'fRioSTEUM. PENTANDR[A. MONOGYNIA. f4T 



no. TRIOSTEUM. L. 



Calyx 5-cleft ; segments linear, nearly as long as the 

 ^dorolla. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed, subequal, gibbous 

 at the base. Staynens included. Stigma capitate, 

 lobed. Berry 3-celled, 3-seeded, crowned with the 

 calyx. Gen. pi. 300. Nu 1 1. Gen. I. p. 139. J21 s s, 

 p. 211. Gar t. de fruct. I. t. 26. L a m. III. t. CL, 

 Roem. ^ SchulU Gen. 903. Nut, Ord. Capri- 

 vo-LiA Juss. Fever -wort, 



T. perfoUatxmi L. : leaves oval, aaiminate, abruptly nar- 

 vowed at the base, connate, pubescent beneath ; margin un- 

 dulate ; axils 1 — 3 flowered; flowers (purple) sessile. 

 Willd. Spec. I. p. 990. Pursh Fl. I. p. 162. Big. 

 Bost. p. 55. Med. BoL 1. p. 90. t. J 9. BarU Veg. MaU 

 Med,t.4. Elliott Sk. \.Tp. '2G9. Roem. ^Schult, 

 V. p. 221. T. majus Mich. Fl. I. p. 107. Triosteosper- 

 mum, latiorefoHo.&c. Dill. Elth. 394. t, 293. f.378. 



Hoot perennial, thick and fleshy. Stem 2—3 feet high, when 

 young viscosely pubescent. Leaves 6 — 7 inches long, some- 

 what spathulate, tomentose beneath, scabrous above ; base 

 sometimes very narrow, but always connate. Floivers sessile, 

 1—3 in the axil of each leaf. Segments of the calyx acute, 

 pubescent, often longer than the corolla. Corolla dull purple, 

 about half an inch long, viscosely pubescent, tube very gibbous 

 at the base ; segments of the border subrotund. Filaments 

 bearded; anr/jers oblong, incumbent. 5?y/e nearly as long as 

 the corolla; stigma incrassated, somewhat 5-lobed. Berry 

 ovate, dry, orange, (purple, Furs/i,) crowned with the 

 spreading persistent calyx. Seeds elliptic, hard, with 3 striae 

 externally. 



Hab. Iri rocky woods, and on mountains ; rare. In woods en 

 Long-Island, near Brooklyn. On the hills betvpeen Hoboken 

 and Weehawk, New-Jersey, See. June. 



A mild emetic and cathartic. I have never observed the 

 berries of this plant dark purple, as they are described by 

 Fur sA, and as they are represented by B art o n. 



171. ITEA. L. 



Calyx minute, 5-cleft. Fefa/s 5, linear, reflexed, 

 spreading, inserted upon the calyx. Stigma capitate, 

 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds attached to the infiexed margins of the valves. 

 Gen.pl. 381. Mich. Fl. I. p. 156. M'utt. Gen. 



