578 CAPRIFOLIACEAE 



3. Triosteum L. 



Leaves ovate or oval; flowers purplish or dull red. 



Leaves or some of them connate- perfoliate; fruit orange- 

 yellow. I. T. perfoliatum. 



Leaves narrowed to a sessile base; fruit orange-red. 2. T. aurantiacum. 



Leaves lanceolate or oval-lanceolate; flowers yellowish. 3. T. angustifolium. 



1. T. perfoliatum L. In rich soil: Mass. to Minn., Ala., Ky. 



and Kan. 



Conn. Common along the coast, decreasing and perhaps wanting 

 inland. 



N. Y. Frequent on L. I. and S. I. 



N. J. Rare and scattered over the state, except in the pine- 

 barrens, there only occasionally adventive; increasing southward. 



Pa. Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Delaware and Chester 

 counties. 



Tertiarj', unknown on Beacon Hill, not common elsewhere: Cre- 

 taceous, scattered; Older Formations, decreasing northward. 138- 



220 days. Sea level-1,000 ft. 



2. T. aurantiacum Bicknell. In woods: Que. to Minn., Mass., 



N. Car., Ky. and Iowa. 



Conn. Rare along the coast, increasing but not common north- 

 ward. 



N. Y. Rare and local on L. I. and S. I., increasing northward. 



N. J. Very rare in northern Monmouth Co., thence increasing 

 but never common northward ; not in the pine-barrens. 



3. T. angustifolium L. In rich soil: Conn, and L. I. to N. J., 



Pa., Ala., 111. and La. 



Conn. South Windsor, East Granby, Milford and Stratford. 



N. Y. Glen Cove, L. I. 



N. J. Milltown and Rocky Hill. 



Pa. Berks, Bucks, Philadelphia and Chester counties. 



4. Linnaea [Gronov.] L. 

 1. L. americana Forbes. In cold woods: Newf. to Alask., S. 

 Dak., Col., Pa., Md., Mich, and Utah. 



Conn. Scattered over most of the state, increasing northwestward. 

 N. Y. Babylon, L. I.,* (not recently collected) otherwise known 

 only from the Catskills in Greene, Delaware and Ulster counties; 

 reported from but not definitely known now on S. I. 



* See Introduction paragraph 39. 



