62 ST. JOBN'8-WOBT FAMILY. 



*-* ** S/iritlii'i/. in nil-' in or nearly so, only Southern, 

 H. fasciculatum, Iv\-< i< u.i> S. Leaves narrow-linear and small, nnrl 



with shorter ones clustered in the axils : pod narrow. Wet pine barren-. 



H. ruyrtifblium, MVKTI.I. I.I.AX KD S. Leaves heart-shaped ami partly 



clasping, thie 1 ;. chuu-ous ; pod conical. Wet pine barrens. 



H. aUl\;u~~t, GOLUE.N S. L'-uve.- oblong with a narrow l>a>c, glaucous 



beneath; thick; ilnwcrs mo-tly single, very large ('2' broad), orange-yellow; 



prd ovate. Kivcr-i..i!iks towards the mountains. 



H. nudifl6rum, XAKKI>-< 1.1 srhuhi> S. Shrubby and evergreen S., less 



s > in Virginia, 6cc., has 4-an^lcd branehe-, oblong pale leaves, and a pednnelcd 

 naked cyme of rather smal' (lowers ; pods conical. 



** *-< ++ Hirltaceoiis, simple-stemmed, A'< //////;/ ,\- Wixtini. 



H. SphserocarpOU, SI-HKKK Ai.-ruriTKD S. Ahont 2 high; leaves 

 diverging, oblong-linear ('!' long), obtuse ; flowers numerous, small, in a naked 

 flat cvinc ; sepals ovate; pod .^lolmlar, l -celled. Rocky banks, W. 



Hi adpressum, L"rKK;iiT-i.i;AVKi) S. A toot high.; leaves ascending, 

 lanceolate, often acute ; flowers few and rather small ; sepals narrow ; pod 

 oblong, partly 3-celled. Low grounds, Peiiii>ylvania to Hhode Island. 



Hrellipticura, ELLIPTICAI^LEAVED S. Barely 1 high ; leaves spread- 

 ing, oblong, thin ; flowers rather few in a nearly naked cyme, pale ; the pod 

 purple, oblong-oval, obtuse, 1-celled. Wet soil, N. 



-i- H- -- Styles 3 ivhnlly separate (sue Lessons, fig. 328) : herbs. 

 --< Ovary and pud 3-rW/W : JH/H/S l>hicL-il,iti il : styles mostly dinnjing. 



H. perforatum, COMMON S. The only one not indigenous, nat. from 

 Kn., a troulilesome weed in tields, &c. ; spreads by runners from the ba-e ; 

 upright stems branching; leaves oblong or linear-oblong, with pellucid clots; 

 flowers rather large' in open leafy cymes ; the deep yellow petals twice the length 

 of the lanceolate acute sepals. The juice is very acrid. 



H. corymbbsum, COIJYMBICU S. Common N. in moist ground ; stem 

 2 high, sparingly branched ; leaves oblonir. -lightly ela-pinu', having black as 

 well as pellucid dots ; (lowers rather small, crowded ; petals light yellow and 

 black-lined as well as dotted ; sepals oblong ; >t\les not longer than the pod. 



H. maculatum, SPOTTI.U S. Common S. ha- somewhat heart-shaped 

 or more cla-ping leaves, lanceolate sepals, and very long and slender styles : 

 otherwise like, the last. 



4-v *+ Qranj l-cc/l<-d : stem strict: leaves ascending, iiniti-, rlnsely sessile, short. 



H. angul6sura, ANULKD S. Wet pine-barrens from New Jersey S. 

 Stem sharply 4-angled (l-2 high), smooth; leaves ovate or lance-oblong ; 

 (lowers scattered along the ascending branches of the cyme, small, eopper- 

 vellow ; styles slender. 



H. pil6sum, H.UUY S. Wet pine-barrens S. Stem terete, and witli the 

 lance-ovate leaves nmghish-downy ; styles short. 



* * Annual, Inn- and sleiidrr, siitd/l-tloivered herbs : stuinois 5- 12 : orary and 

 lirtrii-jiiir)ili' i'<l .-.irirt/i/ l-ci/lnl: stylm 3, *, /xtrati : /i/s narrow, erect: 

 ji, tn/s niirriiu: 



*- Leaves coiix/iintim* iiinl s/inniliin/ : jlmi-rrs in rymes. 



H. miltilum, SM.VI.I. S. Slender, much branched and leafy up to the 

 flowers; leaves partly clasping, thin, ."iiicrxed. ovate or uhlong ; petals pale 

 yellow. K very where in low grounds. 



H. Canadense, <'AN \HIAN s. Stem and branches strictly erect ; leaves 



linear or lanceolate, .'5-ncrved at the' lia-^e ; petals copper-yellow. Wet sandy soil. 



^_ -^ Leari'S rrtct, mrl-xlm/ml nr m-n/i -ii/.-i and miniiti : jlm; r* nry small and 

 fii-ulli ;v (/ (limn/ tin IIIIIIK rm ix liiishi/ and inn/ sit ndi r branches. 



H. Drumm6ndii, I)UI'MM>M>'S S. In dry barrens, W. Illinois and S., 

 with linear-awl-shaped leaves, sliort-pedieelled (lowers, and pods not longer than 

 the ealvx. 



H. Sardthra, OHAHOB-ORABS or PINB-WBBD. Common in dry sterile 



soil, with minute awl-shaped appresscd scales for leaves, flowers sessile on the 

 wiry branches, and slender pods much excelling the calyx. 



