172 HTPERICINE^. (ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY.) 



9. H. ooiiferfiiiii, Clioisy 21 .15 to .3, papillose-puberulent 

 or glabrescent ; stems slightly 2-iined. Leaves pellucid-dotted, those 

 of 9te:n .005 to .01 long, lanceolate from a truncate base, those of ax- 

 illary twigs and sterile braaches .003 to .005 long, revolute, cylindrical. 

 Cyuies nearly sessile, forming an interrupted raceme-like jjanicle ; calyx- 

 lobes fringed icith stipitate glands — June and July — Open glades ; 

 Amanus, and uortliward. 



10. A. liys«opifolium, Vill. 2^ .3 to .6, glabrous ; stems 

 with 2 prominent lines. Leaves .01 to .03 long, sessile, somewhat 

 leathery, pellucid dotted, ohlong -linear to linear^ obtuse, with revolute 

 marGfins. Cymes peduncled, forming a narrow, elongated x>amcle ; cells 

 of ovary with 30-40 ovules — Summer — Rocky places ; Lebanon and 

 Antilebanon to Amanus, Akherdagh, and northward. 



Var. Liydiiim, Boiss. Pale green. Leaves narro w. Branches of 

 panicle 5-7-flowered ; petals 3-4 times as long as calyx. 



Var. eloiig^atuin, Boiss. Leaves narrow. Stems simple. Panicle 

 narrow — ILwnath ; Palmyra ; Coelesyria. 



Var. latifolium, Boiss. Stem leaves .004 to .007 broad, with 

 scarcely revolute margins. 



11. H. heliantliemoides, Spaoh. 2^ .3 to .4, glabrous ; 

 often shrubby below ; stems slender with 2 prominent lines, and 

 numerous branches. Leaves pellucid-dotted, revolute, linear-cylindrical. 

 Cymes peduncled, forming a long, narrow panicle, or 1-few-flowered, 

 racemed ; cells of ovary 10-12-ovuled — May to August — Hilly and 

 mountainous regions ; Galilee to Lebanon, Antilebanon, Jebel-el- 

 Abiadh, Aleppo, Antioch, Amanus, and northward. 



Perhaps better regarded as a variety of H. hyssopifolium, with 

 smaller flowers and narrower leaves. 



12. H. I£ot§chyaniiin, Boiss. % .15 to .25, velvety-pub eru- 

 leut, canescent ; stems terete. Leaves oblong, obtuse, flat, icith several 

 parallel 7ierves, those of the axillary twigs much crowded, linear, re- 

 volute. Cymes peduncled. few-flowered, in a short, oblong panicle ; 

 cells of ovary 25-30-ovuled — Summer — Rocky hills about Aintab. 



13. H. aclenoeladuni, Boiss. 21 .08 to .1, glabrous, shrubby 

 at base ; the loic, simple stems and inflorescence densely beset with promi- 

 nent^ pellucid glands. Leaves pellucid-dotted, oblong-linear to linear, 

 obtuse, revolute. Cymes short-peduncled with crowded flowers, forming 

 an ovate panicle, .03 to .04 long; cells of ovary 12-15-ovuled — Summer 

 — Amanus. 



14. H. rctiisuiii, Auch. 2i -3, glabrous ; stems black-dotted, 

 with 2 prominent lines. Leaves sparingly pellucid- and black-dotted, 

 linear, revolute, truncate at base and apex. Cymes peduncled, panicle 

 .02 to .05 long, the lateral flowers sessile ; ovules 30-40 in a cell — 

 Summer — Aintab to Marash, and northward. 



15. II. Amanum, Boiss. 2( .5 to .8, glabrous, glaucescent ; 

 >jtem-' nearly .simple, with 2 prominent lines. Loaves sessile, rigid, 

 sparingly pellucid-dotted, those of stem .015 to .0^ long, oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate., acutish, those of the sterile stems .005 to .008 long, 



