374 



amplexicaule. 



fOLYANDRTA DI-PENTAGYNIA. AscyiUm. 



gis basi biolandulosls, floribus terminalibus solitar'iist 



breviter pedicellatis 3 gyiiis. — IViUd. ip. pi. 3. p. 1473. 

 A. stans. Mnih.Jl. amer. 2 p. TJ . 

 In low overflowed op.n places, generally in s.-ndy soil : 



New Jersey to Carolina, tj . July, Aug. v. v. 



Flowers larger than the former species : it is from one 



to two feet high. 

 , A. erect um ; caule superne dlchotome-panicnlato. ramis 



ancipiiibus, foliis ovato-oblongis amplexica.ilibus, fo' 



liolis calycinis extrrioribus cordatis, floribus 3-4- 



gynis. - M'f/i .;? inner 2. p 77. 

 A. stans. IVii'l'L sp. pi. 3. p. 1475. 

 Hypericum tetrapetaluin. Lam. encycl. 4 p. 153. 

 In low grounds and woods : Virginia to Florida. Tj . 



July, Aug. V. V. The flowers and leaves larger than 



anv other sort. 



449. HYPERICUM. Gen. pi. 1224.. 



* Pejitagyna. 



Kalmiamim. 1. H. fruticosum, raraosissimura ; ramulis 4-gonis, foliis 

 lineari lanceolatis, corymbis terminalibus 3 — 7-floris, 

 laciniis caU'cis lanceolatis obm>>iusculis, capsulis lon- 

 gitudine calycis.-- Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. J 438. 

 H. Barlramianum. AJili. diet. n. 10. 

 In Pensylvania and Virginia. Tj . June, July, v, s. in 

 Herb. Lambert, v. v. in Hortis. From three to five 

 feet high : the flowers of (lie whole genus are yellow. 



pyramida- 2. H. herbaceum, evectum ; caule subteirago.io ramoso, 

 iuin. foliis sessilibus oblongis acutis glabris, floribus termi- 



nalibus, stylis staminibus brevioribus, calycinis foiio- 

 lis ovatis acutis.— JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1444. 

 H. amplexicaule. Lam. encycl. 4. p. 147. 

 Icon. Fent. malm. lis. 



In Canada ? 11 . July, Aug, v. v. in Hortis. Flowers 

 the size of//. Ascyrum. 



ascyroides. 3. H. herbaceum, glabrum ; caule siraplici 4-gono, foliis 

 sessilibus oblongis acutis glabris, floribus ttrminalibus, 

 stylis Icngitudiue staminum, calycinis foliolis ovato- 

 lanceolatis. — (Villd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1443. 



H. macrocarpuin. Mlch.fi. amer. 2. p. 82. 



In Canada and the western parts of New York and Pen- 

 sylvania. 2/. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers the largest 

 of all the species here enumerated. 



