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HAB. Woods. N. Y. to Car. May, June. T?. Shrub 48 

 feet high. Flowers white. Fruit black. 



9. V. oxycoccus Pursh : leaves 3-lobed, acute at the base, 3-nerved ; 

 lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and obtusely toothed ; petioles 

 glandular ; cymes radiate ; flowers of the ray large and abortive V. 

 opulus var. americana Ait. V. opuloides Muhl. 



HAB. Woods. Can. and N. S. N. to Arc. Amer. May, June. 

 Tp. Shrub small, with spreading branches. Fruit large, sub- 

 globose, red, of an agreeable acid resembling that of cranberries. 



Tree Cranberry. 



10. V. edule Pursh: leaves 3-lobed, rather obtuse at the base, 3- 

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

 glandular ; cymes radiate. V. opulus var. edule Mich. 



, HAB. Banks of rivers. Can. andN. Y. N. to Arc. Amer. July. 

 11- A smaller and more upright shrub than the preceding ; 

 berries of the same colour and size, but when completely ripe 

 more agreeable to eat. Pursh. 



3. TRIOSTEUM. Linn. 



Calyx 5-cleft ; lobes linear-lanceolate, as long as the corol. 

 Carol tubular, subequally 5-Iobed, gibbous at base. Stamens 

 5, included. Stigma capitate. Berry 3-celled, 3-seeded, 

 crowned by the calyx. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



T. perfoliatum Linn. : leaves connate, spatulate, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, pubescent beneath ; margin undulate ; flowers 1 3 in the axils 

 of the leaves, sessile. T. niajus Mich. 



HAB. Rocky woods. N. Y. to Car. June. IS.. Stem 2 3 feet 

 high. Flowers purple. Medicinal. Big. Med. Bot. i. 90. 



Fever Root. 



4. DIERVILLA. Town. 



Calyx oblong, 5-cleft, bibracteate at base. Corol funnel- 

 form, 5-cleft, spreading, much longer than the calyx. Stamens 

 5, somewhat exserted. Stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, 

 acute, not crowned, 1-celled, many-seeded. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



D. tournefortii Mich. : peduncles axillary and terminal, dichotomous, 

 2 3-flowered ; leaves opposite, ovate, on short petioles, serrate, acu- 

 minate, smooth. D. lutea Pursh. D. canadensis Muhl. Lonicera dier- 

 tilla Linn. 



HAB. Rocky woods. Throughout the U. S. June. 1?. Shrub 

 23 feet high. Corol yellow. 



5. LONICERA. De, Cand. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corol tubular, campanulate or funnel- 

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