ST. JOHN'S=WORT FAMILY. Hypericaceee. 



Hypericum 

 mutilum 

 Pale golden 

 orange 

 July-Sep- 

 tember 



Hypericum 

 Canadense 

 Deep golden 

 yellow 



An annual, and an extremely small- 

 flowered species, diffusely branched, the 

 branchlets four-angled, and slender. The 

 leaves light dull green, oblong or ovate, 

 blunt-pointed, and stemless. Flowers 

 scarcely ^ inch broad, pale golden orange, 

 or light orange yellow, with only 5-12 stamens. 6-24 

 inches high. In meadows and low grounds everywhere. 

 A very similar species, but with linear 

 leaves and tiny deep golden yellow flowers 

 about \ inch broad, withering early in the 

 day. The leaves light dull green and ob- 

 scurely three-veined, the two side veins scarcely visible. 

 The branches wiry, angular, and erect. The budlike, 

 tiny pods succeeding the flowers are conspicuously ruddy, 

 and exceed in length the five-lobed green calyx. In 

 moist sandy soil, Me., south to Ga. and Ky., and west 

 to Minn, and S. Dak. Found in Campton, H. H. 



Also an annual, with an entirely differ- 

 ent aspect from that of the two preceding 

 species, although it is tiny-flowered. The 

 stem erect, diffusely branched, and appar- 

 ently leafless; the branches like slender 

 wires, and the leaves minute and scalelike, 

 leaning closely to the branchlets. Flowers 

 deep golden yellow, nearly stemless, and 

 open only in the sunlight. 5-10 inches high. In sandy 

 soil from Me., south, and west to Minn., Mo., and Tex. 

 Found near Brattleboro, Vt. 



A perennial with an erect stem and 

 stemless, close-set, light green, ovate 

 leaves, sepia dotted, and with a slight 

 bloom beneath. The stem, together with 

 the leaves, late in the season (September) 

 is more or less pinkish or crimson-stained, 

 and the seed-vessels are magenta. The 

 flowers are pinkish flesh-color, with orange 

 glands separating the three groups of golden yellow r 

 stamens. Flowers in small terminal clusters. 1-2 feet 

 high. In marshes, from Me., south, and west to Neb. 



Orange=grass 

 or Pine-weed 

 Hypericum 

 nudicaule 

 Deep golden 

 yellow 

 June-Sep- 

 tember 



Marsh St. 

 John's-wort 

 Hypericum 

 Virginicum 

 Pinkish 

 flesh-color 

 July-Sep- 

 tember 



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