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Upwards, not decussate. Flowers pale yellow and 

 saucer-shaped, the petals not separating widely as in 

 H. mysorense. Styles thick shorter than the ovary. 

 t. 29. 



The two plants are totally different in habit and general appearance. 

 Wight Ic. t. 949. 



Nilgiris : (Wight Herb. Prop. " prope Utacamund "!). Near 

 Pykara (coll. Rangachari !). Pulneys ; Seen by me only in the 

 garden of the Observatory (lower house). Fyso7i 1427, 2072. 

 Bourne, 



Gen. Dist, Himalayas, Khasia. 



Hypericum wightianum Wall. Cat. 4OIO ! ; F.B.I. 

 i 256 incl. in H. nepaulense ; II 15 ^. A weak spreading 

 herb with smooth round stems up to 15 inches long. 

 Leaves ovate ^ to % inch, all except the uppermost 

 devoid of stalked glands. Bracts and sepals with slender 

 teeth tipped by black or red glands and with long 

 pelucid veins. Some of the uppermost leaves also with 

 a few gland tipped teeth near the base, but for the most 

 part the leaves entire and with round pellucid dots and 

 also when dried large black dots on the under side. 

 Anthers tipped by round black glands. Styles three, free, 

 about ^ inch, with conspicuous round red stigmas. 

 Ovary one-celled, the seeds attached to the outer wall in 

 three rows, round and dotted, not ribbed, t. 30. 

 Wight 111. t. 43. 



Very common in moist places, both Nilgiris and Pulneys 

 above 5,000 feet. Fyson 3005, 2604. Bourne 42, 2021. 

 Wight Herb. Prop. 336. 



H. nepaulense Choisy occurs on the higher slopes of the Himalayas from 

 Sikkim to Cashmere. It has a two-edged stem, short teeth only on the 

 sepals, and a three-celled ovary. 



Hypericum japonicum Thiinb. ; F.B.I, i 256, II 17 ; 

 Marsh St. John's Wort. A very delicate herb, growing, 

 in marshy and damp places, in tufts a few inches high ; 

 stems straight, up to 8 inches ; branches or not, four- 

 angled. Leaves Yz inch or less, oval or ovate, quite entire, 



