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The present curious plant is nearly related to tlie
Honeysuckle, and is a stately upright, herbaceous, perennial
plant; its flowers are produced from June to August:
according to Pursh, it is found in rich rocky grounds, principally
lime-stone soil, from New England to Carolina, and
is even rare in its native situation : it is seldom to be met
with in our collections, chiefly owing, we believe, to the
plants being generally planted in pots, where the roots have
not sufficient room to spread themselves, and as they are also
frequently exposed to the cold in Winter, the mould becomes
all frozen through, which occasions them to perish: this
would not be the case, were they planted pretty deep in the
flower borders, in a rich soil; the roots would then have
room to spread, and the frost would not be so liable to injure
them : they may be readily increased by dividing at the root,
or by seeds, which are frequently ripened.
Our drawing was made from' a plant at the Nursery of
Mr. Colvill, King s-road, Chelsea, who imported it the
Spring before it flowered from New York, having been procured
from the Nursery of Mr. W. Prince, at Long Island ;
we also received specimens of it from Mr. Anderson, Curator
of the Apothecaries’ Company’s Garden, at Chelsea,
who obtained the plants from Mr. Hogg, Nurseryman, at
New York.
The generic name is derived from rpiag, three, and ooreoi;,
a bone, from the three bony seeds, produced in each berry.
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1. Calyx, showing the different lengths of the segments. 2. Corolla spread open to
show the inside, and tlie insertion of the five Stamens. 3. Stamen detached, to sli’ow
tile liairy filament. 4. Style dctaclied, to show its liairiness, terminated hv its oblom?
5-lobed Stigma. ^