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HYPERICACE.E. (sT. JOHN’s-WORT FAMILY.) 
pale yellow flowers. (Name from a , without , and oKtpos, rough¬ 
ness, being smooth plants.) 
1. A* Stans, Michx. (Upright St. Peter’s-wort.) Stem 
simple or branched above, 2-edged j leaves oval or oblong , somewhat 
clasping, thickish ; petals large, obovate ; styles 3—4. —Pine barrens, 
Long Island and New Jersey. Aug. — Plant 1°-2P high, stout. 
Flowers showy, almost sessile : outer sepals round-heart-shaped. 
2. A. Crax-Andresp, L. (St. Andrew’s Cross.) Stems 
much branched and decumbent; leaves narrowly obovate-oblong p , eon- 
traded at the base , thin; petals linear-oblong; styles 2, very short; 
pod flat. — Pine barrens, New Jersey and southward. July -Sept — 
Low, slender; the pedicels of the smallish flowers shorter than the 
leaves. Petals scarcely exceeding the outer sepals, approaching e&c 
other in pairs over them, in the form of a St. Andrew’s cross. 
2. HYPERICUM, L. St. John’s-wort. 
Sepals 5, somewhat equal, herbaceous. Petals 5, oblige. 
Stamens numerous or few, united or clustered in 3 - 5 parcels, 
without interposed glands. Pod 1-or 3 - 5-cel led. —Herbs or 
shrubs, branched above, with yellow flowers. (An ancient name, 
of obscure origin, thought by Linnaeus to be composed of vrrep an 
f 1*0)1/.) 
§ 1. Stamens very numerous , 5 -adelphous: pod 5- (occasionally 6-7 ) 
celled, with the placenta projecting far into the cells : herbaceous, pr 
ennial ; jlowers very large. . 
1. H. pyramidatum, Ait. (Great St. Johs’s-wortJ 
Branches 2 - 4-angled ; leaves ovate-oblong, partly clasping'» P e a 
narrowly obovate, not deciduous until after they wither; stigmas cap 
itate. — Banks of rivers, rare. July._Plant 3?-5° high. Leave 
2'-3> long. Flowers almost 2' wide. Pod large, conical. 
§ 2. Stamens very numerous, pod 3-5-eelted by the meeting or junction 
of the placenta *., which are seed-bearing on the outer face. 
* Shrubs: styles (at first unUed) and cells of the pod 3 or 5: 
leafy, refiexed : stamens scarcely at all clustered. . 
2- II. Kalmianum, L. (Halm’s Shrubbv Joh* s "" . 
Bushy; branches 4-angled: branchlets 2-edged; leaves ’ 
glaucous , narrowly oblanceolate ; flowers few in a cluster ; p° * ^ 
5-celled. Wet rocks, Niagara Falls and northern lakes Aug- 
^hrub 1° - 3° high, leafy to the summit. Leaves l f — 2' long- 
era about 1' wide. 
3. II. prolificnm, L. (Shrubby St. John’s-wort.) 
lets 2-edged; leaves lanceolate-oblong, mostly obtuse, narro" 
