CLASS VII. 

 H E P T A N D R I A 



ORDER I. 

 MONOGYNIA. 



264. Trientalis. 265. ^sculus. 



264. TRIENTALIS. L. 



Calyx 7-leaved. Corolla 7-parted, equal, flat. Berry 

 dry, 1-celled, many-seeded. Gen, pi 626. Nii t U 

 Gen. I. p. 242. Juss. p. 96. Lam. III. t. 275. 

 Nat. Ord. Lysimachi^e J u s s. Primulacej: 

 R. Brown, Chick-weed JVintergreen, 



T. europcea /S. angustifolia* : leaves narrow-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, oblique. T. americana Pursh Fl. I. p. 256. 

 Bart. FL Am, Sept. II. t. 47. To europcea M i c k» Fl. L 

 p. 220. Big. Bost. p. 85. 



Root creepinjj, perennial. Stems simple, erect, slender, terete, 

 about 6 inches high. Leaves 6—7, in a terirdnal whorl, with 

 2—3 smaller ones on the stem, narrow, or oblung-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate at each extremity, a little twisted at the base, 

 smooth on both sides, entire. Peduncles 3—4, arising from 

 the centre of the whorl of leaves, filiform, a little inclined, an 

 inch and a half, or 2 inches in length, each terminated by a 

 single flower half an inch in diameter. Leaflets of the calyx 

 subulate, cuspidate. Corolla white, deeply 7— 8-parted, nearly 

 as long again as the calyx ; segments obovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate. Stamens 7— Z, shorter than the corolla ; 7?/am(?7i^ff 

 very slender, inserted at the base of the corolla ; anthers sim- 

 ple, linear, involute when decaying. Gcrmen superior, glo- 

 bose: style ^Wiovm, as long as the stamens; stigma emargi- 

 nate. Berry small, dry, resembling a capsule, white, menibra- 

 naceous. Seeds few, seated on a central spongy receptacle. _ 

 Hab. In sphagnous swamps abounding with evergreens, and in 

 low woods. May— June. 



