Vor. II.J ST. JOHN’S-WORT FAMILY. 435 
17. Hypericum majus (A. Gray) Brit- 
ton. Larger Canadian St. John’s- 
wort. (Fig. 2460.) 
Hypericum Canadense var. majus A. Gray, Man. 
5, 86. 1867. 
wi majus Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 225. 
Annual, stouter than AY. Canadense, stem 
erect, 1°-3° high, usually branched above, the 
branches nearly erect. Leaves lanceolate or ob- 
long-lanceolate, sessile or somewhat clasping, 
10-24 long, 3/’-6’’ wide, acute or obtuse at 
the apex, 5-7-nerved; cymes several-many-flow- 
ered; bracts subulate; flowers 3//-5’’ broad; 
sepals lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as 
the petals or shorter; styles 3; capsule narrowly 
conic, acute, 4/’-5’’ long, longer than the 
sepals; seeds minute, cross-lined and faintly 
longitudinally striate. 
In moist soil, Maine to Michigan, New Jersey and 
Nebraska. June-Sept. 
=S—— 
18. Hypericum Canadénse IL. Canadian St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2461.) 
\ Hypericum Canadense I,. Sp. P1.785. 1753. 
Annual, erect, 6/-20’ high, freely 
branching. Branches angular, erect or 
ascending; leaves linear, 6’’-2’ long, 1//— 
2// wide, obtuse, tapering to the base, 
3-nerved; cymes terminal, several-many- 
flowered, subulate-bracted; flowers 2’/—3/’ 
broad; sepals lanceolate, acute, equalling 
“4 or shorter than the petals; stamens 5-10; 
s styles 3; capsule 1-celled, narrowly conic, 
acute, 2’’-4’’ long, longer than the sepals; 
seeds striate. 
In wet sandy soil, Newfoundland to Mani- 
toba, Georgia, Kentucky and Wisconsin. As- 
cends to 5000 ft. in North Carolina. July—Sept. 
._ 
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19. Hypericum Drummondii (Grey. & 
Hook.) T. & G. Drummond’s 
St. John’s-wort. (Fig. 2462.) 
Sarothra Drummondii Grey. & Hook. Bot. Mise. 
3: 236. 1833. 
peeccun Drummondit T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 165. 
38. 
Annual, bushy-branched, 10’—30’ high, rigid. 
Leaves linear-subulate, 4’/’-12’’ long, erect or 
narrowly ascending, 14/’ wide, 1-nerved; flow- 
ers scattered along the upper part of leafy 
branches, numerous, peduncled, 2’” broad; sepals 
lance-linear, longer than the petals; stamens 
10-20; styles 3; capsule 1-celled, ovoid, 2’ long, 
equalling or shorter than the sepals; seeds 
large, rugose. 
Tn dry soil, Illinois to Georgia, west to lowa and 
Texas. July-Sept. 
