56 HYPERICACE.K. (ST. JOHN's-WOBT FAMILY. ) 



1. ASCYRUM, L. ST. PETER'S-WORT. 



Sepals 4, the two outer ones much larger. Petals 4, convolute in the hud, 

 oblique. Stamens numerous. Styles 2-4, distinct or united. Capsules 

 2-4-valved, 1-celled, with 2-4 parietal placenta?. Smooth shrubs with 

 2-edged branches. Flowers mostly solitary, yellow. 



* Styles 2 : inner sepals small. 



1. A. hypericoides, L. Stems single, l-3 high, branching above; 

 leaves linear-oblong ; flowers single or in threes, short-pedicelled ; outer 

 sepals oval or round-cordate; petals oblong; styles shorter than the ovary ; 

 capsule as long as the sepals. Dry soil. July -August. 



2. A. Crux-Andrese, L. Stems numerous, decumbent and creeping, 

 the numerous branches 6'- 12' high, very leafy; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, 6" -8" long; flowers three in a terminal cluster, and 

 single on short brauchlets ; sepals and capsule like the preceding. Dry open 

 woods in the upper districts. July. 



3. A. pumilum, Michx. Dwarf ; leaves obloug-obovate, obtuse ; outer 

 sepals round-ovate, the inner minute ; petals obovate ; pedicels long and 

 slender, reflexed in fruit ; styles 2, united. Dry gravelly soil, Florida, 

 Georgia, and westward. March - April. Stems 3' - 6' long, diffuse. Leaves 

 V -6" long. 



* * Styles 3 -4 : sepals nearly equal. 



4. A. cuneifolium, n. sp. Stem widely branching, 6' -9' long ; leaves 

 cuueate, sessile, 6" -9" long; flowers large (!' wide), single, long-peduucled ; 

 outer sepals orbicular, shorter than the obovate petals, twice as long as the 

 oblong capsule ; styles 3, filiform, half the length of the ovary. Low pine 

 barrens. Florida. August -Sept. 



5. A. stans, Michx. Stem and branches erect, l-2high; leaves 1' 

 long, oblong, closely sessile ; flowers short-peduncled, single ; outer sepals 

 round-cordate, as long as the obovate petals and oblong capsules; styles 3-4, 

 short, subulate. Low ground. July - Oct. 



6. A. amplexicaule, Michx. Leaves and outer sepals cordate-ovate, 

 clasping ; inner sepals lanceolate, as long as the outer ones ; petals obovate , 

 styles 3; capsule ovoid, barely half as long as the sepals. Damp soil near 

 the coast, Florida, Georgia, and westward. April -Sept. Shrub 2 -3 

 high. Branches many times forking. 



2. HYPERICUM, L. ST. JOHN WORT. 



Sepals 5, similar. Petals 5, oblique, convolute in the bud. Stamens mostly 

 numerous, and commonly collected in 3-5 sets, without intervening glands. 

 Styles 3-5, distinct or united. Capsule 1 - 5-celled. Herbs or shrubs. 

 Flowers mostly cymose, yellow. 





