68 IIYPEKICACE.E. (sT. JOHn's-WOKT FAMILY.) 



lucid (lots ; sopalrt lancei)lato, arutc. — Old fields, sparin^'ly naturalized. .Tune- 

 August. — b<lem 1"^- 2° liigli, bearing runuer.s at tlic base. Flowers 1' wide 

 di'i'p yi How. 



'••. H. maculatura, Walt, stem terete, sparingly l)ranilicd above ; leaves 

 oblong-cordate, obtuse, cliuijiing, marked with pellucid dots ; cymes niany-llow- 

 ered, coryniljo.-ie ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; styles twice as long ;us the ovary. — 

 Dry pine liarrens, Florida to N<jrtli Carolina. June- August. — Stem I°-2° 

 high. Leaves 1'- l.y long, rigiil. Flowers small. 



!<•. H, corymbosum, -Mnhl. heaves thin, oblong, slightly clasping; 

 sepals ovate; styles as long as the ovary; otherwise nearly as the last. — 

 Mountains of North Carolina. July. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves l'-2' 

 long. 



* * * Capsule l-celled, or partlallij 3-ctlled by the introversion oj'tfie jilacentce. 



■*- Shrubs : leaves evergreen. 



■*-<■ Cymes leafij. 



11. H. myrtifolium, Lara. Leaves cordate-oblong and partly clasping, 

 mostly obtuse, glaucous ; cymes few-flowered, terminal; sepals leaf-like, ovate, 

 acute, as long as the obovate ])etals; stamens very numerous; capsule conical- 

 ovate. — Pine barren ponds, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. May- 

 Sept. — Shrub l°-2° high, with spreading terete branches. Leaves thick, 

 1' long. Flowers 1' wide. 



12. H, aureum, Bartram. Leaves oldong, mucronate, narrowed at the 

 base, wavy on the margins, glaucous beneath ; flowers very large, mostly 

 solitary at the summit of the 2-edged branches; sepals leaf-like, shorter than 

 the thick and tardily deciduous petals ; stamens very numerous ; capsule ovate, 

 much smaller than the calyx. (H. amrenum, PursA.) — Banks of the Flint 

 River, Georgia to Tennessee, and westward. June- August. — Stem 2° high, 

 diffusely branched. Leaves 2' -3' long. Flowers sometimes 2' wide, with 

 recurved orange-colored petals. 



++ ++ Cymes leafless. 

 = Many -flowered. 



13. H. nudiflorum, Michx. Branches 4-angled ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, paler beneath ; cymes terminal, pedunded, 5 - 1 5-flow- 

 ered ; bracts subulate ; buds globose ; petals oval, twice as long as the oval 

 sepals ; capsule ovate, longer than the calyx. — Low grounds, chiefly in the 

 upper districts. July-August. — Shrub 2°-3° high. Leaves thin, V -2' 

 long. Flowers .V' wide. I'etals recurved. 



14. H. opacum, Torr. & Gray. Branches 2-edged; leaves rigid, linear, 

 oblong, sessile ; cymes terminal, compound, many-flowered ; bracts subulate ; 

 buds ovate ; petals spreading, obovate, twice as long as the oblong unequal 

 sepals ; capsule 3-lobed, ovate, longer than the sepals. — Pine barren swamps, 

 near the coast, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. July -Sept. — 

 Shrub 2° -3° high. Leaves very numerous, 1' long. Flowers Y wide. Valves 

 of the capsule strongly impressed on the back. 



