58 HYPERICACE^;. (sT. JOHN's-WOKT FAMILY.) 



lucid dots ; sepals lanceolate, acute. Old fields, sparingly nnturuli/ed. Juue- 

 August. Stem l-2 high, bearing runners at the base. Flowers 1' wide 

 deep yellow. 



9. H. maculatum, Walt. Stem terete, sparingly branched above ; leaves 

 oblong-cordate, obtuse, clasping, marked with pellucid dots ; cymes many-flow- 

 ered, corymbose ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; styles twice as long as the ovary. 

 Dry pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. June- August. Stem l-2 

 high. Leaves 1'- l long, rigid. Flowers small. 



10. H. COrymbosum, Muhl. Leaves thin, oblong, slightly clasping; 

 sepals ovate ; styles as long as the ovary ; otherwise nearly as the last. 

 Mountains of North Carolina. July. Stem l-2 high. Leaves l'-2' 

 long. 



* * * Capsule l-celled, or partially 3-celled by the introversion of the placentae. 



<- Shrubs : leaves everyreen. 

 *-< Cymes leafy. 



11. H. myrtifolium, Lam. Leaves cordate-oblong and partly clasping, 

 mostly obtuse, glaucous; cymes few-flowered, terminal ; sepals leaf -like, ovate, 

 acute, as long as the obovate petals; stamens very numerous; capsule conical- 

 ovate. Pine barren ponds, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. May 

 Sept. Shrub l-2 high, with spreading terete branches. Leaves thick, 

 1' long. Flowers 1' wide. 



12. H. aureum, Bartram. Leaves oblong, mucronate, narrowed at the 

 base, wavy on the margins, glaucous beneath ; flowers very large, mostly 

 solitary at the summit of the 2-edged branches ; sepals leaf-like, shorter than 

 the thick and tardily deciduous petals ; stamens very numerous ; capsule ovate, 

 much smaller than the calyx. (II. ama-num, Pursh.) Banks of the Flint 

 River, Georgia to Tennessee, and westward. June- August. Stem 2 high, 

 diffusely branched. Leaves 2' -3' long. Flowers sometimes 2' wide, w r ith 

 recurved orange-colored petals. 



-w- -M- Cymes leafless. 

 = Many-flowered. 



13. H. nudiflorum, Michx. Branches 4-angled ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, paler beneath ; cymes terminal, peduncled, 5 - 15-flow- 

 ered; bracts subulate; buds globose; petals oval, twice as long as the oval 

 sepals; capsule ovate, longer than the calyx. Low grounds, chiefly in the 

 upper districts. July -August. Shrub 2 -3 high. Leaves thin, l'-2' 

 long. Flowers i' wide. Petals recurved. 



14. H. opacum, Torr. & Gray. Branches 2-edged ; leaves rigid, linear, 

 oblong, sessile; cymes terminal, compound, many-flowered; bracts subulate; 

 buds ovate ; petals spreading, obovate, twice as long as the oblong unequal 

 sepals ; capsule 3-lobed, ovate, longer than the sepals. Pine barren swamps, 

 near the coast, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. July -Sept. 

 Shrub 2 - 3 high. Leaves very numerous, 1' long. Flowers \' wide. Valves 

 of the capsule strongly impressed on the back. 



