. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. The naked winter-buds ally this species to V. Genus 3. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY I. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Fever-wort. Horse-Gentian. Fig. 3972. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Sp. PI. 176. 1753. Stem erect, stout, finely glandular-pubescent,2°-4° high. Leaves ovate to broadly oval, 4-9long, 2-4 vv^ide, acute or acuminate at theapex, abruptly narrowed at the base, connate-perfoliate, sof
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. The naked winter-buds ally this species to V. Genus 3. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY I. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Fever-wort. Horse-Gentian. Fig. 3972. Triosteum perfoliatum L. Sp. PI. 176. 1753. Stem erect, stout, finely glandular-pubescent,2°-4° high. Leaves ovate to broadly oval, 4-9long, 2-4 vv^ide, acute or acuminate at theapex, abruptly narrowed at the base, connate-perfoliate, soft-pubescent beneath, somewhathairy above, the margins entire or sinuate;bracts linear; corolla dull purplish-brown,greenish below, 6-io long, viscid-pubescent,about the length of the calyx-lobes, the limbnearly regular; filaments bearded ; drupe 4-6long, obovoid-globose, orange-yellow, denselyand finely pubescent; nutlets usually 3. In rich soil, Massachusetts to Alabama, Ken-tucky and Kansas. Fever-root. Wild or woodipecac. Tinkers-weed. Wild coffee. Horse-gin-seng. White gentian. Genson (N. C). Ascends3000 ft. in Virginia.
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