872 HYPERICACEAE 
16. H. En Lam. Shrub 3-18 dm. high or taller, evergreen: leaf- 
blades narrowly linear or slightly broadened upward, 0.5—1.5 em. long: sepa 
linear or Bip. mm. long: petals euneately narrowed, obliquely 
or almost laterally pointed, 4—7 mm. long, ea ce DEN conie, 9 
. long, acute.—Low pinelands and swamps, Coas a dixi adj. 
provinces, Fla. to Miss., Tenn., and N. C. (or Del?) pid 
17. H. fasciculatum Lam. Shrub 9—45 dm. tall, evergreen: leaves numerous, 
a bunch usually clustered in the axils of the "lar arger ones; ra 2 
1-2 , 9—4 mm 
linear-filiform, 1-2 em. long, or shorter in the clusters: sepals li 
long, ebd 1 mm. wide: petals De obliquely iD. ' 7-8 mm. 
long: capsule ovoid or conic-ovoid, 4— . long. —(SAND-WEED. )—Ponds and 
low pinelands, Coastal Plain, bn Ae ou and N. C.—Spr.—fa all. —A growth of 
this shrub in indica hard Rud bottom, TA -~ common name. 
It often reaches tree-like form in swamps near the gulf co 
18. H. m Willd. Shrub 2-8 dm tall, evergreen: leaves ver y 
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such a bright yellow that they seem to irritate the eye. Those of this von 
come in that class, particularly when the plants are in open sunny place 
19. H. myrtifolium Lam. Shrub 3-10 dm. tall, evergreen: leaf- ee ovate 
to elliptic-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate or rarely nearly elliptic, 1-3 lon 
sepals foliaceous, ovate, 5-8 mm. long: pet tals obovate, 12-15 m a ene bright. 
hea capsule pyramidal-ovoid, incompletely 3-e elled or ay 4-celled, 5—6 
i hi ugh —Low pinelands and ‘ponds, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss. and S. C. 
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20. H. aureum Bartr. Shrub 6-12 dm. tal: leaf- ns elliptie to ovate- 
elliptie, 2. 5—7 em. long, gla peii: beneath: flowers ve howy, usually solitary, 
sometimes 3 in terminal or axillary cymes: pub ~ a broadened 
upward: petals quite ee 15-23 mm. long, golden-yellow: oe conic, 
1.3-2 em. high, acuminate at the apex. (GOLDEN Sr. JoHN’s-wortT.)—Bluffs 
and tia ees often in calcareous soil, various provinces, rarely Coastal 
Plain, Ga. to Tex., Tenn., S. C—Sum 
= H. splendens Small. Shrub 0.5-1.5 m. bos leaf- eui elliptie, 1.5-2.5 
. long, glaucous, especially beneath: flow very showy, several or many 
in ‘terminal or axillary cymes: sepals cu elliptie, m , apieulate, the 
outer about 8 Lx i , the inner 5 mm. long: petals golden-yellow, cuneate, 
oblique, 1.5-2 cm. long: capsules often crowded, conie, 1. 5 em. high, acuminate 
at the apex as rocks, Stone Mt. on the Piedmont of Ga.—Sum. - 
n. eh a ue PA often gradually so, at the base, short-petioled : 
als bec 3—4 mm. long, the narrower ones linear, the ade e Tee 
bnc. all pee ae petals dull-yellow, 5-7 mm. long, sparingly bla 
streaked : capsule a or globose- -ovoid, 4-6 mm ene: —Woods and thickets, 
various provinces, Ga. to Miss. and Me. ’ Sum 
23. m. Plant dark-green, not ean -scented, 2-9 : 
Fon E pru thick, dne utu to elliptie-obovate t iri ovate, 1-7 
obtuse or retuse the apex, ha en narro med. or subeordate, and 
often pits aang at the base: sepals ing 3.5-4.5 ong, nar- 
ower ones elliptic, the Bode elliptie- Rh. or elliptie- erate: all acute, 
