: 62 - Triosteum perfoliatum. 
grbbosity, which is articulated with the germ, The stamens are five 
number, inclosed within the corolla, and alternate with the lobes 
or lacitiiz. The pistil is somewhat longer than ‘the stamens, and 
appears conspicuously above the corolla. Stigma oblong. The calix 
is composed of five linear segments obscurely ciliated on their mar- 
gins, of a dark purplish colour, and half an inch long. The germ 
to which they are articulated, is beneath; and garnished with a single 
green bract, longer and broader than the calix leaves, and proceed- 
ing from its base. The berries succeed to the flowers, generally in 
he number of six to each axil; sometimes there are but three, but 
occasionally nine, in luxuriant plants. They are ovate, of a dark 
_ purple colour, with three divisions, and contain three hard seeds. 
They ripen in September. 
- This plant is somewhat rare, though I have seen it on the rocky 
limestone hills a little beyond the Maryland line, on the York and 
Baltimore road, in great quantities. It is also very frequent in the 
hilly woods bordering the Conestogo Creek, near Lancaster in Penn- 
sylvania ; and remarkably abundant in a thicket about one mile from 
the town of Lancaster, on the seat of Charles. Smith, Esq. In the 
vicinity of Philadelphia it is very rare. Indeed I have only found it 
in a wild state, on the Schuylkill, near Lemon-hill, It delights in 
rich limestone soil, on rocky or stony ground, preferring the shade ; 
but is often found in different situations. Its range is, from the 
northernmost state of New England to Carolina ; and — fur- 
ther south. lg in June. | hos ae 
