430 HYPERICACEAE. [Vor.. II. 
2. Hypericum Kalmianum L,. 
Kalm’s St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2445.) 
Hypericum Kalmianum I,. Sp. Pl. 783. 1753. 
Shrubby, freely branching, 1°-2° high, 
leafy; branches 4-angled, twigs flattened and 
2-edged. Leaves oblong-linear or oblanceo- 
late, sessile, or narrowed into a short petiole, 
obtuse, 1/-214’ long, 2’/-4’’ wide, more or 
less glaucous beneath, generally with smaller 
ones clustered in the axils; cymes terminal, 
few-flowered; pedicels stout, 2//-10’ long; 
flowers 6//-12’’ broad; sepals foliaceous, 
oblong, acute, 3’’-4’’ long, usually about half 
the length of the petals; stamens very nu- 
merous, distinct; styles 5 (4-6), united below 
into a beak; capsule ovoid, 3’’ long, com- 
pletely 5- (4-6-) celled. 
Niagara Falls to Sault Ste. Marie along Lakes 
Erie and Huron; also at Muskoka, Ont., and in 
“the oak-barrens of Tullahoma, Tenn.”’ (Gat- 
tinger.) Aug. 
3. Hypericum prolificum I, Shrubby St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2446.) 
Hypericum prolificum I,. Mant. 1: 106. 1767. Dye 
Shrubby, diffusely branched from near yyy U Sarg 
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or at the base, 1°-3° high; stems some- od ae 
oe 
Sir Wy, 
times 1’ in diameter; branches ascending 
or erect, leafy; branchlets 2-edged. Leaves 
linear-oblong or oblanceolate, narrowed 
at the base, or tapering into a short peti- 
ole, obtuse, often mucronulate, pale be- 
neath, 1/-3/ long, 3’’-9’’ wide, with tufts 
of smaller ones in the axils; cymes sev- 
eral-many-flowered, terminal and some- 
times also axillary; pedicels 6’’ long or 
less; flowers 5’’-8’’ broad; sepals slightly 
unequal, shorter than the petals; stamens 
numerous, distinct; styles 3; capsules 3- 
celled, 4/’-6’’ long. 
Sandy or rocky soil, New Jersey to Georgia. 
Ascends to 3400 ft. in Virginia. July-Sept. 
4. Hypericum densifl6rum Pursh. 
Bushy or Dense-flowered St. 
John’s-wort. (Fig. 2447.) 
Hypericum densiflorum Pursh, Fl, Am. 
Sept. 376. 1814. 
Hypericum prolificum var. densiflorum A. 
Gray, Man. Ed. 3, 84. 1867. 
Erect, 4°-6° high, shrubby, | freely 
branching, densely leafy; branches some- 
what angled and branchlets 2-edged. 
ial Leaves crowded, 1/-2/ long, 114’/-3’’ wide, 
acutish or obtuse, with smaller ones clus- 
tered in the axils; cymes densely many- 
flowered, mainly terminal; pedicels 1//-4’ 
long; flowers 4/’-6’’ broad; sepals narrow, 
not foliaceous, shorter than the petals; 
stamens numerous, distinct; styles 3; capsule completely 3-celled, 2’’-3’’ long. 
Pine-barrens of New Jersey to Florida, west to Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. July-Sept. 
