

HYPEIUCUM. jq5 



approximatis, elongatis, subfastigiatis, quadrangularibus, apice dichotomis aut paniculato-ramosis, multifloris 

 Folia opposita, scssilia, lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, intcgerrima, venosa, ncrvo subtus promincnte, mem- 

 branacea, glabra, punctulata, 7-8 lineas longa, a-i lincas lata; floralia parva, lincaria, acuminato-subulata. 

 I-LOREspcdunculati, tcrminales, latcrales et alares , solitarii, subspicati, magnitudinc Hypcrici humifusi- 

 pedunculis glabris , fructiferis 1- 1 i lincas longis. Calyx profunde quinqucpartitus, glabcr, pcrsistcns'; 

 fohohs lanccolatis, acutis, intcgcrrimis, nervosis, planis, viridibus, subxqualibus. Petala quinque, hypo- 

 gyna, obhquc lanceolata, ncrvosa, glabra, calyccm duplo supcrantia, xqualia, patentissima. Stah.n* .4, 

 hypogyna, pctahs breviora. F.lamenta capillacea, glabra, ima basi pcr fasciculos connata. Anthers didyma- 

 Ovaruu oblongum , sessile, glabrum, unilocularc, polyspermum; placcntis 3 parietalibus. Styli tres , 

 cap.llaco, glabr.. St.gmata subcapi.ata. Capsll* oblongx, calyce persisten.c cinct* ipsoque parum 

 longiores, glabra, fuscic, uniloculares, trivalves, polysperm*, 2 4 lineas long*. Semina haud vidi. 

 Affine Hyperico virgato Lam. 



20. IIYPERICU.U i-ASTiGiATnr. f 



H. caule herbaceo, crecto, supcrnc ramoso; ramis elongatis, subfastigiatis; foliis oblon«o- 

 Ianceolat.s, marg.nc revolutis; floribus icosandris, trigynis; petalis nnilatcro-obovatis. 



Crescit in Regno Mexicano , prope Pazcuaro, alt. 1 i3o hex. % Floret Septembri. 



Cacus erectus, subpcdahs, subsimplcx aut apice ramosus, quadrangularis,lxvis, glabcr;ramis oppositis 

 clongat.s, eaulem superantibus caulcque apice subdichotomis. FoLuopposita, scssilia, oblongo-lanceolata 

 acuta, intcgernma, sicca marginc revoluta, venosa, nervo subtus promincntc, membranacca dabra' 

 punctulata, s.cca glaucescenti-viridia, 9-.0 lincas longa, 3 - 2 1 lincas lata; floralia lineari-subulata. Flor'e< 

 .n ramul.s term.nales, latcralcs ct alarcs, pcduncula.i, paulo majorcs quam in Hyperico humifuso ; pcdu.,1 

 cul.s glabr.s fructiferis .-, i lincam longis. Calyx profunde quinquepar.i.us , glaber, persistens; foliolis 

 hncar.-lanceola..s acut.s, integcrrimis, s.riato-nervosis, planis, mcmbranaceis, viridibus, parum inaqualibu* 

 Petala qu.nque, hypogyna, unilatero-obovata, hinc acutiuscula, nervosa, tenuiter membranacea e labn 

 ^quaha, patcn.issima calyce parum longiora. Stam.na 20 , hypogyna, petalis breviora. Filamenta capillacca.' 

 glabra, ,ma bas. per fasc.culos connata. Anther* subrotundo-didyma,, dorso affix*, biloculares, dabr* 

 Iong.tudmal.ter dchiscentes. Ovar.cm oblongum, scssile, glabrum. Styl. 3, breves, glabri , stamina sub*- 

 quantes. St.guata subinfundibuliformia. Capsula calyce pcrsistente corollaquc marcida cincta , illo parum 

 long.or, styhs coronata, oblonga, subtrigona, lajvis, fusca, glabra, unilocularis, apice trivalvis, polysperma 

 v.x o hneas longa. Sem.na minulissima, crcberrima, suturis valvarum affixa, oblonga , hinc obtusa indc 

 aculiuscula, fusca, tuberculis scriatis notata, glabra. 



Hyperico gramineo Forst. ob habitum simile. 



21. HYPERICUM paniculatum. I Tab. CCCCLIX. 



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H. caule herbaceo, stricto, pyramidato-ramoso, multifloro; foliis oblongis, subtus glauces- 

 centibus; floribus 5-7-andris, trigynis; petalis linearibus, 



Crescit prope Ario , inter Pazcuaro et Plaga de Jorullo , alt. 990 hex. % Floret 

 SeptembrL 



HERBAerecta,subpyramidalis, pedalis. Radix perpendicularis, subfusiformis , apicc ramosa,ilbrosa.CAi'us 

 erectus,strictus, a basi ramosus, quadrangularis, lsvis, glaber; ramis oppositis, inferioribus subadscendcnti- 



