ST. JOHN S WORT TRIBE. 



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destitute of dots ; sepals reflexed, elliptical, blunt. 

 Mountainous places, not common ; very like the last, 

 but well distinguished by the above characters. Fl. 

 July, August. Perennial. 



6. H. humifusum (Trailing St. John's Wort). Stems 

 prostrate, somewhat 2-edged ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 perforated with pellucid dots ; flowers somewhat cymose ; 

 stamens not more than 15. Walls and gravelly banks, 

 common ; 39 inches long, with several spreading 

 slender stems and yellow flowers, which open most 

 freely in the sunshine. Though usually placed in this 

 group, the sepals are often fringed with black dots.^ 

 Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



HYPERICUM PERFORATUM (Perforated St. John's Wort). 



