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Ascf/nm.] xxii. hvpericine^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 



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A perennial herb. Stems 3-6 in., slender, cylindric, faintly 2-edged, rooting at the 

 Lase. Leaves ^ in. or less, subses^ile, broadly ellii>tic, obtuse, pellucid-punctate, mar- 

 gins wavy. Flowers J in. diam , solitary. Sepals oblong, obtuse, outermost exceeding 

 the petals. Styles 3, ^V ^^-i rather shorter than the ovary. 



V^. 2. KYPSaZCUM, Linn. 



Herbs, sftrubs, or small trees. Leaves usually sessile. Flowers cymose, 

 yellow, teriiii^ial, or axillary. Sqxils 5. Petals 5, usually oblique. Ovary 

 1-celled with 3"?h>4^rietal, or 3-5-celled with axile placentas; styles free 

 or united; ovules ocprat^iy few. Capsule septicidal, or dehiscing at the 

 placentas.— DiSTRiB. Tempehtte regions; species 160. 



H, calycinum, L., from S. Eun»pe, occurs as a gard<^n plant. . 



II, chinense^ L. ; H. monogynuin, Wilfd.; Rojcb, FL Ind, iii. 400, is said to be known 

 only as a culiivated plant. It is found in Indian gardens ; the leaves are elliptical and 

 obtui^e, and the styles united throughout. Hypericum salicifolium, *S'«e6. d; ^Twcc, of 

 Japan is probably not distinct from this. 



Sect. I. AndrosaDiuineaB, >$)>acA. *Se/?a/5 5, unequal Peto/^ deciduous. 

 Staviens S-adeluhous at the base. Ovary 5-celled. — (Cumniunly shrubs with 

 few and large flowers.) 



* Styles longer tJian the ovary {unhnoivn in 1). 



^ 1. B. Griffithil, //./ <Sc T. ms.; leaves ovate subcordate, cymes corym- 

 bose, sepals small narrowly deltoid, styles 6. 



Bhutan, Dimree-nuddee, alt, 6400 ft., Griffith. 



A shrub, young branches terete. Leaves 2-4^ in., obtuse, younger lanceolate acute, 

 firm, glauci scent below with prominent reticulate nerves. Sepals ^ in. long, acute. 

 Capsule ^-4 in. long. — Flowers unknown ; habit that of II. graudifolium^ Choiay. 



2. K. mysorense, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4808; leaves oblong-lanceolate 



H. myr- 



t 56. 



Western Peninsula ; on the hills from the Concan to the Pulneys, alt. 3-4000 ft. 

 Cetlon, Walker, &c. 



A glabrous shrub 4-6 ft. high (Gardner) ; young branches 4-angled. Leaves 1-2 In., 

 tapering to an amplexicaul base, with slender ascending veins and pellucid stria;. 

 Cymes terminal, S-flowered; flowers 2-2f in. diam. Sepals 4 in., acute. Petals 

 obliquely oblanceolate, twice the length of the stamens. Styles twice as long as the 

 ovar^. Cupstde about J in.— The allied Abyssinian H. gnidue/olium^ Kich., has styles 

 J united. 



3. R. cernuum, Jioxb. IIo7'L Beng. 59 ; Roxk Fl. Ind. iil 400 ; leaves 



elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, glaucous beneath, sepals ovate, styles slightly 

 exceeding the stamens. Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 2.3. H. oblongifulium, 

 Chrisy Prodr. Uyp. 42, t. 4, H. speciosum, Wall. Cat. 4803. H. Gova- 

 nianum, Wall. Cat. 4815 (sepals linear-lanceolate). 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Sirmur, alt. 5-7000 ft. 



A glabrous shrub, 3-6 ft. ; branches cvlindric, glaucous when young. Leaves 1-3 in., 

 «eshile, niinuiely dotted. Cymes terminal, 3-5-fl()wered; flowers 2 in. diam., white, 

 theu yellowish. Sepals J in., acute. Petals obovate longer than the stamens. Styles 

 twice the length of the ovary* Capsule 4 in., conical. 



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4. R. cordifoUuin, CJioisy in DC Prodr. i, 545 ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 iate cordate Coriaceous glaucous behe;itli, sepals lanceolate. iL bracteatum, 

 WaiL Cat. 4b04; PL Asiat liar. t. 220. li acutuuj. Wall. Cat. 48U7. 



decussate approximate, sepals ovate, styles exceeding the stamens, 

 tifolia, Spach Suit. Buff. v. 428? Norisca mysorensis, Wiglu Ic. t 



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