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11. Hypericum perforatum I, Com- 
mon St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2454.) 
Hypericum perforatum ¥,. Sp. Pl. 785. 1753. 
Perennial, herbaceous from a woody base, 
1°-2° high, much branched. Stems erect, with 
numerous barren shoots at base; leaves sessile, 
oblong or linear, 5’’—10’’ long, 1’’-4/’ wide, ob- 
tuse, more or less black-dotted; cymes termin- 
al, several-many-flowered; flowers bright yel- 
low, 8’/-12/’ broad; sepals lanceolate, acute, 
shorter than the copiously black-dotted petals; 
stamens numerous, united at their bases into 3 
sets; styles 3; capsule ovoid, 2/’-3’” long, com- 
pletely 3-celled, glandular. y 
In fields and waste places, common through- 
out our area except the extreme north, and in the 
Southern States. Naturalized from Europe. Often 
atroublesome weed. Nativealso of northern Asia. 
June-Sept. English names, Amber, Penny-John, 
Rosin Rose, Herb-John. Crushed herbage odorous. 
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12. Hypericum maculatum Walt. 
Spotted or Corymbed St. John’s- 
wort. (Fig. 2455.) 
FT. maculatum Walt. Fl. Car. 189. 1788. 
Hypericum corymbosum Muhl.; Willd. Sp. 
Pl. 3:1457. 1803. 
Herbaceous, perennial from a woody 
base, erect, 114°-3° high. Leaves sessile, 
short-petioled, or partly clasping, oblong or 
ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 1/-3’ long, 4’/-8’” 
wide, copiously black-dotted; cymes termi- 
nal, many-flowered; pedicels about 1’ long; 
flowers much crowded, 4’’-7’’ broad; sepals 
oyate, acute, generally much shorter than 
the conspicuously black-dotted petals; sta- 
mens numerous, united in 3 or 5 sets; styles 
3, variable in length; capsule ovoid, 2//-3/’ 
long, completely 3-celled. 
In moist soil, Maine and Ontario to Minne- 
sota, south to Floridaand Texas. July-Sept. 
13. Hypericum gravéolens Buckley. 
Mountain St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2456. ) 
Hypericum graveolens Buckley, Am. Journ. 
Sei. 45:174. 1843. 
Herbaceous, perennial, similar to the pre- 
ceding species. Stem erect, 1°-3° high, 
branched above; leaves oval, ovate or ellip- 
tic-oblong, sessile or clasping, obtuse, 1/—3/ 
long, 12/-1’/ wide, sparingly black-dotted; 
cymes terminal, few-several-flowered; pedi- 
cels 1’’-4’’ long; flowers usually crowded, 1’ 
in breadth or more; sepals lanceolate, acute, 
much shorter than the sparingly dotted or 
dotless petals; stamens united in sets; styles 
3; capsule ovoid, somewhat 3-lobed, 3-celled, 
4//-6’” long. 
Mountains of southwestern Virginia and 
North Carolina. June-Sept. 
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