40 IIYl'EUICACEiK. (sT. JOHN's-WOKT I AMILV.) 



♦ * Cajtsule 3<flteil : sli/les stjtnmte : pttu/s Uuck-dollnl : In rlju. 



3. H. perforatum, L. St»in imuli branchcil, 8lij,'litl_v 2-<(l;:((l ; cymot 

 corynilioso, maiiy-lldwi nd ; U-avis elliptical or liiifar-ol»loii)j;, oIjIuh;, willi pel. 

 Ituiil (lots ; sipals laiiciolate, acute. — Old fields, spariii;^ly natunilixed. June-> 

 Aiif^ust. — Stem l°-2°liigh, bearing runners nt the base. Flowers 1' wide, 

 deep yellow. 



4. H. maculatum, Walt. Stem terete, sparinj^ly branched al)ovc ; leaves 

 oblong-cordate, ol)tuse, cla.>;ping, marked with pellucid dots ; cynics many-flow- 

 ered, corynilKise ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; styles twice as lonp as the ovarv. — 

 Dry pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. June -August. — Stem 2° -3" 

 high. Leaves 1'- ly Ion;.', ri!.'id. Flowers small. 



5. H. COrymbosum, Muhl. Leaves thin, oblong, slightly < lasping ; se- 

 pals ovate ; styles as long as the ovary ; otherwise nearly as the last. — Moun- 

 tains of North Carolina, northward and westward. July. — Stem l°-2° high. 

 Leaves l'-2' long. 



* * * Capsule l-celled, or pari tail ij 3-relled hi/ the hitrorersion of the jilucenUe. 



•*- Shrnlis : leares evert/rceii. 



** Cymes leafij. 



6. H. fasciculatum, Lam. Lowest leaves obovatc, the others naiTow- 

 linear, with revolutc margins, and numerous smaller ones clustered in the axils ; 

 cymes mostly 3-tlowered, lateral and terminal ; sepals like the leaves, mostly 

 shorter than the obovate onc-anglcd petals. — Var. AsrAr.ATiioiDES has very short 

 (2"- 3") and wider leaves and sepals, the latter one third as long as the smaller 

 petals. — >Lirgins of pine barren ponds, Florida to North Carolina and west- 

 ward. July and August. — Shrub 2° -6° high. Leaves C- 12" long, con- 

 spicuously d(jtted, glossy. Capsule oblong-linear. 



". H. galioides, Lam. Leaves linear-oblanccolatc, obtuse, tapering to the 

 base, glossy above, rigid ; those in the axils clustered ; cymes lateral and ter- 

 minal, few-flowered, or the terminal ones compound ; sepals equal, linear, acute, 

 shorter than the petals ; capsules acute. — Pine barrens, Florida to Soudi Caro- 

 lina and westward. 



Var. ambiguum. (11. ambiguum, /?//.? Torr. ^- Gray.) Leaves oblanceo- 

 latc, nmcronate, pale and thin ; sepals unequal, lanceolate, narrowed at the base, 

 longer than the petals. — River swamps, Florida. July and August. — Stems 

 2° -4° high. Branches often elongated. Leaves 1'- 1^' long. 



8. H. myrtifolium, Lam. Leaves cordate-oblong and partly clasping, 

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

 acute, as long as the obovatc petals ; stamens very numerous ; capsule conical- 

 ovate. (H. glaucum, Mirfir.) — Pine banen ponds, Florida to South Carolina 

 and westward. May - September. — Shrub 1° - 2° high, with spreading terete 

 branches. Leaves thick, 1' long. Flowers 1' wide. 



9. H. aureum, Bartram. Leaves oblong, mucronatc, narrowed at the 

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

 at the summit of the 2-cdged branches ; sepals leaf-like, shorter than the thick and 

 tardily deciduous petals ; stamens very numerous ; capsule ovate, much smaller 



