HYPERICACEJE. (ST, JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY.) 39 
often acute, approximate in pairs; styles 2; capsule as long as the sepals.— 
Sterile soil, Florida and northward. June- September. — Shrub 19-3? high. 
Leaves 1’ long. Branches opposite. - 
2. A. stans, Michx. Leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, closely sessile; outer 
sepals orbicular-cordate, obtuse; the inner ones lanceolate, acute; petals obovate ; 
styles 3 or 4; capsule shorter than the sepals. — Var. opovaTUM, Torr. & Gray, 
is a dwarf state, with obovate leaves, and obtuse inner sepals. — Damp soil, 
Florida and northward. July ~ September. — Shrub 29— 3° high. Leaves and 
flowers larger than in No. 1. 
* * Pedicels bractless : styles longer than the ovary. 
3. A. amplexicaule, Michx. Leaves and outer sepals cordate-ovate, 
clasping ; inner sepals lanceolate, as long as the outer ones ; petals obovate ; 
styles 3; capsule ovoid, barely half as long as the sepals. — Damp soil near the 
coast, Florida, Georgia, and westward. April ~ September. — Shrub 2°-3° 
high. Branches many times forking. 
4. A. pumilum, Michx. Dwarf; leaves oblong-ovovate, obtuse ; outer 
sepals round-ovate, the inner ones minute; petals obovate; pedicels long and 
slender, reflexed in fruit ; styles 2, united. — Dry gravelly soil, Florida, Georgia, 
and westward. March and April. — Stems 3/— 6/ long, diffuse. Leaves 4" — 6" 
long. es 
5. A. microsepalum, Torr. © Gray eaves "by ‘numerous, small, 
 oblong-linear, narrowed at the base, ‘obtuse ; flowers somewhat corymbose ; die 
pals small and equal.— Flat pine barrens, Florida and Alabama. March and 
April. — Shrub bushy, 12-29 high. Leaves 6/'- 9! long. Flowers 1! wide. 
2. HYPERICUM, L. Sr. Jonxw's-womr. 
Sepals 5, similar. Petals 5, oblique, convolute in the bud. Stamens mostly 
numerous, and commonly collected in 3-5 sets, without intervening glands. 
Styles 3 —5, distinct or united. Capsule 1— 5-celled. — Herbs or shrubs. Flow- 
ers mostly cymose, yellow. 
$ 1. Stamens numerous. 
* Capsule 3-celled : styles united: shrubs. 
1. H. prolificum, L. Branches 2-edged, the barren ones dign ; ; 
leaves lance-oblong, obtuse or mucronate, narrowed at the base ; cymes axillary 
and terminal, often few-flowered ; capsule oblong, rarely 4— iaia- Vastes 
with a more branching stem, smaller and narrower leaves, and smaller and more 
numerous flowers. (H. galioides, Ph.) — Swamps and banks of rivers in the 
aiddle and upper districts. July and dau m 39 get Lm 
vy long, paler beneath. B. 
2. H. Buckleyi, M. A. Curtis. E; widely Friii from "— 
leaves oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base, paler beneath ; flowers ter- 
