HvPERicDM. HYPERICACEiE. 159 



*♦ Shrubby or suffruuticoie : capsule tricarpeUary. 



-'■ 3. //. proUficum (Linn.): stem sparini^ly branched, tho branches anci- 

 pital ; leaves oblonjj-lanceolate, rather obtuse, narrowed at the base ; cymes 

 compound, leafy ; sepals foliaceous, une(|ual, ovale, with a short abrupt point, 

 one-third shorter than the obovate petals ; styles at first united, at length dis- 

 tinct ; capsule ovate-oblonsr. — Wilhl. sp. 3. /). 1453 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 30 ; DC. 

 prod?: 1. p. 517. H. densiflorum, Pnrsh, fl. 2. p. 376. 



0. cymes few-flowered, terminal and axillary ; axils of the leaves mostly 

 naked ; capsule ovate-conical, large. 



y. ? stem much branched ; leaves much smaller and crowded, linear-ob- 

 long, fascicled in the axils ; cymes compound ; flowers much smaller ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate ; capsule oblong, attenuate at the summit. — H. galioides, 

 Pursh! Ji. 2. p. 376. (excl. syn.) 



Banks of rivers and swamps, New- Jersey ! to Florida! /?. Ohio, Riddell! 

 y. New-Jersey ! Texas, Dr. Veatch ! July- Aug. — Shrub 2-3 feet high. 

 Leaves 2-2^ inches long, 4-6 lines wide (in ;.. 1-1 i inch long ; the upper ones 

 often scarcely a line wide ; revolute on the margin). Flowers as large as in 

 H. perforatum (except my.). Petals very oblique. Capsule in^. more than 

 half an inch long, nearly 3 times as large as in }-• Torus conspicuous. 

 Seeds cylindrical, slightly curved. 



-:*''" 4. H. adpressum (BsLTton) : stem 2-winged above ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late or linear-oblong, closely sessile, pellucid-punctate (without black dots), 

 veined, with smaller ones fascicled in the axils ; cyme few-flowered, naked ; 

 sepals very unequal, oblong and obovate, rather obtuse, at length reflexcd ; 

 petals twice as long as the sepals, oblong-obovate ; styles united to the sum- 

 mit ; capsule ovate-oblong.— 5aW. .' f. Philad. 2. p. 15. H. Bonaparte^, 

 Bart. ! fl. Ain. Sept. 3. t. 



Borders of swamps in the pine barrens of New-Jersey ! Banks of the 

 Schuylkill near Philadelphia, Barton! Conrad! Arkansas, Nuttall ! Aug.- 

 Sept. — Stem about 2 feet high, somewhat shrubby at the base. Leaves 2 

 inches long, 3-4 lines wide, narrowed at the summit, and often also at the 

 base, the upper ones sometimes rather acute ; veins numerous, and appearing 

 translucent when the leaf is held to the light. Cymes compound. 15-20- 

 flowered. Flowers half as large as in H. perforatum ; the dichotomal ones 

 sessile. Stamens very numerous. Styles longer than the stamens, united 

 until the fruit is nearly mature. Capsule rarely 4-celled. Torus hemi- 

 spherical, very distinct. Seeds cylindrical. 



5. H. Tosmarini folium (Lam.) : stem sufTrutescent, terete below, some- 

 what ancipital above, straight; branches few and erect; leaves linear, rather 

 obtuse, narroAved at the base, revolute on the margin ; cymes few-flowered, 

 dense, terminal ; sepals nearly equal, oblong, acute at each end ; petals obo- 

 vate, rounded at the summit, with an obscure lateral tooth ; style slightly 

 united ; capsule broadly ovate ; seeds cylindrical. — Lam. diet. 4. p. 159 ; 

 Willd. sp. 3. p. 1450, not of DC. prodr., nor of Ell. 



Near Lexington, Kentucky, Short ! Tennessee, Cooper ! July-Aug. — 

 Stem about 2 feet high. Leaves 1^-2 inches long, 2 lines wide, rather dis- 

 tant, with a few smaller ones in the axils. Flowers about half an inch in 

 diameter. Capsule scarcely 2 Hues long. — The plant here described may 

 not be the original H. rosmarinifolium of Lamarck, whose descriptive cha- 

 racter is wholly insufficient. 



-f" 6. H. galioides (Lara.): stem frutescent, terete; branches few and 

 straight, erect ; leaves linear-lanceolate, fascicled in the axils as if verticil- 

 late, rather obtuse, narrowed into a petiole at the base, dotted Avith large pel- 

 lucid glands ; cymules numerous, axillary and terminal on the paniculate 

 branches ; sepals nearly equal, linear-lauceolate, at length rcflexed ; petals 



