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Overflowed groxinds. Throughout Can. and the U, S. June — Aug %.~ 

 Stem 6 — 12 niches high. Flowers very small, pale yellow", solitary in the divisions 

 of the stem. Small-Jiowered St. John's Wart. 



9. H. Canadcnse Linn. : stem erect and straight, 4-winged ; leaves linear, 

 attenuate at the base, rather obtuse : panicle elongated, dichotomous ; sepals 

 lanceolate, very acute, longer than the petals; stamens 5 — 10; capsule 

 long, conical, colored. 



Gravelly soil. Can. to Geor. Jmie— Aug. Q.—Stem 6—12 inches high. 

 Flowers small, yellow. Capsule much longer than the calyx, and of a reddish 

 color, by which, together with its linear leaves, it can be readily distinguished 

 from the preceding. Canadian St. John's Wort. 



10. H. Sarothra Mich. : erect, much branched above ; branches seta- 

 ceous ; ^^leaves minute, subulate, appressed ; flowers terminal, subsolitary ; 

 stamens 5 — 10 ; capsule conical, very acute, 1-celled. H. midicaule Walt. 

 Sarotkra genLianoides Willd. 



Sandy fields. N. Y. to Car. June — Aug. %. — Stem 4 — 8 inches high, 

 much branched. Leaves scarcely more than a line long. Flowers minute' 

 orange-yellow. iStome/is variable in number. Ground Pine. 



11. H. proUficum Linn. : stem shrubby, terete ; branches angled ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, revolute on the margin, pellucid-punctate; corymbs 

 axillary and teniiinal, few-flowered, sepals ovate-lanceolate ; stamens very 

 numerous. H. galioides Pursh. 



Bainks of streams. N. J. to Flor. W. to Texas. July. — A shrub 2 3 feet 



liigh, with much compressed branches. Leaves 2 inches long. Peduncles gen- 

 erally 3-flovvered, the intermediate one nearly sessile. 



Proliferous St. John's Wort. 



2. ASCYRUM. Lin7i.— St. Peter's Wort. 



(From the Greek a, privative, and (rxvpogy roughness ; the plant being smooth 

 to the touch. Torr. N. Y. Fl.) 



Calyx 4-sepalled ; 2 outer sepals smaller. Petals 4, cadu- 

 cous. Stamens many, scarcely united at base. Styles 2 — 3, 

 rarely 4, sometimes miited. Capsule 1-celled, 2 — 3-valved. 



1. A. Crux-AndrecB Linn. : stem much branched at base, assurgent ; 

 leaves obovate-oblong, or linear-oblong, obtuse ; flowers solitary or cymu- 

 lose, on short pedicels ; outer sepals ovate, inner ones very minute ; petals 

 linear-oblong; styles 2, at length distinct. (Torr. tf' Gr.) A. muUicaule 

 Mich. 



Sandy fields. N. J. to Flor. and Louis. July. %. — Stem 8 inches to 2 feet 

 high, ancipital above. Leaver variable in width. Flowers usually in threes, 

 pale yellow. Common St. Peter's Wort. 



2. A. stans Mich. : stem ancipital and somewhat winged ; straight ; 

 leaves closely sessile, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, glaucous ; outer sepals cordate- 



•orbicular ; inner ones lanceolate, one-third shorter than the others ; styles 

 3, rarely 4. A. hypcricoides Linn. 7 



Sandy swamps. N. Y. to Flor. July, Aug. %.. — Stem 1 — 2 feet high, 

 branched at the summit. Floivers mostly three together, yellow, much larger 

 than in the oreceding. Upright St. Peter's Wort. 



