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duncles from the upper axils, or terminal. (Named in compliment 
to M. Dierville , who sent this species from Canada to Tournefort.) 
1. I>. trifida, Mcench. Leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed, 
petioled ; peduncles mostly 3-flowered ; pod long-beaked. (D. Cana¬ 
densis, Muhl.) — Rocks, common, especially northward. June - Aug. 
— Flowers honey-color, not showy. Style exserted. 
5. TRIOSTEUM, L. Fever-wort. Horse-Gentian. 
Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, leaf-like, persistent. Corolla tubu¬ 
lar, gibbous at the base, somewhat equally 5-lobed, scarcely long¬ 
er than the calyx. Stamens 5. Ovary mostly 3-celled, in fruit 
forming a rather dry drupe, containing as many angled and ribbed 
1-seeded bony nuts. — Coarse hairy perennial herbs, leafy to the 
top; with the ample entire pointed leaves tapering to the base, but 
connate round the simple stem. Flowers sessile, and solitary or 
clustered in the axils. (Name from rpeis, three , and ocrreov , a 
bone , alluding to the three bony seeds, or rather nuts.) 
1. T. pcrf'olintuni, L. Softly hairy; leaves oval, abrvptly 
narrowed below , downy beneath ; flowers dull brownish-purple, most¬ 
ly clustered in the axils. — Rich woodlands, not rare. June. — Stem 
2? -4° high. Fruit orange-color, long. 
2. X. ailgUStitolilim, L. Bristly-hairy ; leaves lanceolate , 
tapering to the base ; flowers greenish-cream-color, mostly single in 
the axils.— S. Pennsylvania and westward. Smaller than the last. 
Tribe n. SAMBUCEiE. The Elder Tribe. 
6. SAUIBIJCUS, Tourn. Elder. 
Calyx-lobes minute, or obsolete. Corolla urn-shaped, with a 
broadly spreading 5-cleft limb. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Fruit a 
berry-like juicy drupe, containing 3 little nutlets like seeds. — 
Shrubby plants, with a rank smell when bruised, pinnate leaves, 
serrate pointed leaflets, and numerous small and white flowers in 
compound cymes. (Name from crap^vKrj, an ancient musical in¬ 
strument, supposed to have been made of Elder-wood.) 
1. S. Canadensis, L. (Common Elder.) Stems scarcely 
woody (5° - 10° high) ; leaflets 7-11, oblong , smooth , the lower often 
3-parted ; cymes flat, 5-parted ; fruit black-purple. — Fence-rows and 
borders of thickets. June. 
2. S. piibens, Michx. (Red-berried Elder.) Stems woody, 
the bark warty; leaflets 5-7, ovate-lanceolate , downy underneath; 
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