166 HYPERICACEiE. HypEaicDJii 



J Species which have 7iot fallen under our observation. 



* Shrubby. 



26. H. elatum (Ait.) : trigynous; sepals lanceolate-ovate, acute ; stamens 

 loncrer than the corolla ; stem shrubby ; leaves ovate-oblong. Ait. Kew. {ed. 

 l.)\ p. 104. 



The H. elatum figured by Jussieu (in ann. mus. 3. i. 17.), is probably dif- 

 ferent from Alton's plant, and is doubtless not a native of North America. 



27. H.Jastigiatum (EH.) : branches somewhat compressed; leaves nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, very acute ; corymbs terminal, many-flowered, fastigiate; 

 styles united. Ell. sk. 2. p. 31, not of H. B. <^ K. 



Pine barrens of Scriven county, Georgia. May-July. — Shrub 3 feet high. 

 Leaves about 3 inches long, tapering yet connate at the base. Corymbs 

 with solitary flowers nearly sessile in the lower divisions. Styles not sepa- 

 rating as the pod matures. Elliott. — We have no specimens which agree 

 with this description. 



♦ * Herbaceous. 



28. H. Icevioratum (Ait.) : trigynous; leaves ovate, somewhat clasping; se- 

 pah ovate, acute; panicle trichotomous, the intermediate flower sessile. Ait. 

 Kew. {ed. 1.) 3. p. 106. 



Referred by Willdenow and most succeeding authors to H. nudiflorum; 

 but the dichotomal flowers in that species are not sessile. Perhaps H. angu- 

 losum, or H. eliipticum. 



29. H. sessilijlorwn (Spreng.): trigynous; branches terete ; leaves half- 

 clasping, cordate-oblong, veinless, punctate ; corymb terminal, with the flow- 

 ers nearly sessile ; sepals oblong, acute, foliaceous, much longer than the co- 

 rolla; styles united. Spreng. syst. 3. p. 346. 



Described from a specimen in Willdenow's herbarium. Probably H. myr- 

 tifolium. 



30. H. virgatum (Lam.) : stem straight, 4-angled ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late slightly clasping, punctate with black dots, re volute on the margins ; pa- 

 nicle dichotomous, few-flowered ; sepals lanceolate; styles 2-3; stigmas capi- 

 tate. DC— Lam. diet. 4. p. 158 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 547. 



■■/ 31. H. cistifolium (Lam.): stem angular; leaves ovate-oblong, rather 

 acute somewhat clasping, punctate with black dots beneath, revolute on the 

 maro-ins ; flowers in dichotomous corymbs ; sepals ovate ; styles united. DC. 

 I. c.—Lam. diet. 4. p. 158. 



32. H. hedyotifolium (Foir.): stem straight, 4-angled ; leaves sessile, de- 

 cussate, lanceolate, rather acute, appressed, not pellucid-punctate, but with 

 black dots beneath ; sepals linear-lanceolate, with black dots ; styles 3-4 ; 

 stigmas capitate. DC. I. c.—Poir. diet. 7. p. 700. 



Doubtless H. angulosum. 



33. H. triplinerve (Vent.): stem herbaceous, 3-angled, decumbent at the 

 base ; leaves Unear, much spreading, obtuse, with revolute margins ; sepals 

 ovate, acute ; petals unequal. DC— Vent. hort. Cels. t. 58 ; DC prodr. 1. 



p. 552. 



On the banks of the Ohio, Michaux, ex lent.— We have not seen the 

 fio-ure and original description of this species ; but the character given by 

 Pursh which is apparently taken from Ventenat, includes several important 

 partic'j'a-'^ not mentioned by Choisy ; whose elaboration of the species of 

 Hypericum in De Candolle's Prodromus is far froiB satisfactory. The stem 

 is said by Pursh to be erect, the leaves triplinerved, the flowers as large as in 

 H. perforatum, and the sepals and petals glandulose-serrate. 



