Hypericum.] HYPERICINE^, 



109 



Ait Hort Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. p. 219. Vera, Diss. p. 10. t 3. Mich. Arb. (ed. Am. 

 ft 133. — T. americana, Walt 



Hab. About Quebec. Mrs, Sheppard. Shores of Lake St. Clair, and near Sandwich. Douglas. 



Ord. XIX. HYPERICINE^. Juss. 



I. HYPERICUM. Linn. 



Capsula membranacea. Styli 3-5 in quibusdam numero variabiles. Stam. plurliiia 

 basi polyadelpha, raro numero subdefinita. Pet 3. Sepala 5, basi plus minusvc coalita 

 et insequalia. — Herbal aid suffrutices. Folia opposita^ scepe pellmidchpunctata, avt margine 

 nigro-punctatcu Flores varie dispositi. DC. 



Sect. I. Ascyria. Chois. * Stylis vulgo 5. 



1. H. ascyroides ; caule erecto tetragono subsimplici herbaceo, foliis ovato-oblongis 

 acutiusculis semiamplexicaulibus minute pellucido-punctatis, sepalis ovatis, stylis 5-7 

 liberis longitudine staminum. — Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. p. 1443. Purshy 17. Am. v. 2. p. 374, 

 De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 545. BigeL Fl, Bost ed. 2. p. 279. — H. macrocarpum. Mich. 

 Am, V. 2. p. 82. 



Hab. About Montreal and Quebec, Michaux; Lady Dalkousie; Mrs. Percival; Mrs. Sheppard; 

 Goldie. — A very fine species, apparently peculiar to the places above-mentioned, and to the New England 

 States, whence I have received specimens. Leaves 3 inches long. Flowers few, terminal, lai^ge. Capsules, 

 according to Professor Bigelow, nearly as large as nutmegs, ovate. 



2. H. Kalmianum; suffruticosum, ramosissimumj ramis erectis tetragonis, foliis lineari- 



M 



oblongis pellucido-punctatis rigidis margine revolutis, floribus 3-7 in corymbis ter- 

 minalibus, sepalis oblongis foliaceis nervosis aequalibus marginibus reflexis, stylis 5 liberis. 

 Linn. Sp, PL p. 1101. Lam. Diet v, 4. p. 148. De Cand. Prodr* v. 1. p. 545. 



Hab. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. Ffells of Niagara. Douglas. From Lake Winipeg to Canada. Dr. Richardson. 



Sect. II. Elodea. Chois. 



3. H. virginicum ; caule tereti sufFruticoso subramoso, foliis ovato-ellipticis basi cor- 

 datis semiamplexicaulibus pellucido-punctatis, pedunculis 1-paucifIoris axillaribus, 

 sepalis lanceolatis, stam, 9-12, stylis 3, capsulis oblongis. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 1104. Andr. 

 Bot Rep, p. 552. Mich. Am. v. 2. p. 81. BigeL 12. Bvst ed. 2. p. 28 L— Elodea virginica. 

 Ntitt. Gen. V. 2. p. 17. Elliott^ Carol v. 2. p. 38.— E. campanulata. Pursh^ PI. Am. v. 2. 

 p. 370. — H. campanulatum. Walt — H. emarginatum. Lam. 



Hab. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. From Canada to Lake Winipeg. Dr". Richardson.— Petals red. 



Sect. III. Perforaria. Chois. 



4. H. micranthum; caule tereti punctato purpurascente, ramulis rectis, foliis oblongis 

 obtusis nigro-punctatis, floribus confertis terminalibus, calyce minimo obtuso, corolla 

 nigro-punctata, antheris nigro-punctatis.—" Chois. Prodr. Hyp. p. 44. t 5." De Cand. 

 Prodr. V. 1. p, 546, 



