

Sypmcum.] xxii. hypericine^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 255 



wneath. Flowers \\ in. diam., usually exceeded by lateral leafy shoots. Sepak about 

 i m., obtuse. Petals obliquely obovate, twice the length of the stamens. StyUi 

 scarcely J in., about as long as the ovarv. Capsule i m. — Perhaps a variety of H. 

 patidum, but distinct in habit. 



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• **„^' ^^Ptsms, H. /. (Ih T. ms. ; steins shrubby prostrate diffuse root- 

 ing, flowers terminal solitary. 



Iempkrate Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 9-11,000 ft., J. D, H. 



Sranches slender, two-edged, reddish-brown. Leaves \~^ in., approximate, elUptic- 

 obiong, obtuse, with short pellucid striae. Flowers 1% in. diam. Sepals about 4 in., 

 elliptic, obtuse. Petals obovate. Stamens hardly exceeding the ovary. Styles ^ in., 

 both f *^^^ ovary, tips recurved. Capsule 4 in., globose. Seeds minute, apiculate at 



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Sect. II Hyperineae, Spach. Sepals 5, connate at the base, equal or 

 »J^SR^. Pe^oZii persistent. >S^7we/i5.3-adelphousat thebase. Ovary Z-cdltd. 



? Margins of the sepals eglandtdar. 



yj?' •?' P®''ft>ratum, Linn. ; stem erect 2-edged, leaves oblong or ovate 

 Peuucid-pnnctate. sepals linear acute. 



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obtujT'"*^"?^ '^erb. Stems 18 in., with slender stolons, branched above. Leaves f in., 

 se, with radiating veins,' paler beneath with black dots. Cymes corymbose, 3-cho- 



&Xf • v^^^*^' flowers 1 in. Sepals Jin. Petals with bluck-glandular edges. 

 V a^^l- ^ length of the ovary, eoualling the stamens. Capsule i in., egg-shaped. 

 A . Oehxle^ I^oyle, ms. ; stem weak, leaves oblong-linear. 



Sampso 



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cvlinH ,*='**"P»oni, uance m beem. ,/ourn. oj not. iii. 6to; at^ua cicv.»/ 

 juaanc, leaves oblong connate pellucid-punctate, sepals oblong obtuse. ' 



Hj^iA Mountains, Nowgong, Simons.— Distrib. S. China, Formosa, 

 la^. ^'■^"nial herb. Stems 1 ft. Leaves 1 i-2 in., obtuse, glancescent beneath. Cymes 

 '«*i/iu "^ |-i in. diam. Sepals black-punctate. Petals about e(^nalliiig the sefials. 

 BZ.iy n^- (^upsule ovoid, covered with oval resiuous vesicles.— Approaches 

 Piexicad ' ' ^^ "^^P^"' ^^^'^^ ^"^ destitute of vesicles and has the leaves am- 



Ieav«^' P?**olulatum, ff. f. d; T. ms. ; stems erect slender cylindric, 

 stvip,r^'"% Petioled ovate elliptic, flowers smaU, sepals linear unequal, 

 ■ ^^63 very short exceeded by the stamens. 



'sSl^q^'^*'^''''''^' ^''- 9000 ft., J.D.H. . , , 1 3 •„ 



rnher^; 7 '"•' ^fanched from the base; branches weak, simple. Leaves i-| m., 

 CUJ, o fl*^"t. «^tu8e, glaucescent beneath with dark pellucid dots, margins wavy. 

 Cwl !T''^^ ; flowers J in. long. ' SepaU ^k in., acute, not pelluciJ-punctate.. 

 ■ ^ *ith numerous glandular lines. 



elUoti?; "^^^^Iftisum, Linn. ; stems procumbent 2-edged leaves sessile 

 of tie i" *'''^*T approximate, sef.als lanceolate unequal, styles h the length 



A"Sal?m' ^^'>^'^ -t)i8TRiB. Europe, Atlantic Isles, S. Africa. _ . 



'^""cfd DuTf ?""'°"''^^ ^''^- -SiemVabout 6 in., numerous, red. Leaves i-4in 

 ^fainal'^l^f '^ ^''^ *« ^ell as the .epals with black intramargmal glands. Cj/mes 



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flowered. i^/ower« J-A in. diam.. ._ 



^a/-gri«^ 0^ ^y gg^^^^ ^ .^^ gland-tipped teeth. 



*• «. elodeoidea, aoi^ in DC. Prodr. i. 552; stems stout usually 







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