184 XX. HYPERICACEiE. £i,ODEii. 



to Ark. About 2f high. Leaves 1 — 2' by 2 — 4", often somewhat lance-shaped. 

 Flowers about 6" diam., with very numerous stamens. Aug. Sept. 



9. H. AUBEUM. Bertram. (H. amcenum. PA.) Golden H^j-pericwm. 

 Brandies spreading, ancipital ; Us. oblong, obtuse, attenuate at base, 



glaucous beneath ; jls. few together, subsessile ; -pel. coriaceous, reflexed ; sty. 3, 

 connate, persistent on the ovoid- conic capsule. — A beautiful shrub, 2 — 4f high, 

 native of S. Car. and Ga. Flowers large, orange-yellow. Stamens 100 or 

 more. Capsule red. Jn. — Aug. 



10. H. NUDiFLORUM. Michx. 



St. shrubby at base; hranchts winged; Ivs. ovate-oblong, sessile, obtuse; 

 cymes leafless, pedunculate; central jls. shortly pedicellate ; pet. obovate, longer 

 than the linear sepals ; sty. united. — Wet grounds, Penn. to La. Plant 1 — 2f 

 high, with numerous 4-sided branches. Leaves thin, about 2' long, with minute 

 reddish dots. Flowers small and rather loose in the cyme. Aug. f 

 * * * SlaiTfiens 5 — 20, distinct. 



11. H. MUTiLUM. (H. quinquenervium. Walt.) Small St. John's-wort. 

 St. erect, usually much branched, often subsimple, quadrangular ; Ivs. 



obtuse, ovate-oblong, clasping, 5-veined, minutely punctate; cymes leafy; pet. 

 shorter than the sepals ; sta 6-— 12. — (i) Damp, sandy soils. Can. to Ga. W. to 

 la ! Stem 3 — G — 9' high. Leaves closely sessile, apparently connate, 4 — 8" by 

 2 — 5", outer veins obscure. Flowers minute. Jl. Aug. 



12. H. Canadense. Canadian St. Jo/in's-wmi. 



St. quadrangular, branched ; Ivs. linear, attenuated to the base, with pel- 

 lucid and also with black dots, rather obtu.se ; sep. lanceolate, acute, longer, 

 than the petals ; sta. 5 — 10. — Wet, sandy soils, Can. to Ga. Stem 8 — 15' 

 high, slightly 4-winged. Lower branches opposite, upper pair forked. Leaves 

 about 1' by 1 — 2", som,etimes linear-lanceolate, radical ones obovate, short. 

 Flowers small, orange-colored. Ovary longer than the styles. Capsule red, 

 longer than the sepals. Jl. Aug. 



13. H. SAROTHRA. Miclix. (Sarothra gentianoides. Linn.') 



St. and branches filiform, quadrangular ; Ivs. very minute, subulate ; Jls. 

 sessile. — Dry fields and roadsides, U. S. and Can. Stem 4 — 8' high, branched 

 above into nitmerous, very slender, upright, parallel branches, apparently leaf- 

 less, from the minuteness of the leaves. Flowers very small, yellow, sticceeded 

 by a conical, brown capsule which is twice the length of the sep. Jl. Aug. 



14. H. Drcmmondii. Torr. & Gray. (Sarothra. G-rev. tf- Hook.) 

 Branches alternate, square above; Irs. linear, very narrow, acute, longer 



than the internodes; _/^5. pedicellate; sta. 10 — 20; sep. lanceolate, a4iorter than 

 the petals, but longer than the ovate capsule. — Near St. Louis, &c. Plant 

 more robust than the last, nearly If high, very branching. Leaves I' long. 

 Flowers about 4" diam. 



3. ELODEA. Adans. 



G'r. e\(iL>6r}g, marshy ; from the habitat of the plrjits. 



Sepals 5, equal, somewhat united at base ; petals 5, deciduous, 

 equilateral ; stamens triadelphous, the parcels alternating with 3 hy- 

 pogynous glands ; styles 3, distinct ; capsule 3-cell8d. — "A- Herbs with 

 pelhccifl-pu'/idale leaves, the axils leafless. 



1. E. ViRGiNicA. Nutt. (E. campanulata. PA. Hypericum. Linn.) 

 St. erect, somewhat compressed, branching ; lis. oblong, araplexicaul ;. 



sta. united below the middle, with 3 in each set. — Swamps and ditches, U. S. 

 and Can. Wliole plant usually of a purplish hue, 9 — 20' high. Leaves IJ — 2j- 

 long, I as wide, upper ones lanceolate, lower oblong-ovate, all very obtuse, 

 glaucous beneath. Cymes terminal and axillary. Flowers 5" diam., orange- 

 yellow. Petals about twice longer than the calyx. Glands ovoid, orange- 

 colored. Capsules ovoid-oblong, acutish. Jl. Sept. 



2. E. PETioLATA. Pursh. (Hypericum. Walt.) 



Lis. oblong, narrowed at base into a petiole ; j?5. mostly in 3s, axillary 



