162 HYPERICACE^. Hypericum. 



of the petals ; stamens very numerous, nearly as long as the petals; capsule 

 conic, coriaceous, 3-lobed, subulate Avith the connate at length distinct styles. 

 —Lam. did. 4. p. 180; UC. prodr. 1. p. 547. H. glaucum, Mich.r.Jl.2. 

 p. 78; PuTsh, fl. 2. p. 376; Ell! sk. 2. p. 32; JJC. I. c. H. rosmarini- 

 folium, Chois. in DC. I. c. ? not of Lam. 



Fiorida, Michau.v, Mr. F. Cozze.ns ! Dr. Chapman! Dr. Alexander ! 

 Alabama, Dr. Gates! Georgia, Le Conte ! and South Carolina. Elliott! 

 ]V1 ay-June. — A straggling shrub, 1-2 feet high. Leaves very numerous, mi- 

 nutely punctate w'ith brownish somewhat pellucid dots, about an inch long ; 

 those of the branches of the cyme much smaller; the floral ones shorter than 

 the sepals : the midrib conspicuous. Sepals nearly equal, resembling the 

 leaves. Petals very inequilateral. Styles occasionally 4. Capsule strongly 

 lobed ; the placentse, though much introflexed, not reaching the axis. Seeds 

 ovoid, smooth, 



14. H. dolabriforme (Vent.): sufTruticose ; stem decumbent at the base, 

 simple or branchmg above; leaves linear-lanceolate, veinlcss, spreading or 

 at length reflexed ; the margins revolute when old ; cyme fastigiatc, at first 

 few-flowered, at length divaricate and somewhat compound, scmeAvhat leafy ; 

 sepals unequal, ovate-lanceolate, acute, about the length of the dolabriform 

 petals ; capsule coriaceous, conoidal, tricarinate, acuminate ; styles united, or 

 at length distinct above; seeds strongly rugose transversely. — Ve7it. hort. 

 Cels. t. 45; Piirsh, fl. 2. p. 378; DC. prodr. 1. p. 547. H. procumbens, 

 Michx.! fl. 2. p. SI '; Willd. sp. 3. p. 1450 ; Purs/i, I. c; DC. I. c. 



Dry hills, Kentucky, -/^/^■c7ia^^.r, Hafinesqne ! Short! July-Aug. — Stem 

 straggUng, 6-20 inches long, a\ ith a brownish exfoliating bark, slightly anci- 

 pital above. Leaves (slightly glaucous) 1-1^ inch long, closely sessile, ob- 

 tuse or acutish, marked with large pellucid at length brownish dots, with 

 smaller ones often fascicled in the axils or on short branches. Dichotomal 

 flowers on very short peduncles. Sepals about the length of the mature 

 capsule, strongly dotted ; the broader ones often with 3 pellucid nerves at 

 the base ; the others lanceolate. Petals obovate-cuneifonxij but very inequi- 

 lateral or falcate. Valves of the capsule not in the "least introflexed; but 

 with a salient ridge opposite the thick and cord-like placentse, giving the cap- 

 sule, and particularly the ovary, a somewhat triquetrous appearance. Seeds 

 oval, in several rows. 



/' 15. H. ambigimm (Ell.) : branches numerous, compressed; leaves thin, 

 linear-lanceolate, narrow at the base, acute, mucronate, with a callous 

 whitish point ; flowers solitary and three together in the axils of the upper 

 leaves ; sepals as long as the petals, unequal, linear-lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the base; petals obliquely obovate, cuspidate on one side; styles shghtly 

 nnited.— Ell. sk. 2. p. 30. 



Banks of rivers. Near Columbia, Georgia, Elliott ; on the Apalachicola, 

 Dr. Chapman! May-June. Shrub 2-4 feet high. Leaves li inch long, 

 2-3 lines wide. Capsule (immature) oblong, attenuated at the summit, 

 shorter than the foliaceous sepals. 



16. H. nudifloriim (Michx.): stem branching and shrubby below; 

 branches quadrangular and winged ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or nearly oblong, 

 obtuse, pale on both sides, a little veiny, very minutely punctate with reddish 

 dots ; cymes pedunculate, naked, loosely flowered ; bracts setaceous ; dicho- 

 tomal flowers on short but distinct pedicels; sepals oblong-lanceolate or Hnear, 

 about half the length of the obovate petals; capsule ovoid-conic, acuminate 

 with the connate styles. — Michx. fl. 2. p. 78 ; Willd. sp. 3. p. 1456 ; Pursh, 

 ft. 2. p. 375 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 548 (excl. syn. Ait.) ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 32. 



/?. leaves (smaller) oblong, somewhat attenuate at the base and often 

 very slightly petioled, minutely punctate with pellucid dots ; flowers rather 

 larger ; sepals more than half the length of the petals. 



