146 CAPRIFOLIACE^. 



divergent ; petioles hairy, with two seiaceous appendages ; C3mies on long 

 peduncles ; fruit oval, compressed. 



Rocky woods. Can. to Flor. W. to Oregon.? May, June. T^. — Stem 4 — 6 

 feet high, with slender branches. Flowers white, slightly tinged with red. 

 Fruit nearly black. Maple-leaved Arrow-wood. 



9. V. paucijlorum Pylaie : branches and petioles smoothish ; leaves 

 roundish, rarely subcordate, slightly 3-lobed or incised at the stinimit, 

 mostly 5-nerved from the base, unequally serrate, smoothish ; petioles with- 

 out stipuliform appendages ; cymes pedunculate. ( Torr. tf* Gr.) 



Mountains. N. H. Ver. and N. Y. Newfoundland. June. T^ . — Stem 2 — 3 

 feet high. Leaves smooth or slightly pubescent beneath. Cymes seldom an 

 inch in diameter. Fruit red. Still a doubtful si^ecies. 



. Mountain Bush Cranberry. 



10. V. Oxycoccus Pursh. : leaves 3-lobed, acute at the base, 3-nerved ; 

 lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and obtusely toothed ; petioles glan- 

 dular ; cymes radiate ; flowers of the ray large and abortive. V. Opulus, 

 var. Americanum Ait. Torr. cf* Or. V. opuloides Muhl. 



Woods. Arct. Araer. to N. J. May, June. — A small shrub with spreading 

 branches. Fruit large, subglobose, red, intensely acid and shghtly bitter ; some- 

 times used as a substitute for cranberries. Cranberry -like Viburnum. 



11. V. cdule Pursh. : leaves 3-lobed, rather obtuse at the base, 3-nerved ; 

 lobes very short, with acuminate-dentate serratares; petioles glandular; 

 cymes radiate. V. Opulus^vax. Americanum Torr. <f« Gr. 



Banks of rivers. Arct. Amer. to N. Y. July. — A smaller and more upright 

 shrub than the preceding ; berries of the same color and size, but when com- 

 pletely ripe more agreeable to eat. Pursh. Eatable VUmrnum 



3. TRIOSTEUM. Linn.— Feyerwoit. 



(From the Greek tjseij, three, and osrtov, a bone ; in allusion to its three bony 

 seeds.) 



Calyx with the tube ovoid and the hmb 5 -parted ; lobes lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, persistent. Corolla tubular, subequally 5-lobed, 

 gibbous at base. Stamens 5, included. Stigma capitate. 

 Berry rather dry, crowned by the calyx, with 3 — 5 bony 

 nucules. 



1, T. perfoUatum Linn.: stem glandular-hairy; leaves lance-oval or 

 spatulate-ovate, acuminate, entire, abruptly narrowed at base, connate, 

 velvety pubescent beneath ; flowers 1—3 in the axils of the leaves, sessile. 

 T. majus Mich. 



Rocky woods. Mass. to Car. W to Miss. June. %.—Stem 2—4 feet high. 

 Flowers purple. Medicinal. Big. Med. Bot. i. 90. Perfoliate Fevenoort. 



2. T. angustifolium Linn. : stem hispid ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, 

 acuminate, tapering to the base, pubescent or almost glabrous beneath, hir- 

 sute above ; flowers mostly solitary in the axils, sessile or pedunculate. T. 

 minus Mich. 



Shady places. Del. to Car. W. to Ark. and Miss. May, June. 7]..— Smaller 

 than the preceding. Flowers yellowish. NarrovAeaved- Fever wort. 



