7(3 HYrEEICINEJE. 



(2) Flowers axillary or terminal, always gemmate. Hypericum geminiflorum. 

 Flowers axillary or termiual usually solitary. (3) 



(3) Styles distinct II. Ascyron. 



Styles connate from the base to the apex. (4) 



(4) Stem or branches distinctly tetragouous, distinctly winged 



along the edge H. subalatum. 



Stem or branches terete or subterete, obscurely winged. (5) 



(5) Leaves not distinctly 3-uerved. (6) 

 Leaves distinctly 3-uerved. (9) 



(6) Leaves and flowers comparatively small, sepals 1 or 1|- mm. long. 



H. acidisepulum. 



Leaves and flowers comparatively large, sepals more than 3 mm. 

 long. (7) 



(7) Leaves not at all dotted 11. chinense. 



Leaves minutely dotted. (8) 



(8) Leaves oblong more or less cimeate at the base. Sepals 



lanceolate, acute II- paiulum. 



Leaves oblong, obtuse at both ends, sepals ovate H. formosanum. 



(9) Leaves oblong or lanceolate, capsules subcyliudrical H. trinervium. 



Leaves lanceolate, capsules oblong II. simplidstylum. 



(10) Leaves, opposite, connate at the base H. Sampsoni. 



Leaves opposite, not connate. (11) 



(11) Leaves oblong, obtuse, comparatively large, 2| cm. long. . . H. taisanense. 

 Leaves smaller 1 cm. long. (12) 



(12) Leaves linear H. randaiense. 



Leaves ovate, oblong. (13) 



(13) Flowers larger, 1 cm. or 1| cm. long. , //. Nagasaivai. 



Flowers smaller, cm. f cm. long //. japonicum. 



Hypericum geminiflorum HEMSLEY in Ann. Bot. IX. p. 144 ; 

 HENRY List Fl. Formos. p. 19; MATSUM. et HAY ATA Enuin. PI. Formos. 

 p. 41. 



HAB. AKO. 



