160 HYPERICACE^, Hwericum, 



broadly obovate with an angular tooth near the summit ; filaments scarcely 

 polyadelphous ; styles slightly cohering ; capsules 3-lobed, oblong-conical, 

 with a long tapering point ; placenta scarcely extending to the axis. — Lam. 

 diet. 4. J). 154; Wilkl. sp. 3. p. 1451 ; BC. prodr. 1. p. 550, H. fascicu- 

 latum, Willd. I. c. (excl. syn.) H. rosmarinifolium, Ell. .s7c. 2. p. 20. 



Damp soils, S. Carolina and Georgia, Elliotl; Middle Florida, Dr. Cliap- 

 man ! Red River, Louisiana, Dr. Hale ! June- Aug. — Stem 2-3 feet high,, 

 slender; the bark smooth and brownish. Leaves about an inch long and 

 li wide ; those in the axils nearly as long as the primary ones. Flowers 

 half as large as in H. perforatum. Torus hemispherical, very distinct. 



-/ 7. H. fascicidatum (Lam.) : stem shrubby, much branched, the branches 

 somcAvhat ancipital; leaves linear and very narrow, crowded, coriaceous, 

 closely sessile, revolute, fascicled in the axils as if verticillate, with large 

 pellucid glands; flowers in terminal leafy cymules, or solitary and axillary j 

 sepals rather unequal, hnear ; petals broadly obovate, with an acute angular 

 tooth near the summit; filaments slightly polyadelphous ; styles somewhat 

 cohering ; capsule oblong-conical, with a long tapering point. — Lam. diet. 

 4. p. 160; Michx. fl. 2. p. 80?; Ell. sk. 2. p. 28; DC. prodr. 1. p. 554. 

 H. aspalathoides, iVilld. sp. 3. p. 1451; Pursh,Jl. 2. p. 376. H. tenuifo- 

 lium, Pursh, I. c. H. Coris? Walt. Car. p. 190. H. Michauxii, Poir. 

 diet. 7. p. 696 ? 



/?. stem somewhat diffuse ; leaves very short, in numerous approximated 

 whorls ; flowers solitary and in threes towards the summit of the branches ; 

 sepals oblong, obtuse, scarcely one-third the length of the petals. — H. axil- 

 lare, Lam., diet. 4. p. 160 ? 



Wet pine barrens, Georgia ! to Florida ! Louisiana, Druvimond. /?. N. 

 Carolina, Curtis! Kin! (in herb. Muhl.) July-Sept. — Shrubs 1-2 feet 

 high. Leaves 6-8 lines long (2-3 in p.). Flowers as in the preceding spe- 

 cies. Sepals resembling the leaves. Petals in /?. with scarcely any lateral 

 tooth. Seeds oblong. 



* * * Herbaceous : capsule tricarpellary. (^Petals and anthers with black dots.) 



8. H. perforat7im (hinn.) : stem ancipital, corymbosely branched^ leaves 

 ovate-elliptical, obtuse, with pellucid dots ; petals twice as long as the lance- 

 olate acute sepals ; styles diverging. — Willd. sp. 3. p. 1453 ; Eng. b:>t. t. 

 295 ; Pursh, Jl. 2. p.'377 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 279 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 549; 

 Hook.fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 110. 



Old fields, pastures, &c. throughout Canada and the United States: intro- 

 duced. July-Aug. — Stem 1-2 feet high. Leaves closely sessile, 6-10 lines 

 long, with very conspicuous dots. Flowers numerous. Stamens mostly in 

 3 sets. — St. Johii's-wort. 



-f- 9. //. Scotderi (Hook.): stem terete below, quadrangular above; leaves 

 'oblong-ovate, closely sessile and somewhat clasping; not dotted ; under sur- 

 face with numerous prominent veins ; cyme somewhat compound ; sepals 

 broadly ovate, rather obtuse, one-third the length of the petals, dotted with 

 black; styles 3, distinct, erect. — Hook.! fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 111. 



8. leaves pellucid-punctate ; sepals somewhat acute. 



Dry gravelly soils and limestone rocks, Oregon, Dr. Scolder ! Douglas. 

 (8. Rocky Mountains, Nuttall ! — About 18 inches high, sparingly branched. 

 Leaves | of an inch long, very obtuse. Flowers one-third smaller than in 

 H. perforatum. Petals sprinkled with a few black dots near the margin. 



-^ 10. H. corymhosum (Muhl.) : every part of the plant marked with black 

 dots ; stems terete, corymbosely branched above ; leaves oblong or ovate, 

 somewhat clasping; cymes many-flowered, corymbed; sepals ovate, acute; 

 petals oblong; styles distinct, about as long as the ovary. — MiM.! in Willd. 



