164 HYPERICACEJ2. Hypehiccm. 



rarely spreading. Flowers 5-6 lines in diameter. Petals obovate, involute 

 when old. Stamens distinctly polyadelphous. Capsule as long as the sepals: 

 placentae a little introflexed. Seeds oval, finely striate longitudinally. 



/' 20. H. angulosum, (Michx.) : stem acutely quadrangular, simple below, 

 corymbosely ^branched above ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or subovate, acute, 

 closely sessile*and somewhat clasping, nearly opaque, very obscurely dotted ; 

 cymes compound, naked, the ultimate branches bearing alternate distant 

 flowers ; sepals unequal, ovate, acute ; petals 3 times as long as the sepals, 

 obovate, with an angular tooth near the summit ; styles distinct, nearly 3 

 times as long as the ovary ; capsule ovate. — Michx. ft. 2. p. 78 ; Pursh, f. 

 2. p. 387 ; Ell. sk. 2: p. 25; BC. prodr. 1. p. 546. "H. denticulatum, Walt. 

 Car. p. 190. 



Wet places in pine barrens. New Jersey ! to Florida ! June-Aug.— Stem 

 1^-2 feet high, simple the greater part' of its length, often corymbosely 

 branched above. Leaves 8-12 lines long, rather thick, usually erect, indis- 

 tinctly veined, shorter than the internodes ; the upper ones sometimes 

 Unear. Cymes often decompound, (occasionally reduced almost to a solitary 

 flower) ; t!ie divisions appearing racemose from the abortion of one of the 

 forks at each subdivision of the cyme. Petals about half an inch long, cop- 

 per-colored. Capsule shorter than the calyx : placentae somewhat introflex- 

 ed. Seeds oval, smooth.— We have not restored Walter's name to this 

 species, where it most probably belongs, as there is a H. denticulatum of 

 Kuntli which has been long established. 



/ 21. H. elliptmtm (Hook.) : stem quadrangular, simple below, somewhat 

 branched at the summit ; leaves elliptical, very obtuse, closely sessile, pel- 

 lucid-punctate ; cyme nearly naked; sepals oblong, very unequal, spread- 

 ing ; styles 3. connate nearly to the summit ; capsule ovate-globose. — Hook, 

 ft. Bor'.-Am. 1. p. 110. H. sphoerocarpon, Bart.! jl. Philad. 2. p. 14 ; Nutt.! 

 gen. 2. p. 16, not of Mich.r. 



Moist grounds along rivers, Canada ! Northern and Western parts of 

 New-York ! Banks of the Connecticut! NeAv Jersey, Mr. Collins! Penn- 

 sylvania near Philadelphia, Barton ! July.— Stem 10-20 inches high. 

 Leaves an inch long, marked with obscure brownish dots, somewhat clasp- 

 ing or a little narrowed at the base. Cyme usually few-flowered. Flowers 

 pale orange. Petals obovate, one-third longer than the sepals. Styles as 

 long as the ovary, separating when old : stigmas minute, subcapitate. Cap- 

 sule shorter than the calyx; the placentae somewhat introflexed. Seeds 

 oval, minutely striate and rugulose. 



§ 4. Stam.ens 5-20, distinct ■: capsule 1-celled, with 3 strictly parietal 

 placentce: styles 3, distinct, short. Annual. 



* Stem simple below, dichotomously cym.ose above, loith a dichotomal {terminal) flower 



in each division. 



-h 22. H. mutiluvi (Linn.) : stem quadrangular, usually much branched ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, clasping, 5-nerved, pellucid-punctate; cymes 

 leafy ; sepals lanceolate, rather longer than the oblong petals ; stamens 6-12 ; 

 capsule ovate-conical.— Lni/z. syst. 2- p. 511. H. quinquenervium, Walt. 

 Car. p. 199 ; Micluv. fl. 2. p. 79 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 550 ; Hook. f. Bor.-Am. 

 1. «. 110; DarUngt.' fl. Cest. p. 323. H. prviflorum, Muhl. ! in Willd. 

 sp. 3. p. 1457 ; Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 376 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 24. H. stellarioides, H. 

 B. ^ h. nov. gen. ^ sp. 5. p. 196 (ex Choisy). 



Low g>-ounds, Canada! to Florida! and west to Arkansas! Texas, 

 Drummond! July-Sept.— Stem 6-12 inches high, slender, sometinies 

 nearly or quite simple. Leaves about f of an inch long, thin ; lateral veins 



