PENTANDRIA, MONOOTNIA. 1(1 



110. TRIOSTEUM. Gen. pi. 300. (Caprifului) 



Calix 5- cleft, persistent, nearly the length of 

 the corolla; segments linear, acute. Corolla 

 bibulous, 5-lobed, subequal, base nectarife- 

 rous, gibbous. Stigma somewhat 5-lobed, 

 capitate. Berry 3-celled, 2-seeded, crown- 

 ed with the calix. — NutU * 



1. T. leaves connate, spathulate-lanceolate, acumi- i ,trfolia,a,li - 



nate ; flowers sessile, verticillate. — Sp. PI, 

 T. mjus, INIich. 



Icon. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. t. 4. 



tr-WOft. Red-jloivered Fever root. Gentian. 

 Bastard lpecacuhana. Wild 'coffee. Dr. Tinker '.v 

 weed. False Ipecacuanha. White Gentian. Per- 

 foliate Fever-root. 



From two to three feet high — rarely four. Flowers crimson 

 red, berries scai It t red. A very rare plant in this vicinity. 

 In the woods of Lemon-hill, bordering the Schuylkill, and 

 hear the Lancaster turnpike road, close to the Columbus inn ; 

 in both localities by no means abundant. In Kingsess gardens, 

 ited ) Perennial. June. 



111. DROSERA. Gen. pi. 531. (Capparides.) 



Calix 5- cleft, persistent. Petals 5. Anthers 

 2-lobed, growing to the filaments. Germ 

 superior. Style 1. Stigmas 3 or 4 diver- 

 gent, deeply bifid. Capsule 1 -celled, 3 cr 

 4-valvcd, many-seeded. Seeds attached to 

 the middle of each valve. — ATutt. 



1 . D« scapes radicating, simple ; leaves suborbicular, rutuudifoii*. 

 tapering at base ; petioles long, hairy. — Willd. and 

 Pursh. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 1028. 



