146 CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



divergent ; petioles hairy, with two setaceous appendages ; cymes on long 

 peduncles ; fruit oval, compressed. 



Rocky woods. Can. to Flor. W. to Oregon. ? May, June. Ir^.Stem 46 

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

 Fruit nearly black. Maple-leaved Arruw-wood. 



0. V. paucifiorum Pylaie : branches and petioles smoothish ; leaves 

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

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

 out stipuliform appendages ; cymes pedunculate. ( Torr. <f- Or.) 



Mountains. N. H. Ver. and N. Y. Newfoundland. June. T^ .Stem 23 

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

 inch in diameter. Fruit red. Still a doubtful species. 



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. tf* Gr. V. opuloides Muhl. 



Woods. A ret. Amer. to N. J. May, June. A small shrub w T ith spreading 

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

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



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

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

 cymes radiate. V. Opulus,\a.r. Americanum Torr. <$ 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 Viburnum 



3. TRIOSTEUM. Linn. Feverwort. 



(From the Greek TJSEIJ, three, and ojreoy, a bone ; in allusion to its three bony 

 seeds.) 



Calyx with the tube ovoid and the limb 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. perfoliatum 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 Fevencort. 



2. T. an gust (folium 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. Tj.. Smaller 

 than the preceding. Flowers yellowish. Narrovi-havcd- Fevfr wort. 



