Genus 3. 



HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



1. 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'-<j' 

 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. 



Triosteum aurantiacum Bicknell. 



Scarlet-fruited Horse-Gentian. 

 Fig. 3973- 



T, aurantiacum Bicknell, Torreya 1 : 26. 1901. 



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

 puberulent to hirsute. Leaves thin, ovate, 

 ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5'-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, /'-10" 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. 

 Fig- 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'-5' long, 

 i'-i 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-Iobed, 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 1 perfect pendulous ovule. Fruit nearly globose, 3-celled, 2 of the cells empty, the 



