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B. Texana Seubert in Walp. Rep. i, 285. Glandular pubescent, 

 branching from the base, 2-10 inches high: leaves oblanceolate, acute, ser- 

 rate, }^-l }- inches long, attenuate to a short petiole: flowers fascicled, 

 shortly" pedicelled: sepals carinate, 1V> lines long exceeding the petals and 

 stamens : capsule globose : seeds smooth and shining. .Moist or very wet 

 places along rivers and ditches, Columbia river to Nevada, California and 

 Texas. 



ORDER XIV. HYPEIUCACEyE Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 77. 



Herbs or shrubs with opposite entire leaves, punctate 

 with immersed pellucid resinous glands and often sprinkled 

 with black gland alar dots or lines, without stipules. Calyx of 

 4 or 5 persistent sepals imbricated in the bud. Petals as many, 

 convolute in the bud, deciduous or withering, usually glandu- 

 lar-punctate. Filaments mostly in 3 sets or bundles. Styles 

 2-5, usually distinct or becoming so. Stigmas terminal. 

 Ovary and capsule with 2-5 parietal placentae, or 2-5- celled by 

 their union in the axis. Seeds anatropous, with a somewhat 

 crustaceous coat, filled by the straight cylindraceous embryo. 

 Only one genus in our range. 



1 HYPERICUM L. Gen. n. 902. 



Herbs or shrubs with simple entire opposite leaves without sti- 

 pules and yellow flowers in cymes. Sepals 5, rarely 4, similar. 

 Petals as many, oblique. Stamens numerous, sometimes few, in 

 3-5 clusters : filaments united at base into 3-8 phalanges or dis- 

 tinct. Ovary 1-celled with parietal placenta? or 3-5-celled with 

 placentiu in the axis. Styles 3-5 distinct or united : stigma often 

 capitate : capsule conical to globose. 



* Stamens numerous, distinct or united into sets : styles 3, long 

 and distinct: capsule ovate, 3-celled, more or less glandular: tall per- 

 ennials with opposite leaves. 



H. PERFORATUM L. Much branched, i-4 feet high: leaves linear to ob- 

 long, obtuse, mostly tapering at base, 6-12 lines long, 1-5 wide : flowers 

 numerous in loose cymes, about an inch in diameter : sepals narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, very acute or acuminate : petals bright yellow, black dotted along 

 the margin capsule conical-ovate 2-3 lines long. Very common in fields 

 and along roadsides. Introduced from Europe. 



H. Scouleri Hook. Fl. i, 311. Simple or sparingly branched above, 

 often with numerous small branchlets from running rootstocks, 1-2 feet 

 high : leaves thin, shorter than the internodes, about an inch long mostly 

 obtune, more or less clasping, usually black dotted along the margin on the 

 under side : flowers 6-12 lines in diameter, in more or less panicled cymes : 

 sepals oval or oblong, obtuse, 2 lines long, or less: petals 6 lines' long, 

 obovate : stamens numerous in 3 fascicles, 3-celled. In wet meadows and 

 by streams throughout the Pacific States and Territories, flowering in 

 summer. 



** Stamens 15-20, mostly in 3 clusters ; styles 3 or 2, short and 

 distinct, stigmas capitate : small slender annuals with small flowers: 

 petals shorter than the sepals. 



H. anagalloides Cham. & Schlect. Linna?a iii, 127. Procumbent, dif- 

 fusely branching, often forming dense mats: stems 1-12 inches long: 

 leaves oblong to broadly ovate, obtuse, 5-7 nerved at base, 2-6 lines long, 

 almost as broad : flowers 3 or 4 lines in diameter, in few-flowered naked or 



