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HYPERICACEJE. (ST. JOHN’S-WORT FAMILY.) 
* * Herbaceous, perennial. 
9. H. ellipticnm, Hook. (Elliptical-leaved St. John’s- 
wort.) Stem simple, somewhat 4-angled ; leaves thin , elliptical, ob¬ 
tuse ; cyme nearly naked, few-flowered, depressed; sepals very une¬ 
qual, spreading; styles united nearly to the top ; pods ovoid-globose. 
— Borders of ponds, Rhode Island to Michigan. July. — A foot high. 
Leaves 1* long. Flowers small, light yellow ; pods purplish. 
10. H. ailKulosum, Mich? (Angled St. John’s-wort.) 
Stem slender, strict, simple, sharply 4-angled ; leaves opaque, opate or 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, closely sessile by a broad base; cyme com¬ 
pound, naked, the branches prolonged, with the scattered flowers raceme¬ 
like; sepals appressed to the ovoid pod; styles distinct. — Wet pine 
barrens of New Jersey and southward. July— Sept. — Stems l°-2° 
high. Leaves 1* long, erect. Flowers copper-yellow. Pod short¬ 
er than the calyx. 
§ 4. Stamens 5-12, distinct: pod ( brown-purple ) 1 -celled, with 3 strictly 
parietal placenta: styles short, distinct: petals oblong or linear, 
small: low and slender annuals. 
11. H. miitilum, L. (Small St. John’s-wort.) Stem 
widely branching; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, heart-shaped, partly 
clasping, 5-nerved; cymes leafy; pods ovate-conical, rather longer 
than the calyx. (H. parviflorum, Muhl) — Low grounds, every¬ 
where. Plant 6'-10 ; high, leafy t« the top. Flowers 2 n broad. 
12. H. Canadense, L. (Canadian St. John’s-wort.) 
Branches erect, corymbose ; leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, nar¬ 
rowed at the base, black-dotted beneath ; cymes naked ; pods conical- 
oblong, acute, usually much longer than the calyx. — Wet sandy soil. 
A span high. Flowers larger than in No. 11, copper-yellow. 
13. H. Sarothra, Michx. (Orange-grass. Pine-weed.) 
Stem and bushy branches thread-like, wiry, 4-angle<i ; leaves minute 
awl-shaped scales, oppressed; flowers mostly sessile and scattered 
along the erect branches; pods slender, very acute, much longer than 
the calyx. (Sarothra gentianoides, L.) — Sandy fields; flowering all 
summer, like the two foregoing. — Plant 4'-9' high, appearing as “ 
leafless. Flowers very small orange-yellow. 
3. E LODE A, Adans. Marsh St. John’s-wort. 
Sepals 5, equal. Petals 5, equal-sided, oblong. Stamens 9 
(rarely 12 or 15), triadelphous ; the sets separated by as many 
orange-colored glands. Pod 3-celled, oblong: styles distinct.— 
Perennial herbs, growing in marshes or shallow water, with small 
close clusters of purplish flowers in the axils of the leaves and at 
the summit. (Name from e\d)8qs, growing in marshes.) 
