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1. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Fever- 
wort. Horse-Gentian. Fig. 3972. 
Triosteum perfoliatum L. Sp. Pl. 176. 1753, 
,otem erect, stout, finely glandular-pubescent, 
2°-4 high. Leaves ovate to broadly oval, 4’-0' 
long, 2’-4’ wide, acute or acuminate at the 
apex, abruptly narrowed at the base, connate- 
perfoliate, soft-pubescent beneath, somewhat 
hairy above, the margins entire or sinuate; 
bracts linear; corolla dull purplish-brown, 
greenish below, 6”-10” long, viscid-pubescent, 
about the length of the calyx-lobes, the limb 
nearly regular; filaments bearded; drupe 4”-6” 
long, obovoid-globose, orange-yellow, densely 
and finely pubescent; nutlets usually 3. 
In rich soil, Massachusetts to Alabama, Ken- 
tucky and Kansas. Fever-root. Wild or wood 
ipecac. Tinker’s-weed. Wild coffee. Horse-gin- ; 
seng. White gentian. Genson (N.C.). Ascends , " : 
3000 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 2. Triosteum aurantiacum Bicknell. 
Scarlet-fruited Horse-Gentian. 
Fig. 3973. 
T. aurantiacum Bicknell, Torreya 1: 26. 1901. 
Stems stout, erect, 2°-4° tall, glandular- 
puberulert to hirsute. Leaves thin, ovate, 
ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5’-10’ long, 
acuminate at the apex, more or less dilated at 
the base, but not connate-perfoliate, minutely 
soft-pubescent beneath, thinly appressed- 
pubescent above or nearly glabrous; corolla 
dull-red, 7’-10” long, often shorter than the 
calyx-lobes; filaments bearded throughout or 
‘nearly so; drupe oblong-ovoid or obovoid, 
6-7” long, orange-red, densely short-pubes- 
cent; nutlets usually 3. 
In rich woods and thickets, New Brunswick to 
Quebec, Minnesota, Missouri and North Carolina. 
May-June. 
Triosteum angustifolium L. Yellow 
or Narrow-leaved Horse-Gentian. 
Fig. 3974. 
Triosteum angustifolium L. Sp. Pl. 176. 1753. 
Stem slender and hirsute-pubescent, 1°-3° 
high. Leaves lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate at the apex, 3’-5’ long, 
4’-1)’ wide, rough-pubescent, tapering to the 
sessile base, or the lower smaller, obtuse and 
spatulate; corolla yellowish, 6’-7” long; flow- 
ers commonly solitary in the axils. 
In rich soil, Connecticut and Long Island to 
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, 
Illinois and Louisiana. May-Aug. 
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4. LINNAEA [Gronov.] L. Sp. Pl. 631. 1753. 
Creeping, somewhat woody herbs, with opposite evergreen petioled obovate or orbicular 
leaves, and perfect pink or purplish flowers borne in pairs at the summit of elongated ter- 
minal peduncles. Calyx-tube ovoid, the limb 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate or funnelform, 
5-lobed, the lobes imbricate. Stamens 4, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, didyn- 
amous, included. Ovary 3-celled, 2 of the cavities with several abortive ovules, the other 
with 1 perfect pendulous ovule. Fruit nearly globose, 3-celled, 2 of the cells empty, the 
