162 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Feverwort. Horse Gentian {Triostemn perfoliatum). 

 Honeysuckle family. 

 Ht. few ft.; perennial herb with rather stout stem; 

 flowers axillary ; corolla " purplish-brown " (Britton 

 and Brown), tubular, with edge 5-lobed; calyx 

 with very long pointed lobes, persisting in the fruit 

 (a large orange berry) ; leaves opposite, oval or 

 egg-shaped, not toothed, wavy, somewhat clasp- 

 ing. Rich ground. Spring, simimer. 



Branching Bur-reed {Sparganium androdadum). Cat- 

 tail family. 

 Max. ht. 3 ft.; flowers minute, brownish, in round 

 heads arranged along the slender and branching 

 stem; leaves long and narrow. Wet ground. 

 Summer. 



Beechdrops {Epiphegus Virginiana). Broomrape 

 family. 

 Low plant; branching fleshy stem with scales but 

 no leaves; flowers small, tubular, in spike or raceme, 

 brown-purple-yellow. Under beech trees. Late 

 summer, autumn. 



