capiufoliacejE. 147 



awl-shaped, persistent. Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, nearly 

 regular. Stamens 5. Capsule oblong, acute, 2-cclled, 

 2-valved, septicidal, many-seeded. — Low upright shrubs, with 

 opposite, rrate pointed leaves, and yellowish /lowers 



in cymosely-sev r d peduncles. 



D. TRiriDA, Meench. Bush Honeysuckle. 



\xs oblong-ovate, acuminate, petioled ; pcdui.cUs incstly C-fJowercd; capvd* 



.kcd. 

 : v woods and banks of streams. May — July. Stan 1 to 3 feet high, 

 I by 1 to \\: 2 inches, finely serrate, long-pointed. Flotvtrs 

 ■ ix capitate. 



3. TRIOSTEUM. Linn. 



Gr. trcis, three, and ost on, a bone; alluding io 'h three bony seeds. 



Calyx-lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, leaf-like, persistent. 

 Corolla tubular, swelled at the base, somewhat equally 5 

 lobed, scarcely longer than the calyx. SrAMEWS 5, included. 

 Stigma capitate, lobed. Fruit a drupe, mostly 3-celled, 

 crowned with the calyx, containing 3 angled and ribbed, 

 bony nuts. — Coarse' hairy perennial herbs, iviih the stem 

 i to the top, and the ample entire pointed leaves tapering 

 to the laze, hut connate around the stem. 



1. T. PERFOLIATE M, I*. Fcvcrwort. 



Softly bairy; havs oval or spatul?.tc-cvatc, tcuminatc, entire, abruptly nar- 

 rowed at the base, crenate, downy beneath: jlowcrs sessile, 1 to 3. in the axils of 

 the leaves. 



Rich woodlands. June. Stem 2 to -i feet high. Leaves 6 by 3 inches. Fruit a 

 ■ dry drupe, orange-colored. The root is large and fleshy, and in some repute 

 in medicine. 



2. T. ANGeJSTiFOLiUM, L. Narrow-leaved Fcvericort. 



Bristly hairy; leaves lanceolate, tapering to the base; flowers mostly solitary in 

 the axi'.s. sessile or pedunculate. 



Shady places, along fences. May, June. Stem 1 to 2 feet high. Flowers groen- 

 i&L-oream-color, mostly singly clustered in the axils of the haves. 



4. SY3IPIIORICARPUS. Dill. 



Gr. symphoreo, to lear together, and carpus, fruit; from the clustered berries.. 



Calyx-tebe 4 to 5-toothed;. persistent; teeth small. Co- 

 rolla bell-shaped, nearly regularly 4 to- 5-lobed. Stamens 

 4 to 5, inserted into the throat of the corolla. Ovary 

 4-celied, only 2 of the cells with, a fertile ovulo; the berry 

 therefore 4-celled and 2-seeded. Seeds long. — Low and 

 branching upright shrubs, with oval shortly petioled leaves^ 

 and small while flowers tinged with rose-color, in close short; 

 spikes or clusters, 



