TRIENTALIS AMERICANA. 



AMERICAN CHICK-WEED WINTER GREEN. 



Heptandria Monogynia, Linn. Lis'imacluse, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 7-leaved. Corolla 7-parted, equal, flat. Berry 1-celled, juiceless. Seeds many 

 (Stamina 5, 6, 7, and 8.) 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, oblique. Pursh. 



SYNONYM. 

 Trientalis Europea, Mich, and others. 



Plant a span high, very delicate, slender, and simple. Root fibrous, 

 small, yellowish. Stem erect, invested with a few very small, scattered 

 scale-like leaves, bearing no proportion to the size of the other leaves of 

 the plant which are collected together in a tuft or whorl at the top of the 



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