HYPERICACEAE 871 
late, 2.5-3.5 mm. long: petals yellow, 5-6 mm long: capsule oval or ovoid- 
oval, 4-5 mm. cs d pilosum Walt. ]—Moist pinelands, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to La. and N. C.— 
7. H. dolabriforme Vent. Plant perennial, woo ody, 2-5 dm. tall: leaf-blades 
linear or nearly so, 2—5 em. long: sepals foliacenus, lanceolate to ovate-lanceo- 
late, 6-10 mm. po. petals yellow, 8— lon ng: eapsule conic-ovoid, 7—9 
mm. long.—Dry | various ad N of Coastal Plain, Ala. to Mo., 
Ky., and Ga.—Spr.- 
8. H. turgidum Small Plant d es woody, 3-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades 
is pese to e lanceolate, o 2.0 cm. long: sepals ovate to a ie, 3—4 
ong: petals yellow, 6-8 m jus capsule subglobose, about 3 
pen turgid.—Wooded lanes Appalachian provinces, Ala.—Sum 
9. H. opacum T. & G; Plant perennial, woody, 3-16 dm. Eon pns ph 
elliptie to ig area or sometimes linear-elliptic, 1-3 e sepa 
orbicular or sh te t elli iptie-ovate, 2.5-4 mm. long: stals e Me 
about 5 mm, long: ae ovoid, 5-6 mm. long.—Low pinelands, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to La., and S. C.—Sum 
H. cistifolium Lam. Plant woody, 3-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear- 
0. 
elliptic to linear-lanceolate, or du id narrowly elliptie, 1.5-8 em. long: 
sepals ovate to lanceolate, 3—4 mm. -lon : petals cuneate to obovate-cuneate, 
90-8 mm. long, bright-yellow: V ind globose or globose-ovoid, 4—6 mm . long. 
[H. sphaerocarpun. Miehx.]—River-banks, and rocky- slopes, various provinces, 
Ala. to Miss., Kans., Ia.,.and E — Sum 
11. H. nudiflorum Michx. Plant Ta .9—10 dm. tall: leaf-blades elliptie 
to ee 1.5-6 em. long: sepals Eo p elliptic-oblanceolate, 
3-3.5 mm. long: petals bright-yellow, 7-8 mm. long: capsule conic- -ovoid.— 
F soil, Coastal Plain and rarely adj. UR Fla. to Ala. and N. C.— 
Sum 
12. H. n Small. Plant 4-7 dm. tall: leaf- n elliptie or 
nearly so . long: a spatulate, elliptic or oval, 4-5 mm. long: petals 
elliptic, 2 F ra Ee yellow; vere ellipsoid-conic —Swamps, "Coastal Plain, 
la. to Tex., Ark., and Ga. —Sum 
H. adpressum a Plant 2-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades narrowly ee 
to lanceolate, 2—6 em. long, P MR veined: sepals lanceolate to 
lanceolate, 4-6 mm long: o cuneate, 6-8 mm. long, bright-yellow: ud | 
diy the body 5- 6 mm ng.—(CREEPING ST. JOHN'S-WOR PE —Swamps and 
ond-margins, various S02 Ga. to La., Tenn., and Mass.—Sum. 
14. H. glomeratum Small. Shrub 3-10 dm. tall: leaf- MAE hp) ellip- 
tie to puse ce or nearly linear, 2—4 cm. long, sessile: sepals rather foliace- 
ous, narrowly elliptie to linear-elliptie, 5-6 mm. long: pub "bright yellow. 
cuneate- espatulate, fully 1 cm. COE eapsules densely peur; apap ir 
-6 m 
15. H. ambiguum Ell. Shrub 0.5-1. 5 m. tall evergreen: leaf-bl lades linear- 
elliptic to spatulate, 1-2.5 em. long: sepals linear or slightly broadened upward, 
o mm. | | uneate, al 
5-7 mm. long, bright-yellow: capsule almost conic, 5-6 mm. hi . galioides 
pallidum C. S us swamps and stream-banks, Coastal Plain, Fla. to 
Miss. and S.C.—Spr.-s 
