212 HYPERICACEAE 



b. Inflorescence minutely bracted. 



Leaf -blades ovate, oval, oblong or lanceolate, 5-7-nerved. 

 Capsules 2-5 mm. long : leaf-blades ovate, oval or oblong. 



Sepals narrowly oblong, obtuse or acutish : leaf-blades obtuse. 



10. H. niutilutn. 

 Sepals lanceolate, long-acuminate : leaf-blades acute. 



11. H. gymnanthum. 

 Capsules 8-10 mm. long: leaf-blades lanceolate. 



12. H. majus. 

 Leaf-blades linear, 3-nerved. 13. H. Canadense. 



1. Hypericum Ascyron L- Great or GianT St. John's-wort. 

 (Man. p. 626 ; I. F.y. 2^4^.) Banks of streams, Quebec and Vt. to Man., 

 Conn., N. J., 111. andKans. Also in Eu. and Asia. — Pemisylvania : Pike ; 

 Susquehanna ; Lycoming ; Northampton : Bucks ; Lancaster ; 

 Dauphin ; Allegheny- ; Mercer ; Lawrence. 



2. Hypericum Kalmianum L. Kalm's St. John's-wort. (Man. p. 

 626; I. F. /. 2445.) Ont. and western N. Y. to 111., Wis. and Mich. — 

 Pennsylvania : Reported from the northern counties, where it shall oc- 

 cur, but no specimens extant. 



3. Hypericum prolificum L. Shrubby St. John's-worT. (Man. p. 



626 ; I. F. _/ 2446.) Sandy or rocky soil, N. Y. to Ky. and Ga. — Penn- 

 sylvania : Philadelphia ; Lancaster, on Susquehanna ; York ; 

 Perry ; Lycoming ; Blair ; Clarion ; Huntington; Fulton ; Somer- 

 set ; Allegheny. 



4. Hypericum adpressum Bart. Creeping St. Johns-wort. 

 (Man. p. 626; I. F. y. 244g.) In low grounds, Mass. to Ga., La., Mo. 

 and Ark. — Pennsylvania : Bucks ; Bristol ; Delaware. 



5. Hypericum ellipticum Hook. EllipTic-lE.aved or Pale St. 

 John's-wort. (Man. p. 627; I. F. /. 24^2.) In swamps and along 

 streams, N. S. to Man., Conn., N. J., Pa. and Minn. — Pennsylvania: 

 Pike ; Monroe ; Schuylkill ; Northampton ; Bucks ; Montgomery; 

 Lancaster ; York ; Perry ; Cambria ; Clarion ; Allegheny ; 

 Somerset ; Fayette. 



6. Hypericum virgatum Lam. Virgate St. John's-wort. (Man. 

 p. 627 ; I. F. /. 24SJ.) In low grounds, Pa. to Del., 111. and Fl. — Penn- 

 sylvania : Bucks ; Bristol. 



7. Hypericum perforatum L. Common St. John's-wort. (Man. p. 



627 ; I. F. f. 24^4. ) In fields and waste places, eastern N. Am Nat. 

 from Eu. — Pennsylvania : Monroe ; Northampton ; Bucks ; Mont- 

 gomery ; Philadelphia ; Delaware ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Lu- 

 zerne ; Erie ; Allegheny. 



8. Hypericum maculatum Walt. Spotted St. John's-wort. 

 (Man. p. 627 ; I. F./. 245^.) In moist soil. Me. and Ont. to Minn., Fla., 

 and Tex. — Pennsylvania : Monroe ; Bucks ; Delaware ; Chester ; 

 Lancaster ; Franklin ; Luzerne ; Blair ; Erie ; Allegheny. 



9. Hypericum boreale (Britton) Bicknell. Northern St. John's- 

 worT. (Man. p. 62S ; L F./. 2457.) Wet soil, Newf. to Vt., N. J., and 

 Pa. — Pennsylvania : Luzerne, Lily Lake. 



