Tas. 8498, 
HYPERICUM avreovm. 
South-Eastern United States. 
Hypericacear. Tribe HypERIcEAn. 
Hyrrricum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 165. 
Hypericum aureum, Bartram, Trav. p. 383; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 
vol. i. p. 161; Coulter in A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. vol. i. pars 1, p. 286; 
Small, Fl. S. E. United States, p. 790; affine H. myrtifolio, Lam., a quo 
foliis a angustatis nec cordatis, floribus majoribus, capsula integra 
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Planta suffruticosa, superne late ramosa, 0°6-1°2 m. alta. Rami ramulique 
anguste bialati, alis a basi fuliorum ad nodum inferiorem decurrentibus, 
alis duabus intermediis inconspicuis deorsum paullo. productis. Folia 
oblonga, apice rotundata vel obtusa, plus minusve apiculata, in basin 
angustata, 3-7 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata. tenuiter coriacea, glanduloso- 
punctata, subtus glaucescentia; petioli brevissimi. Cymae 3-florae, in 
paniculam foliatam dispositae, floribus solitariis interdum in iisdem axillis 
infra pedunculos triadum ortis; bracteae foliaceae. Sepa/a foliacea, 
elliptico-oblonca vel obovato-oblonga, apiculata, glanduloso-punctata, 
valde inaequalia, 3 exteriora 8-9 mm. longa, 2 interiora 5 mm. longa. 
Petala lutea, leviter deflexa, oblique obovata, 1°5 cm. longa. Stamina 
numerosissima, 1 em. longa, aurantiaca; antherae dorsifixae, connectivo 
glandulifero. Ovarium anguste ovoideum, integrum, 1-loculare, placentis 3 
parietalibus valde intrusis; ovula plurima; styli 3, primum arcte adpressi, 
demum divergentes. Caysula ovoideo-conica, integra, 10-12 mm. longa.— 
Hi. frondosum, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 81. H. amoenum, Pursh, Fi. 
Am. Sept. vol. ii. p. 375.—T. A. SPRAGUE. 
The St. John’s Wort which is here figured is a native of 
the South-Eastern United States, and is widely distributed 
from South Carolina and Georgia to Tennessee, Alabama and 
Texas. Though it has not before found a place in our 
pages, Hypericum aureum is an old plant in gardens, and the 
example from which our plate was prepared is one of a 
batch raised from seed saved at Kew. It can also be 
quite easily 2s fe by cuttings in late summer. 
Among the St. John’s Worts grown in gardens, //. aureum 
is well marked by its deflexed yellow petals, its orange 
stamens and its leafy sepals. It is useful, like most of the 
cultivated Hypericuins, for making a display in August 
when few woody plants are in blossom. It is quite hardy 
Jung, 1913, : 
