Hypericum?^ Hyper icacecB . 93 



XVIIL— HYPERICACE^. 



Herbs or shrubs ; 1. opposite, entire, no stip. ; fl. regular, 

 bisexual, solitary or cymose ; sep. and pet. 5, distinct ; stam. 

 indef., i- or 5-adelphous, free ; ov. either i-celled with 3 

 parietal placentas, or 5 -celled with axile placentas ; styles 

 distinct ; fruit a septicidal capsule ; seeds numerous, no 

 endosperm. 



HYP&RZCVnX, L. 



For characters, see Order. — Sp. about 160; 19 in Fl. B. 



Ind. 



Shrub. FIs. large and showy . . , . i. H. MYSORENSE. 

 Herb. FIs. small 2. H. JAPONICUM. 



1. K. mysorense, Heynein Wall. Cat. n. 4808 (1828). 

 H. atiriiujH, Moon Cat. 56. Thw. Enum. 48 C. P. 48. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 253. Wight, Ic. t. 56 {Norysca mysorensis). 



A much-branched bush, 4-8 ft. high, bark yellow, young 

 branches glabrous ; 1. numerous, decussate, \-\\ in., acute, 

 tapering to base, which is amplexicaul with very small, 

 rounded auricles, glabrous, lateral veins very oblique ; fl. large, 

 3 in. diam., terminal, solitary, on short ped.; sep. | in., oblong- 

 ovate, acute, with a prominent midrib, persistent ; pet. i:jin., 

 irregularly oval -oblong, very oblique, obtuse ; stam. very 

 numerous, in 5 groups, half as long as pet., spreading ; ov. 

 5-lobed, tapering into 5 long, persistent styles, ovules numerous, 

 on 5 axile placentas ; capsule \ in., valves 5, long-beaked ; 

 seeds cylindrical, long. 



Upper montane zone ; common in open and bushy places. Fl. all 

 the year ; bright golden-yellow. 



Also on the hills of Southern India. 

 A remarkably ornamental shrub. 



2. K. japonicum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 295 (1784). 



H. campestre, Moon Cat. 56. Thw. Enum. 48. C. P. 2420. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 256. Royle, 111. t. 24 (poor). 



Annual, erect or procumbent, stem 6-12 in., dichotomous, 

 4-angled and branched above, glabrous ; 1. small, ^-f in., 

 sessile, amplexicaul, ovate or oval, obtuse at both ends, 

 glabrous, with pellucid dots; fl. |-|in., solitary, on ped. :| in. 

 long, in elongated, dichotomous, leafy cymes ; sep. lanceolate, 

 acute, persistent, gland-dotted at the margin ; pet. as long as 

 Sep., persistent ; stam. not very numerous, fil. slightly com- 



