ST. JOHlirS-WORT FAMILY. G21 



simple l>elow with sleudev drooping I)rauclie8; very baiidsouH^ when loaded with 

 the bright yellow How ers. 



Tyjie locality : "Cette espt-ce croit natnrellemeut daus la Caroliuc."' 



Herb. Geol. 8nrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum aspalathoides Willd. Sp. 1*1. 3 : 1451. 1805. 



Short-leaf St. John'.s-wokt. 



Hypericum fasciculat urn var. aspalathoides Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : (!72. 1840. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 27. Chap. Fl. 40 ; ed. 3, 57. 



Louisianiau area. South Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Boggy piue barrens. Baldwin and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers golden yellow, August, September. Abundant. Low bushy shrub with 

 erect-spreading rigid branches, frequently forming extensive patches about shaMow 

 pine-barren ponds. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum galioides Lam. Encycl. 4 : 161. 1796. Glossy St. .John's-wokt. 



Chap. Fl. 40; ed. 3, 57. 



Louisianian area. Sonth Carolina aud Florida to Mississipi)i and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa County, Tannehill (^J. ./. iSm«7/)). Flow- 

 ers, July. 



Specimens from the above locality represent the form described by Lamarck and 

 the typical form of Chapman of this polymorphous species. The leaves are densely 

 crowded, thick, glossy above, margins revolute, with a callous whitish point, the 

 sepals linear like the leaves, equal or unequal, longer or shorter than the petals. 



Type localitj' : " Cet arbuste crolt naturellement dans la Caroline meridiouale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum galioides pallidum nom. uov. 



Hypericum {/alioides amhiguum Chap. Fl. 40. 1860. Not H. amhiguum Ell. 



Louisianian area. Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. 



Chap. Fl. 40. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Shaded borders of ditches and 

 swamps in alluvial forests. Clarke and Escambia counties. Baldwin County, 

 Stockton. Flowers June to September. Frequent. 



Shrubby at the base, diffusely branched and at once recognized by the thin dull 

 pale linear-lanceolate, fiat leaves, shorter and broader than in the type, ^ inch wide, 

 1 to 11 inches long, obtuse, minutely pointed, and the margins scarcely revolute, 

 sepals foliaceous, broadly lanceolate, suddenly contracted at the base, sharply 

 acuminate, equal, shorter than or as long as the petals, jiedicels bibracteolate. Strik- 

 ingly as in its extreme form this variety ditiers from the type, intermediate forms 

 occur connecting the two iii8ensil)ly. 



Tyi)e locality (Chap. Fl.) : " River swamps, Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hypericum cistifolium Lam. Encycl. 4: 158. 1796. Not Torr. ifc Gray, nor Chap. 

 Fl. 41. CiSTUS-LKAF St. John's-wort. 



Hiipericum nudiHorum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 78. 1803. 



Eil. Sk. 2 : 32. ' Gray, Man. ed. 5, 84. Chap. Fl. 41. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 162. 

 Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 58. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Florida to North Carolina, west to Louisiana 

 {Hale), Arkansas, southern Missouri, and southern Illinois. 



Alabama : Coast plain. Border of swamps in alluvial forests. Mobile County, 

 swamp of Three-mile Creek, June 15. Infrequent. Perennial. 



TyiJe locality not given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Hypericum sphaerocarpum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 78. 1803. 



Round- Friitki) St. Joiin's-wort. 



Hypericum cistifolium Gray, Man. ed. 6, 94. 1890. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 59. 1897. Not Lam. 



Gray, Man. ed. 5, 85. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Kentucky, Tennessee, southern Illinois, and 

 Missouri. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Central Prairie region. Sunny calcareous rocky 

 hillsides, open piairies. Franklin County, Russellville, 600 feet. Madison Coimty, 

 Montesano, 800 feet. Hale County, Gallion, so-called bald prairies, about 250 feet. 

 Flowers May, .June; not frequent. Shrubby at the base, 8 to 12 inches high. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Kentucky." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



