60 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



ORDER XXIII. HYPERICINE^. De Cand. Lind. 



Sepals 4 5, distinct or cohering, persistent, unequal, 

 with glandular dots. Petals 4 5, hypogynous, with a twist- 

 ed aestivation and oblique veins, often having black dots. 

 Stamens indefinite, hypogynous, in three or more parcels ; 

 anthers versatile. Ovary single, superior ; styles several, 

 rarely connate ; stigmas simple, occasionally capitate. Fruit 

 a capsule or berry, of many valves and many cells ; the edges 

 of the former being curved inwards. Seeds minute, indefinite, 

 usually tapering ; embryo straight ; albumen none ; radicle 

 next to the hilum, inferior. 



Herbs or shrubs, with a resinous juice. Leaves opposite, 

 entire, dotted, occasionally alternate and crenate. Flowers 

 generally yellow. 



1. HYPERICUM. Linn. 



Capsule membranaceous. Styles 3 5. Stamens many, 

 polydelphous at base, rarely indefinite. Petals 5. Sepals 5, 

 unequal, more or less united at base. 



Polyandria. Di-Pentagynia. 



* Stamens numerous. Styles 5. Floiccrs mostly terminal, large, ycttoic. 



1. H. ascyroides Willd. : smooth ; stem simple, square, winged at the 

 base ; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute ; calyx ovate-lanceolate; 

 styles free, as long as the stamens. If. macrocarpum Mich. 



HAB. River banks. Can. and N. S. July. 2[.Stem 2 feet 

 high. Flowers and leaves large. Capsules nearly as large as nut- 

 megs. 



2. H. kalmianum JVUld. : frutescent, much branched ; branches 

 square, leaves linear-lanceolate ; flowers few, in a terminal corymb ; 

 calyx lanceolate, somewhat obtuse. 



HAB. Wet rocks. N. Y. to Virg. July, Aug. >>. Stem 35 

 feet high. Flowers large. This species lias been found near 

 Niagara Falls by Dr. Asa Gray. 



* Stamens numerous, somewhat definite (91518; polyadelphous. 

 Styles 3. Flowers redilisli. 



3. H. virgmicum Linn. : stem suffruticose, terete ; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, subclasping, punctate, very obtuse ; flowers peduncled, axilla- 

 ry and terminal ; calyx lanceolate ; stamens 912, slightly united at 

 base. Elodea campanuUUa Pursh. 



HAB. Bogs and meadows. Can. to Car. July Sept If. 

 Stem 2 feet high. Leaves opposite, dotted, glaucous beneath. 

 Flowers few, in a panicle, yellowish-red, middle sized. 



