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obscure. Flowers very small ; those in the forks of the cyme pedicel- 

 late. Styles somewhat spreading: stiij;mas capitate. Capsule a little lonc;er 

 than the calyx. Seeds cylindrical-oblona. — In specimens from Maryland 

 and Arkansas, the stem is nearly simple, the leaves more remote, and the 

 cyme few-flowered; but they appear to be mere variations from the ordinary 

 form of the plant. 



-/- 23. II. Canadenso. (Linn.): stem quadrano^nlar, with erect branches; 

 leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, narrowed at the base, pellucid-punctate and 

 with black dots beneath ; sepals lanceolate, very acute, longer than the i)e- 

 tals and shorter than the oblong-conical capsule ; stamens 5-10. — Willd. sjt. 

 3. p. 1455; jMicha: ft. 2. p. 79; Pursh,Ji. 2. p. 378; Ell. sk. 2. p. 24 ; DC. 

 prodr. \.p. 550; Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. 1. «. 110; Darlingt.Jl. Ct'st. p. 324. 



Wet places, particidarly in sandy soils, Canada! and INcwfoundland, to 

 Georgia! June-Aug.— Stem 6-12 inches high, slender. Leaves usually 

 about an inch long and 1-2 lines wide; sometimes nearly lanceolate, ob- 

 scurely 3-nerved. Sepals unequal. Petals oblong, orange. Styles shorter 

 than the ovary, (rarely 4 or 5) somewhat clavate : stigmas capitate. Cap- 

 sule very acute, usually about twice as long as the sepals. Seeds cylindri- 

 cal, yellow. 



* ♦ Stems rather rigid, dichotomously or irregularly much branched from near the 

 ■kase : /lowers distant and somewhat racemose on the branches : leaves subulate 

 jor narrowly linear, appresscd. (Sarothra, Linn.) 



f^24r. H. Sarothra (Michx.): stem and branches filiform, quadrangular; 

 leaves very minute, subulate, carinate ; flowers sessile; stamens 5-10; cap- 

 sule conical, elongated, twice the length of the linear-lanceolate sepals. 

 —Mich.v.Ji. 2. p. 79 ; Pvrah, fl. 2. p. 78 ; Darlingt. fi. Cesl. p.^ 324. H. 

 Rudicaule, Walt. Car. p. 190. ' Sarothra gentianoides, l>inn.; Willd. sp. 1. 

 p. 1515; Ell. sk. I. p. 371; Grev. ^ Book, in hot. misc. 3. p. 236. S. 

 hypericoides. Nutt.! gen. 2. p. 204 ; Bart. ji. Am. Sept. 3. t. 92. / 1. 



Sandy fields and road sides, Canada ! to Florida! and west to the Missis- 

 sippi ! June-Aug. — Stem 4-10 inches high, appearing naked from the very 

 minute appressed leaves; branches slender and wiry, at first diverging, at 

 length nearly erect. Leaves 1-2 lines long, resembling stipules. Flowers 

 very minute. Petals oblong-hnear, longer than the calyx. Styles spreading: 

 stigmas capitate. Capsule dark purple, very acute. Seeds extremely minute 

 oblong, yellowish ; inner integument thick and slightly fleshy.— This plant is 

 without doubt a genuine Hypericum, although it is excluded from the genus 

 and from the order Hypericacese by most botanists. The inner integument 

 is mostly thicker than usual, in this and the following species, so that it has 

 been mistaken by Gsertner and others for albumen. 



"'■25. H. Drummondii: stem and branches rather stout, terete below, quad- 

 rangular above ; leaves narrowly linear, longer than the internodes ; flowers 

 pedicellate ; stamens 10-20 ; capsule ovate, shorter than the lanceolate sepals. 

 — Sarothra Drummondii, Grev. ^ Hook. I. c. t. 107. 



Near St. Louis, Missouri, and near New Orleans, Drummond, Dr. In- 

 galls ! Arkansas, Dr. Pitcher ! Dr. Leavenworth! Milledgeville, Geor- 

 gia, Dr. Boykin ! July-Sept.— Stem 10-18 inches high : the branches 

 almost al .vays ahernate. Leaves G-8 lines long, acute, marked with opaque 

 dots. Flowers 3 times as large as in the preceding species : pedicels 2-4 lines 

 long. Sepals unequal, shorter than the oblong petals. Capsule 2i lines 

 long. Seed 30-40, oval, about lO-rilabed, and transversely lacunose, 5 or 6 

 times as large as in H. Sarothra. 



