CArRiFOLiACE.*:. (honkvslckli. 



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9. V. ntldum, L. Obscurely scurfy-jiUiK tute ; leaves 



ish, oval, oblong or lanceolate, entire or olisoletely denticulate, ''i^'*. branches 

 4' long) ; peduncle usuallj equalling the ci/inc. — N. J. to Fla. ' >^lien old ; 



-I- -t- Coinpaiitul ci/vies sessile, 3-5-rai/ed ; drupes oval, 5-7" lou.l'^ 



10. V. Lentigo, L. (Sweet Viburnitm. Siikkp-hekuy.) I^avfsovVu' 

 strong! ij pointed, closely and very shurpl.f serrate ; petioles long and margined ; 

 cyme large; fruit oval, \' long or more, ri])e in autumn, edilde ; tree 15-30° 

 higli. — Woods and banks of streams, from the Atlantic to Mo., Minn., and 

 nortliward. ¥\. in spring. 



11. V. prunifblium, L. (Black Hwv.) A^^/vs ora/,o/j/Mse or slightly 

 pointed,. ////(/// mid shdrplj serrate, smaller tliau in tiie preceding (1 -2' long) ; 

 fruit similar or rather smaller. — Dry or moist ground, N. Y. to Mich., Kan., 

 and southward. Flowering early. — A tall shrub or small tree. 



12. V. obovatum, Walt. Shrub 2-8° high; leaves olwvate or spatu- 

 late, obtuse, entire or denticulate, thickish, small (1 - 1^' long), shining; cymes 

 small ; fruit 5" long, black. — Kiver-bauks and swamps, Va. to P'la. May. 



4. TRidSTEUM, L. Feveu-wout. House-Gentian. 



Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, leaf-like, persistent. Corolla tubular, gibbous 

 at base, somewhat equally 5-lobed, scarcely longer than the calyx. Stamens h. 

 Ovary mostly 3-celled, in fruit forming a rather dry drupe, containing as many 

 ribbed l-seeded bony nutlets. — Coarse, hairy, pei'ennial herbs, leafy to the top ; 

 the ample entire pointed leaves tapering to the ba.se, but connate round the 

 simple stem. Flowers sessile, solitary or clustered in the axils. (Name an 

 abbreviation of Triosteospermum, alluding to the three bony nutlets.) 



1. T. perfoli^tum, L. Softli/ hair >/ {2-4° hh^h); leaves oral, ahrupth/ 

 narrowed beloir, downy beneath; flowers brownish-purple, mostly clustered ; 

 fruit orange-color, |' long. — Rich woodlands, (^anada and X. Eng. to Minn., 

 Iowa, and Ala. June. Also called Tinkeu's-weei>, Wild Coffee, etc. 



2. T. angUStifblium, L. Smaller, brisllj-hairij ; leaves lanceolate, taper- 

 iufj to the base; fi(^wers greeuish-cream-color, mostly single in the axils. — 

 Shady grounds, Va. to 111., Mo., and Ala. May. 



5. LINN.^A, Gronov. Twin-flowek. 



Calyx-teeth 5, awl-shaped, deciduous. Corolla narrow bell-shaped, almost 

 equally 5-lobed. Stamens 4, two of them shorter, inserted toward the ba.se of 

 the corolla. Ovary and tlie small dry ])i»d .'^-celled, but only 1 -.seeded, two of 

 the cells having only abortive ovules. — A slender creeping and trailing little 

 evergreen, somewhat hairy, with rounded-oval sparingly crenate leaves con- 

 tracted at the ba.se into short petioles, and thread-like upright peduncles fork- 

 ing into 2 pedicels at the top, each bearing a delicate and fragrant nodding 

 flower. Corolla purple and whitish, hairy inside. (Dedicated to the immortal 

 IJnnaus, who first pointed out its characters, and with whom this pretty little 

 plant was a s])ecial favorite.) 



1. Ij. bore^lis, Linnaus. — Moist mos.sy woods and cidd bogs, X. Eng. 

 to N. J. and the mountains <»f Mil., west to Minn. ; also far nortii and west. 

 June. (Eu.) 



