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HYPERICACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



3. Hypericum prolificum L. Shrubby 

 St. John's-wort. Fig. 2883. 



Hypericum prolificum L. Mant. i : 106. 1767. 



Shrubby, diffusely branched from near 

 or at the base, i-3 high; stems some- 

 times i' in diameter; branches ascending 

 or erect, leafy ; branchlets 2-edged. Leaves 

 linear-oblong or oblanceolate, narrowed at 

 the base, or tapering into a short petiole, 

 obtuse, often mucronulate, pale beneath, 

 i '-3' long, 3"-9" wide, with tufts of smaller 

 ones in the axils ; cymes several-mahy- 

 flowered, terminal and sometimes also axil- 

 lary ; pedicels 6" long or less ; flowers 5"-Q" 

 broad; sepals unequal, shorter than petals; 

 stamens numerous, distinct ; styles 3 ; cap- 

 sules 3-celled, 4"-6" long. 



Sandy or rocky soil, western Ontario and 

 New York to Minnesota, Georgia, Missouri 

 and Arkansas. Rock-rose. Paint-brush. Broom- 

 brush. July-Sept. 



2. Hypericum Kalmianum L. Kalm's 



St. John's-wort. Fig. 2882. 

 Hypericum Kalmianum L. Sp. PI. 783. 1753. 



Shrubby, freely branching, i-2 high, leafy; 

 branches 4-angled, twigs flattened and 2-edged. 

 Leaves oblong-linear or oblanceolate, sessile, 

 or narrowed into a short petiole, obtuse, i'-2$' 

 long, 2"-4" wide, more or less glaucous be- 

 neath, generally with smaller ones .clustered 

 in the axils; cymes terminal, few-flowered; 

 pedicels stout, 2"-io" long; flowers 6 '-12" 

 broad ; sepals foliaceous, oblong, acute, 3" -4" 

 long, usually about half the length of the 

 petals ; stamens very numerous, distinct ; styles 

 5 (4-6), united below into a beak; capsule 

 ovoid, 3" long, completely 5- (4-6-) celled. 



Sandy soil, Quebec, Ontario and western New 

 York to Illinois, Wisconsin and ' Michigan. 

 Shrubby St. johnswort. Aug. 



4. Hypericum densiflorum Pursh. 



Bushy or Dense-flowered St. 



John's-wort. Fig. 2884. 



Hypericum densiflorum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 

 376. 1814. 



Hypericum prolificum var. densiflorum A. Gray, 

 Man. Ed. 3, 84. 1867. 



Erect, 4-6 high, shrubby, freely branch- 

 ing, densely leafy; branches somewhat an- 

 gled and branchlets 2-edged. Leaves crowd- 

 ed, i '-2' long, ii"-3" wide, acutish or ob- 

 tuse, with smaller ones clustered in the 

 axils ; cymes densely many-flowered, mainly 

 terminal; pedicels \"-\' long; flowers 

 5"-8" broad; sepals narrow, not foliaceous, 

 shorter than the petals ; stamens numerous, 

 distinct ; styles 3, more or less united ; cap- 

 sule 3-celled, 2"-3" long. 



Pine-barrens of New Jersey to Florida, west 

 to Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas. July-Sept. 



