No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 367 



Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. (racemed), var. laevigatus 



Fernald (smoothed). 

 Symphoricarpos racemosus of authors, not Michx. 

 Snowberry. Snowball. 



Rare. Roadsides and about old house sites as an escape 

 from cultivation: Ledyard and Montville (Graves), Southing- 

 ton (Andrews), Goshen (Bissell), Oxford (Harger), Milford, 

 Fairfield and Ridgefield (Eames). June — Aug.; fruit Sept. 

 — Oct. Introduced from the Northwest. 



LINNAEA L. Twin-flower. 



Linnaea borealis L. (northern), var. americana (Forbes) Reh- 

 der. 

 Linnaea borealis Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L. 

 Linnaea. Twin-flower. 



Rare. Woods, either moist or dry : Ledyard and Franklin 

 (Graves), Glastonbury (Mrs. F. W. Starmer), Granby (L 

 Holcomb), New Haven, formerly on East Rock (H. C. 

 Beardslee), Milford (G. B. Grinnell, W. A. Setchell), Corn- 

 wall (E. E. Brewster). June. 



TRIOSTEUM L. Horse Gentian. Feverwort. 



Triosteum perfoliatum L. (with leaves meeting around the 



stem). 

 Feverwort. Tinker's Weed. Wild Coffee. 



Frequent in dry fields and copses in the shore towns ; not 

 reported inland. Late May — June ; fruit Sept. — Oct. 



Medicinal, as is the following species. 



Triosteum aurantiacum Bicknell (orange-colored). 

 Feverwort. Wild Coffee. Horse Gentian. 



Dry woods, copses or pastures. Groton (Bissell), Frank- 

 lin (Graves), and occasional or local westward and north- 

 ward. May — June ; fruit Aug. — Sept. 



Triosteum angustifolium L. (narrow-leaved). 



Rare. Rocky or sandy open woods : South Windsor and 

 East Granby (H. S. Clark), Milford and Stratford, four 

 widely separated stations (Eames). May; fruit Aug. 



