620 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Ascyrum stans Michx. Fl, Bor, Am. 2:77, LX03. STANDING ASCYRUM, 
Ascyrum hypericoides L. Sp. Pl. 2: 788. 1753, In part. 
EM. Sk. 2:22. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 92. Chap. Fl. 39. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:34. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Florida, west 
to Louisiana, eastern Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain, Cullman County, low woods. Wash- 
ington, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. In flat damp pine barrens. 
Flowers yellow. July to August; frequent. Undershrub. 
Type locality; ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohy. 
Ascyrum pumilum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2:77. 1803. DWARF ST. PETER’S-WoRT, 
EH. Sk.2:21. Chap. Fl. 39. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry light soil, open woods, Wash- 
ington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers sulphur-yellow, March, April; fre- 
quent. Shrubby at the base, 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
HYPERICUM L. Sp. P1.2:783. 1753.) Sv. Jonn’s-worr. 
About 160 species, chiefly in the north temperate zone. North America 35, Atlan- 
tie 31. Shrubby or herbaceous perennial more rarely annuals. Mostly shrubby 
and yellow-tlowered. 
Hypericum prolificum L. Mant. 1:106. 1767. SURUBBY ST, JOMN’s-Wort, 
E1L Sk.2:30. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 93, Chap. FI, 39, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Jersey west to Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- 
N 
souri, and Arkansas, south to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Rocky banks. Lauderdale County (M. C. Wilson). 
Flowers golden yellow. June, July, Rare. Two to 3 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr, 
Hypericum aureum Bartram, Travels, 383 (ed. 2,381). 1791, 
GOLDEN-FLOWERED ST. JOMHN’S-WORT, 
Hypericum amoenum Pursh, Fl. Am, Sept. 2:375. 1816, 
KH. Sk, 2:31. Chap. FI. 40, 
Carolinian area. South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley, Mountain region, Exposed limestone hills. Law- 
rence County, Moulton, Madison County, Montesano, 800 feet, Clay County, Shin- 
bone Valley, July 28, with mature capsules, Flowers golden yellow, May, June. 
Local, infrequent, Shrubby at the base, 8 to 12 inches high. 
Type locality: ‘On the steep dry banks” of a “ large and deep creek, a branch of 
the lint [Patse-Liga Creek, Ga, } ” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Hypericum myrtifolium Lam. Eneyel. 4: 180, 1796. PALE ST, JOILN’S-WORT, 
Hypericum glaucum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.2:78, 1803. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina to lorida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Borders of pine-barren ponds. Baldwin County. Mobile 
County, Dauphin Island. Flowers June, July; not infrequent in the flat pine 
barrens. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Hypericum fasciculatum Lam, Eneyvel. 4: 160, 1797, 
TALL NARROW-LEAVED St. JOHN’S-WORT, 
Hypericum nitidum Lam. Eneycl. 4: 160. 1797. 
El. Sk. 2:28, Chap. FI. 40. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Inundated margins of pine-barren streams. Baldwin 
County, Rock Creek. Flowers July. Shrub 3 to 5 feet high, not rarely the stem 
‘John M. Coulter, Revision of North American Hypericaceae, Bot. Gaz? vol. 11, pp. 78 
to 88 and 106 to 112. 1886. 
