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Hypericaceae. St. Johns-wort Family. 
Herbs or shrubs with opposite small leaves, mostly sessile, without — 
stipules. Flowers in more or less showy cymes, regular, perfect. Sepals 
4-er 5. Petals 4~-er 5, convolute in the bud. Stemens many or few, in 
usually 5-5 clusters. Pistil 1, the ovary l-chambered with parietal plac 
or-S~fwohambered-—witll Central platenttio, Fruit a capsule; seeds numerous. Lg 
‘Hypericum (Tourn,) L. St.:Johns-wort, 
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Ours glabrous perennial herbs with characters é4f the family, Sepals 6, _ : 
slightly unequal, Petals yellow, 5, Stamens 6-12 in 5<6 clusters, Ovary 
l-chambered with 3 parietal bfbentac. Styles 3-5, 
o Petals subequal to the sepals or shorter, 2=5 mm.” Lofigs 2m ease 
& Procumbent; leaves broadly oval, 4-10 cm. long i. He anage low 
& Erect; leaves narrowly ovate, 1-2 cm. long 2, He majus. 
© Petals twice the length of the sepals or more 
fz Leaves sprinkled with translucent punctures; : 
@ erect plants with numerous short lateral branches g, He perfora 
Leaves with few or no translucent punctures; plants 
/ serect or decumbent at the base, the branches few, 
& “ corymbose (4)-# H. formosum 
" Sy % Sane 
1, H, anagalloides C, & & Tinker's Penny, A prostrate moss-like perennial, 
forming mats 10-20 cm, broad, the stems 10-15 cm. longs leaves oval or 
rotund, 4-10 mm, long, sessile, clasping, the first formed usually smaller; 
flowers few on slender pedicels: e5-1,.5 cm, long, solitary and terminal 
but appearing axillary or in the forks of branches due to the growth of the 
lateral buds; sepals subfoliar unequally obovate or subspatulate, 4-5 mm, 
long; petals orange-yellow, 4-5 mm, long; stamens 12, capsule mostly shorter 
than the persistent clasping sepals, 
In muddy ground in meadows or along streams, Orogrande Cr, 3000 fte; 
Bungalow R, Se Ranging from british Columbia and Liontana to California, 
the type locality of this dainty llypericum is San Francisee where it was 
collected by Chamisso in 1816, 
