IIypericcm. HYPERICACE^?^. If)? 



/ 3. A. stuns (Michx.) : stfin ancipital and somewhat winircd, strais^ht, 

 erect, dichotomously branched at tlie summit ; leaves oblong, closely sessile, 

 somewhat clasping, obtuse, a little glaucous; Howers on erect peduncles; 

 exterior sepals cordate-orbicular; inner ones lanceolate, one-third shorter than 

 the others; styles 3 (rarely 4) ; capsule ovate, rather acute. — Mirhx.f. 2. p. 

 77; DC. prodr. \. p. 555. A. hypericoides, Linn. 7 ; Willd.sp. 3. p. 1473 7; 

 Ell. sk. 2. p. 22. 



13. obuvalum (Chapman ! mss.): dwarf; leaves obovate, somewhat nar- 

 rowed at the base. 



Borders of sandy swamps in pine barrens, NeAV Jersey ! to Florida ! Ala- 

 bama! and Louisiana ! ^ff. Middle Florida, /?r. C/ia/>?nan .' July-August. 

 — Stem 1-2 feet high, usually simple except at the summit; in /?. 4-5 inches 

 high. Leaves 12-15 lines long, 4-5 lines wide. Flowers usually three to- 

 gether, more than twice as large as in the preceding species : pedicels 4-6 

 lines long. Exterior sepals slightly acute : inner ones somewhat petaloid. 

 Petals ovate, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens very numerous. Styles 

 somewhat spreading. Capsule obtusely triangular: placenta? somewhat 

 prominent. Seeds ovate, longitudinally and transversely striate. — We have 

 adopted Michaux's name for this species, it being wholly uncertain whether 

 A. hypericoides, Linn, should be referred to this or the preceding species. 



-p-4. A. amplexicaule (Michx.): stem nearly terete below, erect, dichoto- 

 mously branched above, the branches somewhat ancipital; leaves broadly 

 ovate-cordate, clasping ; flowers erect ; exterior sepals nearly orbicular ; inner 

 ones linear-lanceolate, rather shorter; styles 3, distinct; capsule oblong. — 

 Mich.v. Jl. 2. 11 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 374 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 23. A. stans, Willd. 

 sp. 3. p. 1473. Hypericum tetrapetalum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 146. 



Near St. Mary's, Georgia, Elliott, Dr. Bacon! jMts. Miller ! Florida, 

 Michaux! — Stem 1-2 feet high, more branching above than the preceding 

 species. Leaves J of an inch long, more than half an inch broad at the base. 

 Flowers when expanded more than an inch in diameter. Petals one-third 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens very numerous. Styles a Uttle spreading. 

 Capsule half the length of the calyx, attenuated at the summit : placentaj lin- 

 ear, at length separating from the valves. Seeds cylindrical-oblong, longi- 

 tudinaUy and transversely striate. — Easily distinguished from A. stans by its 

 broad clasping leaves. 



j4- 5. A. microsepalum : stem nearly terete, much branched ; leaves (very 

 small) oblong-linear, crowded; flowers erect, on long peduncles; sepals 

 much shorter than the obovate unequal petals ; styles 3, long, distinct. 



Georgia, Croom ! Middle Florida, Dr. Alexander ! March and April. 

 — Stem erect?, afoot or more high, paniculately branched. Leaves 4-5 

 lines long and a line wide, a little narrowed below. Flowers large and ra- 

 ther showy, clustered at the summit of the branches ; the peduncles about 

 half an inch long. Sepals nearly equal in length; the exterior one about a 

 third broader than the others. Petals more than twice as long as the sepals, 

 one of them usually much shorter than the others. Styles filiform, longer 

 than the ovary. — This species diSers from all the others of the genus in the 

 somewhat equal and very small sepals, as *'ell as in the long style : it has 

 the habit of Hypericum. 



2. HYPERICUM. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 643 ; Chois. I. c. (in part.) 



Hypericum & Sarothra of Authors. 



Sepals 5, more or less connected at the base, usually somewhat equal, foli- 

 aceous. Petals 5, oblique and often inequilateral. Stamens very numerous, 

 or sometimes few, united at the base into 3-5 parcels, or occasionally distinct. 



