Hypericum.} xxn. HYPERICINE^E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 255 



beneath. Flowers \\ in. diam., usually exceeded by lateral leafy shoots. Sepals about 

 in., obtuse. Petals obliquely obovate, twice the length of the stamens. /Styles 

 scarcely in., about as long as the ovary. Capsule ^ in. Perhaps a variety of H. 

 patulum, but distinct in habit. 



9. K. reptans, //. /. & T. ms. ; stems shrubby prostrate diffuse root- 

 ing, flowers terminal solitary. 



TEMPERATE SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 9-11,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Branches slender, two-edged, reddish- brown. Leaves \-% in., approximate, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, with short pellucid striae. Flowers 1| in. diam. Sepals about ^ in., 

 elliptic, obtuse. Petals obovate. Stamens hardly exceeding the ovary. Styles % in., 

 equalling the ovary, tips recurved. Capsule g in., globose. Seeds minute, apiculate at 

 both ends. 



SECT. II. Hyperineae, Spach. Sepals 5, connate at the base, equal or 

 unequal. Petah persistent. Stamens 3-adelphous at the base. Ovary 3-celled. 



/ * Margins of the sepals eglandular. 



10. XX. perforatum, Linn. ; stem erect 2-edged, leaves oblong or ovate 

 pellucid -punctate, sepals linear acute. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon, alt. 6-9000 ft., to Kashmir, alt. 

 3-6500 ft. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N.W. Asia. 



A perennial herb. Stems 18 in., with slender stolons, branched above. Leaves f in., 

 obtuse, with radiating veins, paler beneath with black dots. Cymes corymbose, 3 cho- 

 tomously branched; flowers i in. Sepals ^ in. Petals with black-glandular edges. 

 Styles tsvice the leng-th of the ovary, equalling the stamens. Capsule ^ in., egg-shaped. 



VAB. debile, Koyle, ms. ; stem weak, leaves oblong-linear. 



11. H. Sampsoni, fiance in Seem. Journ. of Bot. iii. 378 ; stems erect 

 cylindric, leaves oblong connate pellucid-punctate,, sepals oblong obtuse. 



KHASIA MOUNTAINS, Nowgong, Simons. DISTRIB. S. China, Formosa. 



A perennial herb. Stems 1 ft. Leaves 1^-2 in., obtuse, glaucescent beneath. Cymes 

 lax; flowers ; |-^ in. diam. Se%)als black-punctate. Petals about equalling the sepals. 

 Styles very short. Capsule ovoid, covered with oval resinous vesicles. Approaches 

 //. erectum, Thb., of Japan, which is destitute of vesicles and has the leaves am- 

 piexicaul. 



12. IX. petiolulatum, H. f. & T. ms. ; stems erect slender cylindric, 

 leaves shortly petioled ovate elliptic, flowers small, sepals linear unequal, 

 styles very short exceeded by the stamens. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 9000 ft., /. D. H. 



Stems 9-15 in., branched from the base; branches weak, simple. Leaves |-| in., 

 rather distant, obtuse, glaucescent beneath with dark pellucid dots, margins wavy. 

 Cymes 3-flowered ; flowers in. long. Sepals T V~ ^ in., acute, not pellucid-punctate. 

 Capsule with numerous glandular lines. 



13. XI. humifusum, Linn. ; stems procumbent 2-edged, leaves sessile 

 elliptic to ovate approximate, sepals lanceolate unequal, styles ^ the length 

 of the ovary. H. rubrum, Wight ms. 



NILGHIRIS, Wight. DISTRIB. Europe, Atlantic Isles, S. Africa. 



A glabrous perennial herb. Stems about 6 in., numerous, red. Leaves ~-^ in., 

 pellucid-punctate and as well as the sepals with black intramarginal glands. Cymes 

 terminal, few-flowered. Flowers ^ in. diam. 



** Margins of the sepals with gland-tipped teeth. 



14. IX. elodeoides, Clioisy in DC. Prodr. i. 552 ; stems stout usually 



