162 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



FEVERWORT. HORSE GENTIAN (Triosteum 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, summer. 



BRANCHING BUR-REED (Sparganium androcladum) . 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. 



