HYPERICACE^: 



HYPERICACE^E ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY 



Hypericum canadense, L. 



Yellow 



Canadian St. John's-wort. 

 July-August 



Hypericum: for derivation see boreale. 

 Canadense: Latin for Canadian. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: brackish swamps. 



THE PLANT: erect, eight inches to one foot high; the stem 

 hairless, branched; the branches decidedly flattened against 

 the stem. 



THE LEAVES: opposite; linear tending to lanceolate; some- 

 times almost threadlike; acutish at the apex; sessile; 

 entire; the mid- vein below somewhat prominent. 



THE FLOWERS: small, numerous, closing early; petals five; 

 sepals linear-lanceolate. 



THE FRUIT: a purplish-red capsule, much longer than the 

 sepals. 



A low, rather weak-stemmed, dull green plant, with 

 many fine and spreading branches and tiny, deep yellow 

 flowers, which are wide open early in the day, but close 

 tightly later or very soon after the plant has been picked. 



HYPERICACE^E ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY 



Hypericum gentianoides, (L.) BSP. 



Deep golden yellow Orange-grass, 



Pine-weed. 

 June-September 



Hypericum: for derivation see boreale. 



Gentianoides: Greek, to denote resemblance to a gentian 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: dry, sandy soil. 



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