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Title: An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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h unite about the stem or which,at least, have no leaf-stalks. Flowers from the axils of the leaves. The5 calyx lobes linear or lance-shaj)ed. Corolla tubular, enlarging towardthe throat, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary 3- to 5-celled with a single ovulein each cell, forming a drupe containing 3 to 5 hard seeds or nutlets. 1. T. angustifolium, L. (Fig. 1, pi. 155.) Yellow Horse Gentian.Stem 1 to 3 ft. high, leafy toward the top. Leaves lance-sha))ed, taperingto the base into an apparent leaf-stalk. Flowers clustered in the axilsor single, greenish-cream-color. Rich soil. Long Island, Conn., and south-ward. May-Aug. 2. T. perfoliatum, L. Horse Gentian. Figwobt. Plant 2 to 4 ft.high. Leaves broadly oval or egg-shaped, 4 to 9 in. long, the bordersextending along the leaf-stalk as a broad wing on each side, which partlyor wholly clasp the stem. Flowers at the axils, the bracts linear. Co-rolla purplish brown. Not common, found in rich woods, Mass., andwestward. Aug.-Sept. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 693
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Plate 1531. Viburnum acorifolium. 2. V. dentatu.n. 3. V. prunifolium. 4. V. opulus. 594 CAPRIFOLIACEAE 4. LINNAEA, L. A slender creeper, somewhat woody, with opposite rounded leaves onshort leaf-stalks, evergreen. Flowers on thread-like flower-stems, whichrise from the horizontal stem and fork into 2 secondary stems, each sup-porting 1 nodding, fragrant purple flower. Calyx teeth 5, slender. Co-rolla bell-sliaped or funnel-formed, 5-lobed, the lobes equal or nearly so.Stamens 4, unequal. Ovary 3-celled, the fruit a dry pod with a singleseed. Earely there may be 4 or more secondary stems, with as manyflowers. L. borealis, L. (See Frontispiece.) Twin Flower. Found in moistwoods, or under pine trees. June-Aug. Uliis little plant was a favorite with the great Linnaeus and it wasdedicated to and named after him by Gronovius, a distinguished Dutchbotanist and friend of Linnaeus. The flower of the European form ofthis little plant is more bell-shaped than that of the American form andthe cal

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