ; 
  stigma 
  knobbed 
  ; 
  ovules 
  

   many 
  in 
  1 
  cell, 
  solitary 
  in 
  the 
  2 
  others. 
  Fruit 
  nearly 
  globose, 
  

   1-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  borealis 
  L. 
  TWIN 
  FLOWER. 
  A 
  beautiful, 
  delicate 
  plant. 
  

   Corolla 
  pale 
  pink, 
  very 
  fragrant. 
  Moist 
  woods, 
  in 
  moss 
  and 
  cold 
  

   bogs 
  N. 
  

  

  V. 
  TRIOSTEUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Coarse, 
  hairy, 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  those 
  of 
  each 
  

   pair 
  somewhat 
  joined 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  stem 
  appears 
  to 
  

   rise 
  through 
  them. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  ovoid 
  ; 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  limb 
  

   leaf-like, 
  lance-linear, 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  knobbed 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   nearly 
  equally 
  5-lobed. 
  Ovary 
  usually 
  3-celled, 
  ripening 
  into 
  

   a 
  drupe 
  with 
  3 
  nutlets. 
  

  

  1. 
  T. 
  perfoliatum 
  L. 
  TINKER 
  WEED, 
  WILD 
  COFFEE, 
  FEVERWORT, 
  

   HORSE 
  GENTIAN. 
  Stem 
  unbranched, 
  soft-hairy, 
  2-4 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  

   spatulate-ovate, 
  abruptly 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  4-7 
  in. 
  long 
  and 
  2-4 
  

   in. 
  wide, 
  bordered 
  with 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  hairs. 
  Flowers 
  dark 
  brownish- 
  

   purple. 
  Corolla 
  about 
  i 
  in. 
  long, 
  sticky-downy. 
  Fruit 
  ellipsoidal, 
  

   orange-colored 
  when 
  ripe. 
  Common 
  along 
  fence 
  rows 
  and 
  in 
  rocky 
  

   woods. 
  

  

  VI. 
  VIBURNUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  small 
  trees. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  entire, 
  dentate 
  or 
  

   lobed, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  white, 
  in 
  ter- 
  

   minal 
  cymes 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  cyme 
  sometimes 
  greatly 
  

   enlarged 
  and 
  sterile. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  very 
  small, 
  5-toothed. 
  Corolla 
  

   wheel-shaped 
  or 
  bell-shaped, 
  5-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  inserted 
  in 
  

   the 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  corolla. 
  Ovary 
  1-3-celled, 
  1-3-ovuled, 
  but 
  only 
  

   1 
  ovule 
  maturing 
  ; 
  style 
  short, 
  3-lobed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  1-seeded 
  drupe, 
  

   with 
  soft 
  pulp.* 
  

  

  A 
  

  

  Flowers 
  around 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  cyme 
  without 
  stamens 
  or 
  pistils, 
  

  

  large 
  and 
  showy. 
  

  

  1. 
  V. 
  alnifolium 
  Marsh. 
  HOBBLEBUSH, 
  WITCH 
  HOBBLE. 
  A 
  shrub 
  

  

  about 
  5 
  ft. 
  high, 
  with 
  the 
  branches 
  reclining 
  and 
  often 
  rooting 
  and 
  

   forming 
  loops 
  (whence 
  the 
  popular 
  names). 
  Leaves 
  very 
  large, 
  

   roundish, 
  abruptly 
  taper-pointed, 
  serrate, 
  with 
  a 
  rusty 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  

   petioles 
  and 
  veinlets. 
  Cymes 
  very 
  broad 
  and 
  showy. 
  Fruit 
  red, 
  not 
  

   eatable. 
  

  

  