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SAROTHRA. 



Cahfx S-panitus. Co- I • Cali^x 5 parted. Co- 

 rolla 5 petala. Cupsula rolla 5 petalled. Ccp, 



l-Jocularis, 3.valvis, co- 5«/^ i celled, 3 valved, 

 iofiita. I coiQured. 



4. Gentianoiues. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 1515. 

 • Hypericum mulicaule? Walt. p. 19(1 



Hvpericum sarothra, AJicIi. 2. p. 79. Pursh, 2. p. 57«. 



Annual ? -S/m 8—12 inches high, erect, glabrous, branching ftoH^ 

 the very base. (F.ower leaves somewhat ovate, Walt.) ; htem leave» 

 opposite, small, subulate, like stipules. Flowers solitary, axillary, 

 nearly sessile. Cahjx persistent; segments subulate. PeiaU ovl»l» 

 narrotv, obtuse, jello^v, longer than the calyx. Filaments as Ions: »« 

 me corolla. Capsule oblong, acute. 



A genus very nearly allied to Hypericum. 



Grows in damp soils. 



Flon ers July— September. 



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Calyx 5-partitns'. Pe. \ ^ Calyx o-parted. Pe 

 tala 5. Mclaria 5, cor- | his 5. Mctaries 5, cor 

 data, ciliata, apicibiis glo- date, ciliute, glohose at 



bosis. Capsida 4-valvis, the summit. Capsule % 

 S-locuIaris.^ (, valved, .2 celled. 



^*i. Caroliniana. 



p. foliis radicalibifs | Radical leaves nearly 

 suborbiculatis ; nectariis orbicular; liectaries witk 

 trisetis. Mich. i. p. i84. | 3 bristles. 



Pursh, 1. p. 208^ 



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Perennial. Radical leaves cordate, nearly circular, sometimes 

 rcniform, entire, obtuse, glabrous, 5~7 nerved, on petioles 2— S 

 V]> .o .""S/ ^^^.™ l^"^^^'^ ^^^s''^«' resembling those of the root. Stem 



12—18 inches high, slightly angled, 1 flowered. Calyjc »mall, A 





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