402 HYPERICACEAE 
The ovules are generally attached, not to a central column as in 
the preceding order, but to the sides of the capsule, or rarely to 
a central axis. 
Herbs or shrubs with opposite leaves. 
Plants from a few to many in. high, without stipules 
Vee. | Sle cole Rae nmintee HYPERICACEAE 
Minute marsh plants with stipules . . ELATINACEAE 
Herbs (not climbing) with alternate leaves or leaves from the 
root. 
Flowers-regular . . . . .f. ,... ” CISTAREGE 
Flowers irregular . . << . 3. « . .  VWIQLAGHE 
Climbing woody vines . . . . . . PASSIFLORACEAE 
FamMity I.—HYPERICACEAE. Sr. JoHn’s-wort FAMILY 
Herbs or shrubs, with opposite leaves, which are neither lobed 
nor serrated at borders and with no stipules. Flowers regular, 
ours all yellow. Stamens generally numerous, commonly collected 
in 3 or more clusters or bundles. Petals in bud mostly rolled longi- 
tudinally. Pod 1-celled. 
Divisions of calyx 4, in 2 unequal pairs. . . . . Ascyrum 
Divisions of calyx 5, all alike. 
Stamens numerous. ... . . . « =  —S¥penumuam 
Stamens 10 or less, leaves scaly . . . . Sarothra 
Stamens usually 9 or more, leaves not scaly . Elodea 
1. ASCYRUM, L. 
Low, somewhat shrubby, smooth plants, with opposite leaves without 
serrations at borders. Petals 4, sepals 4, 2 of which are larger than the 
other pair. Stamens numerous, scarcely collected in clusters. 
1. A. stans, Michx. (Fig. 4, pl. 96.) Sr. PrtTrErR’s-wort. Stem 
simple, 1 to 2 ft. high, but with a few branches at top. Leaves oval 
without foot-stalks. Flowers about an in. broad, bright yellow, one to 
three at summit of stem, showy. Dry soils. July-Aug. 
2. A. hypericoides, L. (Vig. 6, pl. 96.) Sr. ANpREw’s Cross. 
Stems much branched and partly decumbent. Leaves narrow oval or 
egg-shaped. Flowers in the leaf axils along the stem, the petals scarcely .- 
exceeding the sepals. Dry sandy soil. Eastern coast. July-Aug. 
2. HYPERICUM, L. 
Herbs or shrubs, with opposite leaves dotted with black points, without 
serrations and with no stipules. Flowers regular, yellow, sepals and 
petals each 5; stamens numerous, either distinct from each other or, 
more commonly, collected in 3 to 5 clusters, 
