870 . HYPERICACEAE 
IV. MACULATA 
Corolla less than 15 mm. broad. 
Lea m jud ee aes or merely sessile, with a 
rou . H. subpetiolatum. 
Lea f. blades eiie =a more or less clasping. 23. H. punctatum. 
Corolla over mm, bro 
Upper leaves and bra cts with ovate or ovate-lanceo- 
late blades: petals spotted all over. 24. H. pseudomaculatum. 
Upper leaves and bracts with oblong blades: petals 
spotted around the ed 
N 
Coto 
ES ane poa merely dotted : capsules usually 
han 6 m 25. H. perforatum. 
ed nd petals striped with black: capsules 
usually over 6 m igh. 
Corolla about 3 c ere styles filiform. 26. H. graveolens 
Corolla 1.5-2 cm. p ad: styles subulate. 27. H. Sfitehetlianum. 
V. PROLIFICA 
Stems diffusely spreading or decumbent. 28. H. Buckleyi. 
Stem To relatively tall. 
Flow S few in narrow panicles: corolla over 1.5 cm. 
29. H. prolificum. 
Flowers numerous in rather corymb-like panicles: 
corolla less than 1.5 cm. broad. 0. H. densiflorum. 
VI. LOB 
Much-branched SE EUD, with numerous et) pos and 
a 5-lobed capsule. 31. H. lobocarpum. 
1. H. canadense t 1-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades 3-nerved: sepals 
lanceolate or linear- lanceolat e, 3-5 mm. long: petals 3-6 mm. long: capsule 
4-8 —Mo 
mm. long, acute. oist, often acid, soil, 
various provinces, rarely Coastal Plain , Ga. 
to Ala., Wis., Man., and Newf.—Sum. 
H. mutilum L. Plant 1-8 pis bung ed 
blades pasen d -ovate to ovate, 
oblong, 5-nerved: sepals elliptic to "alliptie: 
lanceolate: petals about 3.5 mm. long: cap- 
sule 2-3 m ARF 
use. 
JOHN ’S-woRT.)—Wet sand and miry places, 
various provinces, Fla. to Tex. Man., and 
N. S.—Sum.-fall. 
3. H. gymnanthum Engelm. & Gray. Plant 
2-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate, 5—7 ne iam 
Mie ee Pu tals 3—6 mm. long: cap- 
about 4 mm. long.—Moist iiim and wet sandy soil, various prosances; Fla. 
6 Ter. Mo., Mich, and N. C.—Sum. 
4. H. denticulatum Walt. Plant perennial, 2-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades elliptic 
Or deeded so, 1-3 em E aeute, (oval and relatively shorter, with the sepals 
oval to ovate, in H. den tum ovalifolium): sepals more or less foliaceous, 
Be elliptic. lanceolate or slightly broadened upwar d Kn mm. long: 
ies copper-yellow, aoe long: Vai ovoid, about long. [H. 
vir m.|— —(CorP ERY ‘Sr. JOHN "S WOR T.)— — Acid s "Eon and pine- 
s various provinces, Fla. to Ill. and N. J.—Sum 
5. H. acutifolium Ell. Plant LR puel 2-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades narrowly 
lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm. long, acuminate: se ir als linear to 
linear pow a 5-5 mm. long: Disi e copper- -yellow, 5-6 m g: eapsule 
ovoid, abou . long —Low bae Coastal Plain and prc E adj. 
provinces, Fla. n pu Tenn., N. C.—Sum 
6. H. setosum L. Plant annual or biennial, 3-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades ellip- 
tie, e or ovate-lanceolate, 3-15 mm. long: sepals oval, ovate, or ovate-lanceo- 
