Vor. I1.] ST. JOHN’S-WORT FAMILY. 431 
5. Hypericum galioides Lam. Bed- 
straw St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2448.) 
Hypericum galioides Lam. Encycl. 4: 161. 1797. 
Perennial, somewhat woody, branching, 
1°-214° high, the stems and branches nearly 
terete. Leaves linear, linear-oblong or ob- 
lanceolate, with smaller ones clustered in 
their axils, obtusish, thick, spreading, nar- 
rowed below, 14’-214’ long, 1//-2’’ wide, 
involute in drying; flowers short-pedicelled, 
3/’-5’’ broad; sepals narrowly linear, folia- 
ceous, resembling the uppermost leaves, 
shorter than the pointed oblique petals; 
stamens numerous, distinct; styles 3; cap- 
sule 2’/-3/’ long, incompletely 3-celled by 
the projecting placentae. 
In low grounds, Delaware to Florida, west to 
eastern Tennessee and Louisiana. July—Sept. 
6. Hypericum adpréssum Bart. Creeping St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2449.) 
fT, adpressum Bart. Comp. Fl. Phil, 2:15. 1818. 
Stem nearly simple, erect or ascending from 
a perennial creeping or decumbent base, 
1°-2° high, angled below, 2-edged above. 
Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 1/-2’ long, 3//— 
5’ wide, obtuse, ascending, often with smaller 
ones fascicled in the axils; cyme terminal, 
several-flowered, leafy only at the base; pedi- 
cels about 1/’ long; flowers 6’/-9’’ broad; 
sepals lanceolate, acute, about half the length 
of the petals; stamens numerous, distinct; 
styles 3 or 4; capsule about 2// long, incom- 
pletely 3-4-celled by the projecting placentae. 
In low grounds, Nantucket, Mass., to New Jer- 
sey and Pennsylvania, south to Georgia, Louisi- 
ana, Missouri and Arkansas. July-Aug. 
7. Hypericum sphaerocarpum Michx. 
Round-podded St. John’s-wort. 
(Fig. 2450. ) 
H, sphaerocarpum Michx. F1. Bor. Am, 2:78. 1803. 
Simple or branching, erect or ascending from 
a somewhat woody perennial base, 1°-214° high; 
stems 4-angled. Leaves oblong orlinear-oblong, 
obtuse, 114’-3’ long, 3/’-6’’ wide, often with 
smaller ones in the axils; cymes terminal, sev- | 
eral or many-flowered, naked or bracted; flowers 
sessile or nearly so, 5//-8’’ broad; sepals linear, 
lanceolate or ovate, much shorter than or equal- 
ling the petals; stamens numerous, distinct; 
styles 3, united below; capsule strictly 1-celled, 
globose or ovoid-conic, 2’//-244’/’ long; seeds 
larger than in related species, rough-pitted. 
On rocky banks, southwestern Ohio to Iowa, 
south to Alabama and Arkansas. July-Sept. 
