HYPERICACEAE 873 
sometimes abr oe P petals m yellow, 5-7 mm. long, copiously 
blaek-streaked: capsu oid, 3-5 mm. long. [H. maculatum  WaM.]— 
(SPOTTED ST. JoHN’S- UE oy soils or hillsides, various provinces, M to 
Tex., Kans., Ont., and Que 
24. H. pseudomaculatum Bush. nen bright-green, not heavy-scented 
4-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate to lanceolate or nearly elliptic, 1.5-4.5 em. 
long, acutish or obtuse, often re Su. sessile and elasping by the broad 
copper yellow, 11-15 m m. long, black-streaked: Baci ovoid, 4—5 mm. long.— 
Woods Li dry soil, various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Mo., Ill, and S. C.— 
Spr.-su 
25. H. perforatum L. Plant 4-7 dm. pe ee are linear-elliptie, 0.5—2 
em. eds dt e. us of the main stem usually subtending leafy 
branches: sepals linear-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. eae a. glandular-punctate: 
0i lique 
—(SmT. JouwN's-wEED.)— Dry fields and waste- P aces, various 
provinces, nearly throughout U. S. and S Can. Nat. of Eu.—Sum 
H. graveolens Buckl. Plant erect or decumbent, 2-9 dm. tall: leaf- 
blades ovate to elliptic, Par n or ER at the base: sepals lanceo- 
inear-lanceolate, 6— ong, acuminate: corolla copper-yellow, about 
3 em. broad; petals decidedly oboe. eed below the middle, faintly 
streaked with brown on one side: capsule conic- m 10-12 mm. long.—Moist 
woods and open s opes, Blue Ridge, N. C. and T enn.—Sum —Most abundant 
at about 6,000 feet 
. Mitchellianum Rydb. Plant similar to H. graveolens: leaf-blades 
thickish, ee or ovate-elliptie, 2-6 d long, obtuse, mostly rounded at the 
base: sepals ovate to lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long, acute: corolla copper-yellow, 
15-2 em. Du. ; petals delicate, decidedly Eod with brown on one side: 
eapsule ovoid, 8-10 mm. long.— ( LUE RIDGE ST. JOHN’S-wortT.)—Moist mtn. 
slopes, p Fides, N. C. and Tenn. to Va. —Sum.—Most. abundant at 4,000— 
9,000 fee 
28. H. Buckleyi M. A. Curtis. Plant 1-3 dm. tall, decumbent or ascendin ng, 
m i matted: leaf-blades obovate, elliptic- ‘obovate, or elliptic, 0.5—2 
. lon unded at the apex or retuse: sepals obovate or spatulate, 4-5 mm 
o 
TAIN ST. JOHN kd ps tes iffs and rocky mtn. summits, Blue Ridge and adj 
provinees, Ga. to N. 
H. prolifieum L. Shrub 3-12 dm. tall, the — narrowly 2-winged 
" -blades narrowly elliptie or rarely lanceola ate, 2-8 em. long, short- ro 
Pn few- dae short-peduneled, in cylindric panicles: sepals mostly ob- 
, 4-6 m m. long: c orolla deep-yellow, 2—2.5 em. broad: penis, conie or 
narrowly ovoid, 8—10 mm. long, acute.—( BROOM- m SHRUBBY ST. JOHN’S- 
wo ocky a nd s andy w oods and stream-banks, often in calcareous soil, 
oe ons provinces, RU Coastal Plain, Ga. to Miss., Ark., Minn., and N. Y. 
30. S = nsiflorum Pursh. Shrub m dm. ju leaf-blades linear, linear- 
obla late, or linear-elliptie, 1-5 em. long, aeute: sepals unequal, elliptie to 
elliptic. DE te, 2-2.5 mm. long: corolla bright yellow, 1-1.5 cm. broad; 
petals obliquely pointed: capsule oe 4—6 long, slightly 3- lobed, com- 
pletely 3-celled—(Bus T. JOH N’S-WORT. Acid ii and marshes, 
various provinces, Fla. e Tex., Mo., and N. J.—Sum 
