868 | HYPERICACEAE 
. A. linifolium Spach. Shrub, mostly erect: ae E E DU 
er S 
to oblanceolate, px ped or obovate -elliptie, 1-3. oc ong: ou epals ovate 
to elliptic-ova te, 6-9 mm. lon inner petaloid: eer p oe cap- 
sule 5-8 mm. long. —Pindands, dur Plain, Fla. to Tex., Ark., S. C.— 
(W. I.)—Spr. Bx, or all yea 
4. A. heure! 2: apm. Shrub 1- 2 dm. tall: leaf-blades cuneate or 
obovate, 5-20 m ong: inner sepals elliptic or nearly so: petals yellow: cap- 
sule broadly aad. id pinelands, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss.—Sum.-fall. 
5. A. ns Miehx. Shrub 3-9 dm. tall, the stem p above the base or 
aa branched: leaf- ban e P elliptie, varying to obovate obtuse: 
de alee and. wid sepals lanceolate, sho v acuminate: capsule ovoid, 
m. long.—Acid swamps and a sandy soil, Coastal Plain and adj. 
hn rarely pine Ridge, Fla, to Tex., Tenn., a and N. Y.—Sum.—fa 
A. Edisonianum Small. Shrub 3-6 dm. tall, the stem often much-branched: 
leat bla des dq ee - A -elliptic, acute: petals yellow: inner sepals 
linear-lanceolate, long-acu : capsule narrowly ovoid, 4-6 mm. long.— 
Pise lands S. pen. Fl Du are m. 
7. A. tetrapetalum Aen de Shrub 2-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate t 
oval: outer sepals resembl d e leaf-blades, the inner elliptie to lanceolate: 
e Brent ellen DU, eh one-half as long as the s pee —Low pine- 
ands and swamps, Coastal Plain, Fla. and S Ga.— Spr.-fall or all year. 
2. CROOKEA Small. Shrubs resembling species of Ascyrwm, ever- 
green. Sepals 4, nearly equal. Stamens numerous: filaments distinet. Styles 
relatively long. Capsule not ineluded. 
species. 
1. C. microsepala (T. & G.) Small. Branch- 
ing shrub, with erect, pipe s r decumbent 
stems less than 1 m. tall: leaves numerous; 
bl ades cuneate to linear- a or narrowly 
ipti 
t p 
elliptic the larger s obtuse: capsules 
conic-elliptie, ong, much surpassing 
0 
and pitted. [Ascyrum UL ed T. &G 
Ha ypericum microsepalum (T. A. Gra 
—Low pinelands, edges of d. and fence-rows, Coastal Plain, N Fla. and S 
Ga.— 
| 8. HYPERICUM [Tourn.] L. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves more or less 
black-dotted. Sepals 5, Pod equal. Corolla cms us inequilateral 
or nearly equilateral. Stam mostly gro Style relatively xus 
Capsule not include cen ‘210 species, us pce —StT. JOHN 
WorTs.—Some species are used medicinally. 
Stamens few or several, 5-12, usually in 3 clusters: petals copper-yellow. 
I, CANADENSIA. 
Stamens numerous, 15—40, distinct or in clusters 
Styles 3, n easels 4: capsule 3- oven or 1- celled and with 
3 more or less intruding ie ene ae. 
