; Roc Triosteum. Fever-wort. Horse Gentian, &c. 
HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 161 
-. oes the Trumpet Honeysuckle, (L. seMprr’yrrens,) a native 
species with a long tubular, red or yellow corolla with the 
sino aie ided into 5 short, nearly equal lobes. 
2. SYMPHORICAR’PUS, Dill. Snowserry. 
[Greek, Symphoreo, to bear together, and Karpos, fruit; the berries growing in dense 
“clusters.] 
Calyz-teeth short, persistent on the ie wommees 2 ae regular! 
Sobed with as many stamens ins Ova secled, 
Aad si Low shrubs with teeth of pot a 
‘Short close clusters. The upper flowers Prag developing after the lower 
ones of the cluster have matured their 
1, S. racemo’sus, Mz. Spikes terminal, loose, interrupted, often 
somewhat rr corolla bearded within ; berries white, 
Snow-Berry. 
Shrub 2-4 feet + high, apes rous slende: i ig ri Leaves 
1-2 inches long, — r les: abe pray ov ov: te, often undulate margin, those of the 
g shoots sometim: beg ers skip grrr er sb softly: ie upper aenshen 
is 
'y too’ 
. Flowers about % of an inch ces rose color. Berries brilliant white. 
Rocky banks: North and West. June-~September. 
Obs, This is often seen in cultivation, a — white berries, which 
remain on the | bush until winter, making it a conspicuous object ae 
the shrubbery. 
3. TRIOS’TEUM, L. Fever-worr. 
[Greek, Treis, three, and Osteon, a bone ; from its three Re 
Sorte ovoid ; segments lance-linear, foliaceous, ae 
gibbous at base, ane equally 5-lobed. Berr, cK guts a 
Sele, with 3 bony l-seeded nuts. ee pest ag y hers: gi 
nate, ta; pering at ae ; flowers axi 
LT erfolia’tum, i. poy Bas : {oS ere ab- ‘ 
rot eoned at base ; axils 1 — 3-flowered ; flowers dark, brownish- _ 
Stem 2-4 feet high, simple, he taaedom i while young. Leaves 4-6 inches long, and 
2-4 inches wide, often narrowed en a petiole at base, but pire eee the 
_ Margin gis ® pubescent. | Corolla a ut half an inch long, viscid-pubescent. Berry oval, 
: Rocky \ wets hak 
~ Obs. The root of this plant was formerly somewhat noted as an Indian 
medicine ; but is now neglected. Joun ae (in the prkende-ny to 
: Rho hd Medicina Britancied) says it is “ 
our Northern = 
nies Dr. Tinker’s Weed ; in i Peamytranio Genta and to the oa 
ward. ot “ Fever 
