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or ascending, rooting at the lower nodes, with angled, simple or dichotomous branches 3-25 

 cm. high. Leaves pale, obtuse, ovate or elliptic, 5-7 nerved, somewhat clasping, 5-15 mm. 

 long ; cymes peduncled, loose, the branches elongated or sometimes the flowers solitary on very 

 short peduncles ; petals small, not dotted, 6-8 mm. broad, dark yellow ; sepals unequal, lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or acute, 2-4 mm. long; petals 3^ mm. long, oval; stamens 15-20; styles short; 

 capsule 1 -celled, about 3 mm. long. 



Springy places and wet meadows. Transition and Boreal Zones; British Columbia to Lower California. 

 Type locality: San Francisco, California. June-July. 



5. Hypericum majus (A. Gray) Britt. Larger Canadian St. John's-wort, 



Fig. 3237. 



Hypericum canadense var. major A. Gray, Man. ed. S. 86. 1867. 

 Hypericum majus Britt. Mem. Torrey Club 5:225. 1894. 



Annual or perennial, stem erect, 10-70 cm. high, usually branched above, the branches strict, 

 nearly erect. Leaves lanceolate to linear, sessile or somewhat clasping, 5-7-nerved, 1-4 cm. 

 long, acute or obtuse at the apex ; cymes several- to many-flowered ; bracts subulate ; flowers 

 6-10 mm. broad; sepals 5-7 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the petals or 

 shorter ; stamens 5-12 ; styles 3 ; capsule narrowly conical, acute, 8-10 mm. long, longer than 

 the sepals ; seeds minute, cross-lined and faintly longitudinally striate. 



Wet ground, Humid Transition Zone; Washington (Green Lake, Seattle, Piper) and British Columbia; 

 also in Colorado and the Eastern States. Type locality: Lake Superior. July-Aug. 



6. Hypericum mutilum L. Small-flowered St. John's-wort. Fig. 3238. 



Hypericum mutilum L. Sp. PI. 787. 1753. 

 Ascyrum Crux-Andreae L. loc. cit. 



Usually annual, slender, erect or ascending, generally tufted, abundantly and diffusely 

 branched, 15-50 cm. high; branchlets 4-angled. Leaves ovate to oval, sessile, clasping, obtuse, 



3233. Hypericum formosum 



3234. Hypericum perforatum 



3235. Hypericum concinnum 



3236. Hypericum anagalloides 



3237. Hypericum majus 



3238. Hypericum mutilum 



